Absolute Proof

Reviews

M.Long

It’s fast-paced, with some short concise chapters, from multi-character viewpoints, giving the story a multidimensional feel, with hard-hitting moments that literally take your breath away one minute to making you sit up and think the next. Reluctantly, against his better judgement, opinion that Dr Cook is probably no more than a crazy old man, Ross agrees to read the manuscript.

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Enter here, a spanner in the works; a global household-name pharmaceutical company, a billionaire evangelist, a whoever-pays-the-big-bucks hitman – and the Vatican. I think the story as a whole was very gripping and came across as being quite believable and relatable.

It took me a few chapters to get going but I loved all the different characters, the discussions about faith and god and the impact absolute proof would have on the world and its people. Alas, upon finding the body of murdered Dr Cook a matter of days later, Ross is compelled to take up the staff, beginning his treacherous adventure.

He’s also no stranger to dangerous threats, always willing to stand up for what’s right not what’s easy. But the following day I did pick it up and read it over about 4 days and loved it from start to finish. With just the right amount of detail that absorbs you into the page making you one with the plot – there is no escape till that last page.

Investigative journalist, Ross Hunter, famous (or infamous depending on your viewpoint) is renowned for tackling, uncovering, controversial issues in his career, from political corruption to corporate scandals. ’ Absolute Proof is one hell (excuse the pun) of a rollercoaster ride. There is no doubt that Peter James has done some serious research for this book; by his own admission, ‘a book 30 years in the making. With such a claim, the ‘absolute proof of God’s existence’, it’s no surprise that such momentous news travels fast.

But when he receives a phone call from an old man declaring he has absolute proof of God’s existence, and that he and Ross have been chosen to save the world… well, you can imagine his scepticism, and that too of his expectant wife, Imogen. For some reason I could really relate to the monks and their lifestyles even though I’m not religious at all and thought they added a great deal of perspective to the rest of the world’s goings on. I wasn’t sure about picking this book up when I saw it at my local store for £10 (Hardcover) as I’m usually attracted to crime, horror and sci-fi.