Resurrection by Tucker Malarkey

It is a rare occurrence when I actually take notes while reading a book, but RESURRECTION by Tucker Malarkey was one in which I felt compelled to do so. The writing is simple, perfectly descriptive, and inviting to the reader. I felt like an active participant, filling in the details of the sceneries with my own imagination spurred on by Malarkey's well crafted writing. There were some sentences that just needed to be written down and saved.

The story takes place just at the end of World War II. The main character is a nurse in England who is as emotionally destroyed as the countless soldiers bodies and minds she tends to. She has survived the war physically but mentally is crumbling.

Her father, an ex-patriot researcher, who has lived and worked in Egypt for years has been killed and she is beckoned to Egypt in order to settle his affairs. Though her task is an unhappy one, it becomes the chance for her to learn who her father truly was, what his passions were and how these passions ultimately got him killed.

RESURRECTION is an exploration in the development of religion, Christianity specifically, as well as a historical fiction, a romance and a murder mystery all in one. I loved this book. I would definitely read it again. It was engaging, thought provoking and very well written.