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Title: An old-fashioned thriller
Review: I might have titled this review location, location, location. Harry Black and the Delphi Conspiracy takes place in Egypt and in Newport Beach, California and the writer obviously knows these locations because he really makes you feel as though you're there. The harsh brutality of the middle east, where money, power and religious zeal mingle to make life unpredictable is portrayed in the context of rich descriptions of the locale. Simlarly, the opulence of upper-class Newport Beach is accurately portrayed, yet the desperate greed that underlies the lifestyle of the rich in Newport leads to the same kind of brutality that occurs in Egypt.McGraw's characters are well-drawn, the plot to hold the world at ransome, so to speak, is believable in the context of today's terrorism, and the end, with Harry coming up reunited with his daughter is satisfying and leaves me hoping for a sequel
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