I was hooked from the tagline "Alfred Hitchcock meets Indiana Jones" and how it worked in this type of book. It uses the historical mystery element perfectly and that the plot was everything that I was hoping for. It was everything that I was wanting from this as a entry in the Ben Canaan Mystery series and hope there is more in this series. The characters were so well written and was invested in what was going on. A.E. Goldin wrote this so well and had that mystery element that I was looking for. I'm glad I got to read this and am excited to read more in this series and from A.E. Goldin.