THE OMEGA FACTOR

This stand-alone thriller from bestselling author Berry features a new protagonist, Nick Lee, a field operative for UNESCO who comes to Belgium to see his one-time fiancée, Kelsey. She's now a nun working on the restoration of a panel that was long assumed to be missing from the famed fifteenth-century Ghent Altarpiece. Nick arrives minutes after a fire destroys the panel, and he and Kelsey chase after the arsonist, who has also stolen her laptop with the only extant images of the panel. Narrator Scott Brick captures the high-stakes intensity as the pair uncover a conspiracy that could rock the Catholic Church. Listeners should have no trouble following the many characters and subplots, thanks to Brick's subtle use of accents and tonal changes, and the author's sure-footed execution of this absorbing story. L.W.S. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2022]