The Doctrine Discovery by Paul Casella

May 27, 2022

The Doctrine Discovery

Paul Casella

4 Stars

Pages: 351
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Published: 06 June 2022
Publisher: Paul Casella

Publisher's Blurb

A deadly race is on to solve humankind’s greatest puzzle.

But who really wants to live forever?

Eddie Hill is installing central heating in a sixteenth-century renovation project when the owner disrupts his work. He is looking for something. His search proves fruitless. He is then attacked outside the property.

Within hours Eddie discovers what the man was looking for and becomes the only suspect in his murder.

With his life in turmoil, Eddie finds himself on a historical treasure hunt that throws him in the path of an ancient society that will stop at nothing to answer the prayers of disciples from across the world.

To deliver the Alkahest.

With the police on his trail and a murderer closing in, Eddie needs to keep his family and friends safe while racing to unravel the mystery.

A mystery that could expose one of the United Kingdom’s most closely guarded secrets.

Review

While Eddie Hill is installing a new heating system in a sixteenth century building he has a strange encounter with the building’s owner who appears to be looking for something.

Later, a chance encounter, allows Eddie to chase off a man who is attacking the mysterious owner in the street.

When Eddie gets the news that the owner has later died in a car park and he has been identified as the last person to see him alive he goes on the run armed only with some coded clues that he found in a book that he bought from the local pub landlord. Can he track down what the dead man was trying to find or will he die trying.

With both the police and the real murderer seeking to eliminate him from their enquiries or just eliminate him entirely, Eddie’s search takes him to various historic buildings and monuments as he starts to unravel the mystery, aided and abetted by his wife and his work mates.

I really enjoyed this ‘Da Vinci Code’ style mystery thriller which takes the reader on a roller coaster ride with Eddie and his cohorts as they delve into British history on a treasure hunt around the country.

The characters were well defined and easily discernible. The plot blends real history of people and places into the story so would appeal to anyone with an historical bent.

Despite being English and living about 30 miles from central London, even I learned a few things about our history that I would otherwise not have known about. Who knew that the Monument was originally built as an observatory as well as a tribute to the great fire of London that started in nearby Pudding Lane.

The story races along with pauses for research before setting off at a frantic pace once the next clue is solved.

The whole is well written, and flows nicely, which kept my interest at a high level throughout.

A cast of colourful characters keeps it fresh and the back stories for one or two of the antagonists gives an interesting insight into their motivations.

To sum up, this is a well written, nicely plotted mystery thriller that has no problem keeping the pages turning late into the evening. The research into the historic elements is first class

I would be more than happy to follow Eddie’s further adventures as a heating engineer turned crime solving investigator.

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The Author

I launched one of the UK’s first football fanzines in 1988 (sixth, I think). There have been hundreds, if not thousands, of supporters magazine titles published since.

As a fanzine pioneer, I was invited by Telerate (now Reuters), to write a daily diary and fanzine for their company intranet, to be read by staff around the world. This was in the summer of 1990, and it has been suggested it was the first ever online blog of any description.

I continued to write and edit football magazines for a further twenty years, during which time I launched a national title and a ‘What’s On & Where To Go Guide' to South London. I wrote for most British football related magazines along with local newspapers, the London Metro, and appeared on London radio stations with post-match summaries. For those with long memories, I also wrote reports for Ceefax. Other spin-offs of the magazine included two club specific books, one of which reached number four in The Times best selling sports books list.

All this was done while in full time employment for a sports merchandising company.

Over the past few years I have returned to my passion for writing by developing and building websites and blogs, including www.chipsandcrisps.com where I have taste-tested and reviewed over 1,500 different varieties from around the world.

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