Absolute Proof

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Born again evangelist Wesley Wenceslas has built a multi-million dollar business around his style of religion, preaching all over the world. Would Hunter’s discoveries ruin his empire and show Wesley as a phoney? Cousins Angus and Pete live in separate monasteries but both live a life of silence, solitude and devotion to The Lord. They need no ‘proof’ to hold onto their faith. Now that is out of the way I am going to confess and say I hated this book. I did manage to read it all but it was a good job it was in the stave format from The Pigeonhole as I could portion out the ridiculousness. I was rather sceptically going along with it all (not because of the Religious aspects to the book but rather the main character, Ross Hunter's actions) and then the author showed a basic misunderstanding of Mitrochondrial DNA - numerous times he mentioned it was only in the female line - no it is passed intact through the female line but it is present in all creatures that have a cell structure. As soon as I hit that road bump I realised that the research done for this book was a little scant. Plus I tend to get interrupted a lot during the day so having to stop what I am listening to is sometimes harder than just putting a bookmark in. However, I have been spending more time in my car lately with my little one.

Standalones – Peter James Standalones – Peter James

First off, if you have read Peter James before and loved his D.I.Grace books then don’t imagine this is like them, its a total stand alone book, and completely different to his other books ( btw I love the D.I.Grace series ) The main character is supposed to be this high flying investigative journalist. Why then is he so credulous and naive? He seems intent to rehash what is going on to anyone that so much as looks at him when you would think he would be keeping his cards close to his chest. His deductive leaps that the finds at Glastonbury and in Egypt are remnants of Jesus Christ are farcical and that then becomes canonical for the remaining third or so of the book - all that is proven are that there is a genetic match. No caveat that with the age of the samples and natural degradation that so few alleles would be recovered that a match is tenuous at best. I am not even sure that DNA extraction from a single tooth of the supposed age of this one would reveal enough DNA to test but found that I couldn't even dig up the wherewithal to research the current advances in extraction technology. And Ross himself. I had major issues with Ross. For a smart guy, he made some incredibly silly decisions. His relationship with his wife... Whatever that was going on with Sally... His decisions and naivety through 99% of the book floored me and I got so frustrated with him. I enjoy a book with romance, I don't enjoy a romance when the man is married to someone who is NOT the love interest. It felt like his wife's behaviour in the beginning of the book was used as an excuse to why he was behaving like he was later on, even though years had passed.Though I appreciate authors like to flex their muscles by writing a different genre from time to time. H: It was about January 2011 when we met. It was in the East Beach Café in Littlehampton, and we met to talk about the possibility of developing one of Peter's most famous characters, Roy Grace, for TV. Is that right? James became a successful producer of 26 films. The first movie he produced was 1971’s The Corpse Grinders. In addition to Corpse Grinders, Peter James has also produced such movies as Under Milk Wood, Dead of Night, Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things, Spanish Fly, Jericho Mansions, Head in the Clouds, and The Bridge of San Luis Rey. He was the executive producer of 2004’s take on Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. P: Its genesis was in 1989, I got a phone call out of the blue from an elderly sounding guy saying is that “Peter James the author?” and I go “Yes . . . ” and he says, “Thank God I found you! I'm not a lunatic, I was a pilot in the war, I'm a retired university professor, and I have been given absolute proof of God's existence. And I've been told you're the man to help me get taken seriously . . .”

Peter James – Absolute Proof [REVIEW] - Dane Cobain Peter James – Absolute Proof [REVIEW] - Dane Cobain

Sensational – the best what-if thriller since The Da Vinci Code ' - Lee Child, author of Killing Floor . Stars — I really struggled with this one & tats something I seldom when reviewing books, especially crime or adventure thrillers… But this isn’t your average narrative! Re-reading this now in mid 2022, I do feel like the theology aspects are less daunting to face and this slowed a less complicated skepticism, more of a pokey disjointed ness this time around. I have only read one for Peter James’s books—-the 12th one in the Roy Grace series. I had a hard time with it because I felt like I was missing a lot having started so late in the series. I was impressed with James’s ability to continue to write such a long standing series and developing a well loved character—he stood out to me as an accomplished writer.Despite his inner questioning and the substantial threats that Hunter receives: on a scale way beyond anything he has experienced previously, Hunter's journalistic instincts will not allow him to give up his search for this crucial evidence. The phone call that could ultimately change the whole of mankind, is from an elderly gentleman claiming that he has absolute proof of God’s existence, and he believes Ross is the only person who can help him get the message out there, and ultimately save the world!