The Righteous Men, Sam Bourne
The Righteous Men, Sam Bourne
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The Righteous Men

Author: Sam Bourne

Narrator: Dennis Boutsikaris

Abridged: 5 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2006


Synopsis

A series of brutal murders around the globe . . . an ancient prophecy of the end of the world . . . an international bestseller in the blockbuster tradition of The Last Templar

New York Times reporter Will Monroe's investigation of a rash of seemingly random killings takes a dark and dangerous turn when his wife is kidnapped by shadowy enemies who want him to stop. Desperate to save his wife, Will follows the clues into the heart of New York's Hassidic community, and learns that the stakes of his quest are higher then he could ever imagine. As the death toll rises, he enlists an eccentric Kabbalah expert to decode his wife's captors' cryptic messages. The trail they pursue leads inexorably to a set of ancient texts and a prophecy that will save the world . . . or destroy all of life as we know it.

What will happen when the one secret that has kept the world safe for thousands of years is revealed to all? In The Righteous Men, a blistering, high-concept thriller filled with mystery, romance and suspense, Sam Bourne takes listeners deep into the hidden worlds of fundamentalist religion, mysticism and biblical prophecies, in a visionary tale as frightening as it is entertaining.

About Sam Bourne

Sam Bourne is a pseudonym for the award-winning journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Freedland. He writes weekly columns in both the Guardian and the London Evening Standard, as well as a monthly piece for the Jewish Chronicle. He also presents BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series, The Long View. The author of Jacob's Gift and Bring Home the Revolution, Freedland, named by the Financial Times as one of the world's most influential commentators, lives in London.

About Dennis Boutsikaris

Dennis Boutsikaris won an OBIE Award for his performance in Sight Unseen and played Mozart in Amadeus on Broadway. Among his films are *batteries not included, The Dream Team, and Boys On the Side. His many television credits include And Then There Was One, Chasing the Dragon, and 100 Center Street.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Baba on December 01, 2022

The 'The Da Vinci Code' effect continued seeing me pick up similarly themed books to read from the library, like this one - yet another conspiracy thriller built around real world mysteries and events. Despite what seems to be a very well researched book; what would appear to to be a great concept pa......more

Goodreads review by Jonetta on August 09, 2016

Will Monroe, a NY Times Metro reporter trying to prove himself, writes two seemingly unrelated stories that get prominent attention on the newspaper's front page and suddenly finds his world turned upside down. The first part of the story moved painfully slow, not because of the pace but due to the......more

Goodreads review by Anu on March 11, 2016

Mother and I have a fair few bookies (that's what we call our second hand book sellers, because we like thinking we're cool), and one of them sold us a second hand copy of this book at dirt cheap rates. I was 15 or something, and really into thrillers back then, so I thought it was a pretty lucrativ......more

Goodreads review by Will on October 20, 2008

This was real page turner. Will Monroe, Jr. is a twenty-something reporter with the New York Times who has stumbled onto something odd. Someone is killing righteous men all across the planet. While investigating this, Monroe encounters troubling forces in Brooklyn’s Hassidic community, and ultimatel......more

Goodreads review by Devoradora on December 10, 2019

La verdad ha sido una lectura realmente entretenida. Tiene un ritmo rapídismo, la historia transcurre en unos pocos días y llega a agobiar; porque son muchas cosas que resolver y el tiempo se agota. Tiene un final inesperado, aunque ya tenía alguna sospecha pero me hacían dudar ciertos acontecimient......more


Quotes

"Ever since Dan Brown inspired a flood of mystic-religious fiction with The Da Vinci Code, it was inevitable a contender for his crown would emerge. Finally, he is among us. His name is Sam Bourne and his book is The Righteous Men . . . If anything, The Righteous Men is more readable than The Da Vinci Code -- the sense of menace is darker and the characters are more believable." -- Esquire (UK)