Cassiopeia Vitt takes center stage in this exciting novella from New York Times bestsellers M.J. Rose and Steve Berry. THE MUSEUM OF MYSTERIES is now available! Check out the tour below, and pick up your copy of THE MUSEUM OF MYSTERIES today!
THE MUSEUM OF MYSTERIES Synopsis:
In the French mountain village of Eze, Cassiopeia visits an old friend who owns and operates the fabled Museum of Mysteries, a secretive place of the odd and arcane. When a robbery occurs at the museum, Cassiopeia gives chase to the thief and is plunged into a firestorm.
Through a mix of modern day intrigue and ancient alchemy, Cassiopeia is propelled back and forth through time, the inexplicable journeys leading her into a hotly contested French presidential election. Both candidates harbor secrets they would prefer to keep quiet, but an ancient potion could make that impossible. With intrigue that begins in southern France and ends in a chase across the streets of Paris, this magical, fast-paced, hold-your-breath thriller is all you’ve come to expect from M.J. Rose and Steve Berry.
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EXCERPT:
My visit today had a dual purpose since Nicodème had told me that he’d acquired some exquisite 15th century tiles that he thought might be perfect for one of the buildings. He’d helped me many times over the years with the castle. I appreciated his interest as his suggestions were always on target.
“What is this?” I had asked, pointing to the wooden box on the counter before Hildick-Smith arrived. “It looks like something my father would have loved.”
“He would have. The box itself is medieval, probably 13th century. But what’s inside dates back much further. It’s filled with ancient potions used by healers.”
“Witches,” I’d whispered.
The wise women had always interested me—maligned by men who didn’t understand their talents, sexuality, or intelligence. Not witches. Merely observant experts in the healing arts, which had far more to do with chemistry than magic. I’d borrowed a few books from Nicodème’s shelves over the years about the dark arts and its various practitioners. What was the most common charge form the time? As a ghost, they appeared and disappeared.
Just like Hildick-Smith.
What was happening here? That wooden box? Elixers?
“This could be a most important item,” Nicodème had said to Hildick-Smith, touching the lid of the intriguing box.
“I heard you acquired it a few years ago. So I came to see if you would sell it to me.”
“I’m afraid not.”
“I’ll double what you paid for it.”
“It is not for sale.”
A moment later Peter Hildick-Smith drew a gun, took the box, and fled the shop.
Now he was gone.
Steve Berry & MJ Rose’s THE MUSEUM OF MYSTERIES – Review & Excerpt Tour Schedule:
July 18th
Book Junkie Reviews – Excerpt
Literature Goals – Review & Excerpt
July 19th
Clarissa Reads It All – Review & Excerpt
Read-Love-Blog – Excerpt
July 20th
Devilishly Delicious Book Reviews – Review & Excerpt
Smut Book Junkie Book Reviews – Review & Excerpt
July 21st
Ginreads – Review & Excerpt
Simply Crystal – Review & Excerpt
July 22nd
Cinta Garcia de la Rosa – Excerpt
Wild and Wonderful Reads – Review & Excerpt
July 23rd
Puja Mohan – Review
We do what we want Book reviews and more – Review & Excerpt
July 24th
A Book Nerd, a Bookseller and a Bibliophile – Review & Excerpt
Rachel Loren’s Love of Reading – Review & Excerpt
July 25th
Book Lovers Hangout – Review & Excerpt
CJR the Brit – Review
KDRBCK – Review & Excerpt
July 26th
Forward Writes – Review
What Is That Book About – Excerpt
July 27th
Jax's Book Magic – Excerpt
Shelf_Life – Review
About Steve Berry:
STEVE BERRY is the New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of fourteen Cotton Malone novels and four stand-alones. He has 23 million books in print, translated into 40 languages. With his wife, Elizabeth, he is the founder of History Matters, which is dedicated to historical preservation. He serves on the Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board and was a founding member of International Thriller Writers, formerly serving as its co-president.
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About M. J. Rose
New York Times bestseller, M.J. Rose grew up in New York City mostly in the labyrinthine galleries of the Metropolitan Museum, the dark tunnels and lush gardens of Central Park and reading her mother's favorite books before she was allowed. She believes mystery and magic are all around us but we are too often too busy to notice... books that exaggerate mystery and magic draw attention to it and remind us to look for it and revel in it.
Please visit her blog, Museum of Mysteries at http://www.mjrose.com/blog/
Rose's work has appeared in many magazines including Oprah magazine and she has been featured in the New York Times, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, Time, USA Today and on the Today Show, and NPR radio. Rose graduated from Syracuse University, spent the '80s in advertising, has a commercial in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and since 2005 has run the first marketing company for authors - Authorbuzz.com
Rose lives in Connecticut with her husband the musician and composer, Doug Scofield.
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MY REVIEW!!!
I have loved these two authors separately for years now; so getting to read a joint work of theirs was an amazing experience! This novella takes you right into the middle of the story from the first lines, and Cassiopeia is a heroine that any modern girl can relate too. I so desperately want this landscape and Museum to be real, and I so desperately want to lose myself among its exhibits. I was swept away by the writing, and this is an easy one day read that doesn't need much background given. Additionally, I would like to thank the authors for their dedication to this history; the research, the meticulous and careful writing, the originality of the story, and most importantly, for the Kings.
