An Elegant Solution {Review}

This month the book review team is reading An Elegant Solution by Paul Robertson. This is a new author for me but one that I will be searching for when I need a challenging read. When the book arrived, I placed it on my desk and looked at it for a couple of days. The cover was drawing my eye to it. It looked like an eye was watching me and then I saw that it was a spiral staircase!

Just as the cover drew me in, the book was equally as intense. I had to keep reading at the beginning because I did not have that “I can’t put this book down” feeling until several chapters in the book. Once that line was crossed, I was hooked.

Product Description:

When the Rules That Govern Men Are Shattered,

All You Can Trust Are the Invisible Rules

That Govern Life Itself

 

For math prodigy Leonhard Euler, the Bernoulli family have been more than just friends. Master Johann has been a demanding mentor, and his sons have been Leonhard’s allies and companions. But this is a family torn by jealousy. Father and sons are engaged in a ruthless competition for prestige among the mathematical elites of Europe. And now, their aspirations may have turned deadly.

Lured into an investigation of the suspicious death of Jacob Bernoulli, his master’s brother, twenty years ago, Leonhard soon discovers he’s facing an elusive puzzle as complicated as any math equation. Surrounded by the world’s most brilliant–and cunning–minds, Leonhard finds himself tracing an unraveling and invisible spiral of greed, blackmail, and murder. He’ll need all his genius to find an elegant solution to this desperate battle of wills.

This book is not for the lite reader. If you are looking for something to challenge you both mentally as well as by making you stop and think about what you believe in and why, this would be a good read for you. If you are just looking for a novel, I wouldn’t select this title.

My interest is peaked and I will be reading more from this author. You can find this book on Amazon and at your local Christian Book Stores.

About the Author:

Paul Robertson is a full-time software developer and the author of five novels, including Dark in the City of Light, Road to Nowhere, and The Heir. He is also a former Christian bookstore owner (for 15 years), who lives with his family in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book through the Bethany House Publishers Blogger Program in exchange for my honest opinion.