The Genesis Enquiry- Olly Jarvis- Legal thriller/mystery & crime
“What a treat it is to read Olly Jarvis’s THE GENESIS INQUIRY: a compulsively
readable crime and legal thriller that pulls off the trick of being both satisfyingly
traditional and supremely up to the minute. In the attractive, cussed and
charismatic person of lawyer Ella Blake Jarvis has created a hero that we
can hope to see again. A real winner.”- Stephen Fry
Wow! A book to quickly become absorbed in and take you along for the ride. Ella
Blake ran away from her life when she lost a case three years ago. She has been
living in a campervan up and around Lindisfarne away from it all. Her daughter
Lizzie is at Cambridge and has had little contact with her. Ella is a QC and good
at what she does, or at least did. An old friend contacts her about finding a
missing person, not just anyone, a polymath from Cambridge and Ella sees
this as not only a chance to rejoin the human race but also to reach out to
her estranged daughter. The case quickly becomes dangerous and Ella has
to use all her resources to keep both her and Lizzie safe. I couldn’t help
but think of The Da Vinci Code- however this is a more up to date version
and much better in my humble opinion. I would love to see this as a drama or film.
I quickly became engrossed in this and there is a skill and technicality of
writing around an early legal issue which showcased Olly’s background as
a barrister. I rapidly took to Ella- a troubled woman but very much with
two feet on the ground and a tenacity to seek the truth.
A book to very much keep the grey matter active ( just how I like it!) and
one for anyone enjoying a mystery, law and history combined with a
smattering of other subjects in the mix from astronomy to Socrates,
Plato and more. Stunning, thrilling and a whole lot more.
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