Gabe Dolcini travels to Italy to visit his grandfather and gain contacts in the art world. He hopes to earn enough money to pay off a loan, but he ends up in a tangle of mystery while searching for a historical artifact, love, and forgiveness in Cheryl Colwell’s The Proof.

Most people will be able to find something they like (probably more than one thing) in the book. It has mystery, suspense, intrigue, art, history, and several other elements that draw the reader in. On top of it all, Christ’s death and resurrection, along with God’s forgiveness are very evident in the story.

Colwell did an excellent job in creating a story with characters that can be related to. Gabe’s feeling of guilt, anger, resistance to forgive others, all of them make he seem more real, more like we are in our lives.

The action stayed constant through the story, and there were many twists that changed the direction of events and kept me wondering what was coming next. Some might find it a little slow to start, but all the events that happen in the beginning reappear later on, and have a role in how the story unfolds.

I think Colwell has written a great book that is not only entertaining, but also shares the gospel with the reader.

I received a free copy from the publisher as part of BookCrash, but that in no way influenced my opinion of The Proof.