The Healer’s Daughters Review

 

Book Details: Book Title:  The Healer’s Daughters by Jay Amberg Category:  Adult Fiction, 312 pages Genre:  thriller Publisher:  Amika Press Release date:   July 2019 Content Rating: Pg-13 + M (Some strong language, terrorism and violence) Book Description: ​A terrorist bombing in Bergama, Turkey kills twenty-three people including three children. Modern Bergama is built on the site of ancient Pergamon, a city whose art and wealth and culture rivaled Athens. It was also the home of the Aesklepion, the world’s greatest healing center, and the birthplace of Galen, the Roman Empire’s most famous doctor. Tuğçe Iskan, a Turkish Ministry investigator, finds evidence that links the terrorism to a powerful criminal family and to Galen’s life and Pergamon’s lost treasures. But Iskan is alone, an outcast in the Ministry because she is honest, diligent, and a woman. As Iskan delves more deeply into the heinous attack, she needs allies outside the Ministry. She must turn to Özlem Boroğlu, a local archeologist, and Boroğlu’s daughter Elif, an artist with an affinity for ancient Aegean goddesses. Can these three women defeat ISIL terrorists, criminal oligarchs, and corrupt officials? Can they even survive? Buy the Book: Amazon.com ~ Barnes and Noble ~ Amika Press Add to Goodreads

Meet the Author:   ​ Jay Amberg is the author of twelve books. He received a BA from Georgetown University and a PhD from Northwestern University. He has taught high school and college students since 1972. His latest book, The Healer’s Daughters, is now available from Amika Press. Amberg has also published Bone Box, Cycle, America’s Fool, Whale Song, and compiled 52 Poems for Men. Prior to Amika Press, Amberg published thriller novels Doubloon (Forge), Blackbird Singing (Forge) and Deep Gold (Warner Books). Among his books on teaching are School Smarts and The Study Skills Handbook, published by Good Year. Amberg wrote The Creative Writing Handbook (Good Year) with Mark Henry Larson and Verbal Review and Workbook for the SAT (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) with Bob Boone. Connect with the author:   Website  ~  Twitter ~  Facebook ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:   a Rafflecopter giveaway https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js

My Review

This novel was steep in tradition and wonderful written. This thriller has me on the edge of my seat and turning pages as fast as they would go. The Healer’s Daughters is steep with culture with a very likely plot. This is a novel that was scary because it could actually happen to any of us.

It was a fast pace book with lovable characters. It was a definite 3 star read for me