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Peter Luther has been likened to Dan Brown. Yes, I can see similarities, though I believe Luther uses a higher degree of intelligence in his writing. The Vanity Rooms is Luther's third novel in which Trystyn Honeyman uses his wiles against the demonic Welsh priesthood. The action is set in Cardiff. Kris Knight, an out-of-work egoistical actor and playwright with time on his hands, strolls into an estate agents, and in the first instant tries to give the impression to the attractive sales assistant, Fabrienne, that he is looking for a property in the luxury class. Fabrienne escorts him to what looks like an extremely run-down building. Kris is shocked by what he sees, and what is to come. Once in the interior he finds himself transported back into 18th century magnificence, and is transfixed by a feeling of deja vu; so much is familiar. He is told he can stay rent-free. His benefactor wishes to help artists, as long as his credentials are satisfactory. In the meantime the homeless Kris is put up by a contact of the mysterious benefactor. The story unfolds as Kris becomes embroiled in a game of chess, he being called Knight. As a man who never was without his mobile phone, he finds himself bereft when his own fails to respond, but he had been given another when he was in the property and to this he turns, in the first place out of curiosity, as he waits to hear from his benefactor. A chess game, a mobile phone: the two are inescapably linked to a 200-year-old chapter of French Revolutionaries, and what follows is a supernatural turmoil of life and death, a tale of moral dilemmas where chess pieces are real people -- aspiring actors, greedy celebrities, their agents. On the trail of the secret society is the defrocked priest turned detective, Honeyman. Luther is on record as saying that his works are influenced by his own experiences, and this is even true of his supernatural thrillers. Interesting! If you have not read any of Luther's previous novels, after The Vanity Rooms you might well have the desire to do so. Norma Penfold It is possible to use this review for promotional purposes, but the following acknowledgment should be included: A review from www.gwales.com, with the permission of the Welsh Books Council. Gellir defnyddio'r adolygiad hwn at bwrpas hybu, ond gofynnir i chi gynnwys y gydnabyddiaeth ganlynol: Adolygiad oddi ar www.gwales.com, trwy ganiatad Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru. -- Welsh Books Council

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