A slow read for me. But the period detail was rich and it evoked the Judaean way of life very well. The disappearance of the body of Yeshua and the political intrigue of Jerusalem is a provocative read.

A first century detective story.
The book starts with the death of Yehuda from Kerioth an agent who had spent eighteen months getting close to Yeshua from Nazareth, the man who claimed he was a king. Now, just two days after betraying the man, Yehuda is dead. Found hanging from a tree, did he really kill himself or was it murder? Solomon Eliades, a retired spy-master is pulled away from his vineyard to find out what happened to his protegee. As well as that, there is the mystery of the missing body to be solved. Who took the body of Yeshua from Nazareth and where is it now?
The author uses words to create a wonderful atmosphere and you can almost feel the tension as Eliades is forced to face his past, a time that he hoped he had left behind. All he wants is to return to his vines and his beloved wife and he will do whatever he must to get there.
Set around Holy Week and the passion of Christ, this is obviously fiction , a possible narrative, but I don’t think that this is a book that would be enjoyed by anyone with staunch Christian views.