Review: THE KYKUIT BUNKER IS A TOP-NOTCH MYSTERY THRILLER!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
It is not easy to generalize The Kykuit Bunker by Steven Janke. To say that it is an impressive work would be an understatement. I was totally immersed in the book and the suspense kept me hooked to the very last page. It is a novel full of mystery, history, suspense, great detective work, and a lot of thrills. To see that Steven Janke has not come out with another book during the past three years is quite shocking. Will he remain a one-novel wonder?The mystery of The Kykuit Bunker melds the lives of the characters while author Steven Janke transports us to a world rich with appeal and secrets, where nothing is what it seems. When Francis Campbell, former curator of the rare books and special collections division at The Library of Congress in Washington, DC, made a phone call to a reporter, Taylor Bowman of the New York Times, telling her of something he had found many years ago while working on the loading dock at the Library, Bowman was not at all enthusiastic about it. On the verge of losing her job with nothing else much to do and hoping to stumble onto something that big enough, she agrees to pursue. But she is not alone. Three students from George Washington University are also onto it, and so are three bumbling CIA operatives.The mystery which Campbell discovered involves a treasure which was reportedly gifted to the country by Winston Churchill. The clue to unravel the whole mystery is somewhere in the Library. When Bowman published her report in the New York Times the CIA under the direction of its Director negated the report while all available evidences point to the validity of the New York Times report. Three young curious and intrusive college students who read the report also joined in the hunt, and are always a step ahead of the others in the quest to find the secret vault of billionaire philanthropist John D. Rockefeller.The Kykuit Bunker by Steven Janke is a thrilling read which masterfully blends fact with fiction. Beautifully written and meticulously researched, the book is in the mold of Dan Brown’s stories. There are drama, danger, suspense, action and unexpected twists and turns all over the book. Steven Janke’s story-telling skill is amply clear all throughout the story. The author’s fascination and love for history is clearly evident which contributed to piecing together all the moving parts in the story. Readers will be transfixed as the main character Taylor Bowman, and the other major players thrash it out in this delightful and compelling book.