Title: The Egyptian
Author: Layton Green
Publisher: First Ward Publishing
Source: The author for review
The Egyptian is the second book in Layton Green’s Dominic Grey series. (The Summoner was the first book and The Diabolist is the next one in the works.) Grey is now working with Professor Viktor Radek as a private investigator. They accept a case from an Egyptian who had an employee steal something of scientific value from his company.
Grey’s temporary home base is New York and Radek is based in Prague. The case includes locations in Egypt, Bulgaria and the Caribbean.
Along the way, Grey picks up Veronica Brown, a freelance investigative journalist. Her specialty is biomedical reporting and she’s looking for the story that will make her career.
The Egyptian is a solid thriller with romance and action scenes thrown into the mix. The mixture of science and myth should be appreciated by anyone who likes a good story.
Grey is still the romantic tortured loner he was in The Summoner. More of his background story is revealed to explain why he’s a loner determined to live by his moral code. Green does a good job sprinkling information from the first book into this one so I don’t think anyone picking up this book will feel lost.
Today and tomorrow, in celebration of The Egyptian‘s release, both ebooks in the Dominic Grey series are available for 99 cents on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Everyone seems to love Green’s books!