Lucian Glass works with the FBI in the special unit that works on Art crimes. His current case is about an art collector who seems to enjoy destroying art masterpieces. While working this current case he goes undercover at the Phoenix Foundation. The Phoenix Foundation is a place that studies the science of past lives and there effects. As Lucian hides at the foundation he must agree to be treated by a hypnotist.

Lucian travels back in time while he is hypnotized taking him to many places from Ancient Greece to nineteenth century Persia and the adventures of his past lives. Yet in real life he must continue to work the case he is on which takes him to other parts of the world including New York and Paris. As time goes by Lucian begins to question his own sanity. Will he catch the one bent on destroying the wonderful art before looses himself?

THE HYPNOTIST was an interesting story of mystery and suspense. The author weaves both Lucian's past and present lives nicely into the plot. Lucian must deal with is pain and the problems of his past while trying to solve his most recent case. All the while he must stop the current director Dr. Samuels from harming more people. Lucian is smart and dedicated to solving his cases. He deals with all that life throws at him and continues to forge on.

M. J. Rose brings the reader into a world of intrigue and suspense. This is one book in an on going series so readers may want to read the other books to enjoy all of agent Lucian's adventures. If you enjoy past lives or are even just curious about how both our past and present lives can be connected this may be an interesting book to pick up.

Book Summary

Haunted by a twenty-year old murder of a beautiful young painter, Lucian Glass keeps his demons at bay through his fascinating work as a Special Agent with the FBI's Art Crime Team. Currently investigating a crazed art collector who has begun destroying prized masterworks, Glass is thrust into a bizarre hostage negotiation that takes him undercover at the Phoenix Foundation—dedicated to the science of past life study—where, in order to maintain his cover, he agrees to submit to the treatment of a hypnotist.

Under hypnosis, Glass travels from ancient Greece to 19th century Persia, while the case takes him from New York to Paris and the movie capital of world. These journeys will change his very understanding of reality, lead him to question his own sanity and land him at the center of perhaps the most audacious art heist in history: the theft of a 1,500 year old sculpture from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

International bestselling author M. J. Rose's The Hynpotist is her most mesmerizing novel yet. An adventure, a love story, a clash of cultures, a spiritual quest, it is above all a thrilling capstone to her unique Reincarnation novels, The Reincarnationist and The Memorist.

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