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The Mind of God Paperback – September 13, 2015

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Readers of James Patterson, Dan Brown and David Baldacci will surely feel at home with this award-winning international thriller and #1 Amazon Bestseller.

When Liz Greene discovers that her father is missing, she is unwittingly drawn into a sinister plot that could change the world forever.

Before he went missing, Professor Harry Greene had been working on a crucial research project with major ramifications for the world. Now, Liz needs to find both her father, and his groundbreaking research before it's too late.

Meanwhile, United States President Daniel Rafferty is visiting Cape Town. Is it a coincidence that Liz’s father vanished while Rafferty is in the same city, or is there an even more sinister terrorist plot at play?

Follow Liz, as she and her friend, Tim Fletcher, decode one clue after another in a deadly hunt around Cape Town, while their pursuers will stop at nothing until they get what they want.

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Winner - Indie Reader Discovery Award for Popular Fiction Winner - Judge's Choice Award - Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards

Finalist - 'Best Thriller' category - Killer Nashville Silver Falchion AwardsFinalist - "Best Fiction First Novel' category - Killer Nashville Silver Falchion AwardsFinalist - Book Excellence Awards

"Frank does an amazing job"
-San Diego Book Review

"A cocktail of Deon Meyer and The Bourne Identity mixed with a dash of James Bond"
-CapeTownMagazine.com

"Unlike any book you've ever read ... if you've read Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol, you're already aware of Noetic Science. Frank's approach covers fresh ground"
-BestThrillers.com

"A great, compelling mystery ... a fast paced adventure full of intrigue and political suspense that keeps you guessing until the last page."
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Did you know that a mysterious black box device actually 'predicted' that something was wrong a few hours before the tragic events of 9/11 began to unfold?

I was AMAZED when I discovered this and knew I had to share this fascinating info (and other unpublicised info about 9/11) in my thriller novel, The Mind of God.

It all has to do with a concept called collective consciousness (how the minds of humans might be more connected than we realize).

My book contains many active ingredients in the thriller genre mix - murder, theft, terrorism, technology and characters who need to make sense of what is going on and deal with what is being thrown at them.

I'm currently recovering from a stroke but hope to write my next thriller after I emerge from the haze.

Until then!

Bevan Frank

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elm Park Publishing (September 13, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 403 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0993359213
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0993359217
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.01 x 9 inches

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Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2021
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Couldn't put it down, a fantastic thriller that keeps you turning the pages! Loved the settings and characters.

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Brian
There is a lot going on in this International Thriller
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2016
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A black box is stolen from the University of Cape Town, also Professor Greene who was working on the project goes missing at the same time. Coincidence? Enter The Mind of God to find out more.

I’ll start right off with my issues with the book — it was just a bit slow for me. Don’t get me wrong, there is A LOT of thriller-action in this, and it is incredibly well written. My problem is that the scenes seemed to take to long to get to. And once we were there, they were muddled with mundane details about the characters or the plot. Sometimes when the action hits, you just have to let it hit.

But, on to the good. I can definitely see the potential in Frank’s writing. A lot of this book had me thinking about Ludlum’s books that my dad was always reading. Ludlum knew how to get you wrapped around his finger — Bevan Frank has the capabilities to do the same.

The Mind of God is a bit of a weird title for me. I get the meaning behind it but I don’t know if it portrays the terrorism/international thriller vibe that he wanted. The cover DOES give some of that away. Also on the cover — wow is it gorgeous. That blue just pops!

The main characters were all believable, which in a thriller is surprising. Sometimes, you have one “I can’t believe that happened” (think Jason Bourne, even though he was super well trained, he still does stuff that is shocking). But the plotline and the thought that went into that is the real star here. The story, without giving much away was awesome. The background on the main plotline was incredibly well thought out and I’m intrigued to see what else Frank has in store for his next novels.

The setting was unique too. I haven’t read too many books that take place in South Africa, and it was a really nice change of pace from the typical DC Thriller.

Bevan Frank definitely could be the next “big name” in International Thrillers.

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Marty Langenberg
Why are there still some obvious plot holes, some contradictions, and just sloppy editing?
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018
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I started and finished this book on the day I received my copy. I finished it in one sitting, so it must be good. Right? Well yes, it’s an intriguing story. Plus, the author’s notes at the end of the book tell us that much of what he has written about is based on things that are a real part of our world – The Random Event Generator, The Global Consciousness Project, The Institute of Noetic Sciences – these things all exist. Bevan Frank has cleverly used the real world to craft an absorbing piece of fiction. Is it worth your time? Absolutely. But, is it "A cocktail of Deon Meyer and The Bourne Identity mixed with a dash of James Bond" - CapeTownMagazine.com (From Amazon’s Editorial Review of the book). Sorry, I don’t think it is.
It is an intriguing, absorbing story. And, it’s “won the 2018 Indie Reader Discovery Award for Popular Fiction. Judges included notable publishers, agents, publicists, and bloggers.” (Bookslive.co.za/blog). Also, Bevan Frank has a BA Degree in English and Political Studies plus a postgraduate LLB Degree. He works in corporate communications. No doubt, he is well qualified to write. The book was first published almost three years ago, so why are there still some obvious plot holes, some contradictions, and just sloppy editing? While I write this, there are fourteen customer reviews, mostly five stars. I saw no mention of these problems.
Spoiler alert.
In chapter one: Rafik Jaffer, the thief with a ‘solid reputation’, blasts a hole through a (fake) Fire Exit door that has two double-barrel Yale deadlocks, using a small cluster of hand grenades welded together with brown masking tape. (Unusual description, but okay, poetic license!) He then comes to a second door that’s plain, solid steel with no markings, not even a keyhole. It needs a code for a keypad. Rafik has the code. Move to chapter six: Professor Greene rushes to check on his secret research laboratory after being alerted to the break-in. We read – “He quickly made his way towards the doors leading to his research laboratory. The door was open. The second door beyond it had a huge hole.” A little further on: “He couldn’t do anything about the battered main door, but the first door with the broken lock was undamaged. An outsider wouldn’t even notice that the Yale had been picked.” The professor then proceeds to ‘conceal’ the so-called fire exit door by dragging stacked chairs in front of it.
Chapter eight: Meet Mike Bonnington. Apparently, a hard-working guy who hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in a long time because he spends most of his waking hours in his car. He sits in his car to eat as he looks out over a favorite beauty spot. He happens to see a guy dragging a body out of a building, dumping it and driving away. Does he go to check on the body, see if there are any signs of life? Hell no. He follows what he assumes is the murderer’s car. (We have no idea who Mike is or what he is there for. Not until much later do we find out he’s CIA and his work has nothing to do with chasing a total stranger.) When the ‘murderer’ goes into his house, Mike parks a few houses away and takes out a gun from a holster tied to his leg. He’s about to go after the ‘murderer’ (it’s really Professor Greene) when his phone rings. It’s his son, calling long distance. He settles back in the car for a chat. While he searches through some pamphlets to look up a fax number for his son, he misses seeing Rafik Jaffer (who came in through a back door) dragging the now unconscious professor out of the house. Lots of other developments but now, in Chapter sixteen, Mike ends his call with his son and happens to see a car pull up outside the ‘murderer’s’ house and a woman and a man going in. (This is the professor’s daughter Liz and her friend, Tim.) Mike decides to just sit in his car and see what develops. Chapter twenty-three and Mike’s getting claustrophobic in his car and gets out. Before he gets any further, a garbage truck pulls up outside the house. It stinks, so he hops back into his car. The truck blocks his view and he anxiously waits for five minutes until the truck leaves. As a result, he misses the woman and the man getting back into their car and driving away. The ‘murderer’s’ car is still there though. When he finally goes in, the house is empty.
Sorry, that’s just too convenient. Not much of a CIA agent, is he?
Chapter twenty-two: “So you think your father’s disappearance has something to do WITH his research?” The WITH is missing. A few paragraphs later: “Okay, well let me try TO help too.” The TO is missing.
Chapter thirty-seven: Liz and her friend finally decide to go to the police for help. The policewoman who finally attends to them has to go and get a folder and leaves them unattended at the counter. There happens to be a fax machine on the counter and as they wait, Liz and friend happen to see a fax arrive which has THEIR photos on it. It says, ‘WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH MURDER’.
Sorry, again much too convenient. The police are just as slack as the CIA agent!
Chapter Forty-one: Rafik Jaffer has been arrested. He’s in the back of a patrol car and fakes illness. The two officers allow him to go into a toilet. He makes such horrible vomiting noises they decide they can’t stand to watch it. They close the door. He manages to pull a window frame out of the wall (nobody hears him?) and then he climbs out and escapes! Not only that, he manages to hotwire the police car and uses it as a getaway car. As if!
Chapter forty-three: (Harmony Haven is an HIV orphanage.) border is used instead of boarder.
Chapter eighty-one: ‘ … plants and shrubbery ordaining the ceramic tiles … ??? Not sure what this is meant to be – are they becoming priests? ‘Adorning’ perhaps?
Chapter eighty-nine: “ … I’ll make it with your while … “ with should be worth.
Chapter Nineteen: The professor has been abducted by Rafik Jaffer who has blindfolded him and taken him out on a speedboat. “Icy waves splashed over the sides ….” The blindfold is removed and, “The professor was blinded momentarily by the glare of the sunlight …” Rafik threatens to shoot the professor unless he tells him where the (missing) chip is. The professor refuses and Rafik tells him to “Get onto the edge of the boat.” The wind picks up and, just as Rafik pulls the trigger to shoot the professor, “ … a strong wave crashed against the boat, causing it to rock, and knocked Professor Greene into the water a split second before the first bullet.” Rafik fires more bullets into the water.
Sorry, This is just too sloppy. We’ve been told Rafik has a good reputation (for what he does). Surely, he would know there is no point in shooting the professor when the professor still has what Rafik wants. Then, we are meant to believe the professor survives. He is an ‘old’ man, goes into the icy water in which there are ‘strong currents’ and at least one ‘huge shark’. Then, Chapter eighty-seven: “ … when the first bullet fired by Rafik was released from his pistol, the boat knocked against a rock.” (The ‘strong wave’ of chapter nineteen has become ‘a rock’.) We’re told he was able to swim back to the area where he fell in (there must have been a road sign, maybe?) but when he gets there he can find no rocks, “Just the relatively calm waters of the ocean.” (Yet, icy waves were splashing earlier.) The professor becomes fatigued in the water and “ … he did not realize just how strong the deceptive currents were.”
There’s also an unlikely scene where a man in a wheelchair turns out to have been faking it all along. He is ‘The Fox’ (a.k.a. Hank), who’s the terrorist mastermind. He went to school with Liz’s friend (Tim) but is now super rich and, despite pretending to be a paraplegic, has managed to maintain and service his own helicopter which he uses to escape when cornered. The helicopter is on the roof. When he flies off, Tim gives chase in a speedboat (à la James Bond?). They shoot at each other, the helicopter crashes in the water but the boat is sinking. They fight in the water and get arrested by the water police but Hank escapes when the police are distracted by a mime artist. Tim and Hank meet up again and they chase each other onto a Ferris wheel. That’s where Hank meets his fate by falling off.
There’s also a minor sub-plot (!) about Liz saving the life of the USA President, who is in town to give a speech. ‘The Fox’ was planning to kill him and all the audience by supplying the venue with poisoned water. By now Liz has teamed up with Mike Bonnington who we now know is CIA. He says he can get her into where the president is giving his speech but when they get there, Mike can’t prove who he is because he’s lost his credentials.
Give me a break!
Still, I loved the premise of the story and it kept me turning the pages until it was all laid out for me. I think it has sufficient ‘thriller’ attributes to be made into a movie – provided the producer closes all the holes.
Five stars for the story, one star for the telling.

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Tina C.
Great read
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2020
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I really enjoyed this book. It had the excitement and action of a Dan Brown story with a great deal of technical details that added to the plot. I liked the Cape Town, South Africa setting. Having never been there before I feel like I went on a little vacation while reading. Would recommend to all thriller fans.

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A great way to escape for a few hours
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2020
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I read this book over the weekend after a long week of work. It was the perfect escape. The characters were well developed and the writing is solid. I love that the book is based on actual existing technology. Fun read.

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Peter Johns
Great first novel!
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2020
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Kept me interested from the first minute. Read it over two evenings. Thoroughly enjoyed this read. Great characters! I was already familiar with the GCP so that hooked me in. Found a few editing issues, hence the 4 stars. Definitely do not regret buying this novel.

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Couldn't Finish
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2020
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My Kindle says I'm only 15% through this book but I can't be bothered to read another sentance. Everything, and I mean everything, so far has been boringly EXPLAINED. I'm estimating only about a dozen sentences of dialogue so far between as many characters. They've been introduced with a page or two dedicated, then the author flips back and forth between them every few pages. No background or connection between them (except one father/estranged daughter relationship). Nothing at all to keep me engaged or even marginally interested in what happens to anyone. Skip. There's lots better reading out there - even in Kindle Unlimited.

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Could this really happen today?
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2021
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The Mind of God left me wondering what is going on in the real world? Suspense and excitement! Must read!

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Nick
Up there with Dan Brown's best thrillers
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 21, 2015
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Excellent book, made even more impressive by the fact that this is the author's debut novel. It's an intelligent thriller, up there with the likes of Dan Brown's best. As someone who grew up in Cape Town (where the book is set), I can say that the descriptions all ring true. The author has also mastered the ability to make you keep turning the page. I thought I would just read for five minutes before going to sleep, but that turned into two hours! Looking forward to his future works.

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Reviewed in Australia on September 26, 2024
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The premise of this story is interesting and promises a good read. It is unfortunate that the book is unedited, and puzzling that it has not been properly proofread and at least thoroughly sub-edited. A great shame. What is inexcusable is that malapropisms abound. One example which could have easily been amended is this: "... refrained herself." What is meant is that she restrained herself. Similar examples are frequent. A sad and unnecessary experience when a small extra expense could have ensured an interesting, unusual and well-written book.

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Janice
Good read
Reviewed in Canada on July 29, 2020
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Loved that some of the content id based on fact. The plot moved fairly smoothly with a surprised here and there, definitely kept me interested.

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Findo Gask
Good thriller with glaring flaw.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2024
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Enjoyed this book. Has a good fact based story as I discovered reading the author's notes at the end. A well paced chase novel with interesting characters. Would rather the thing they were looking for was a memory stick with a code rather than a microchip. Like the film Sneakers when they're looking for a chip anyone with any knowledge will know there have to be hundreds of them due to the manufacture process!😀 Frank does concede that this part is fictional.

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Lee K
A very enjoyable read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2018
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I am an avid reader and have read many novels in this genre. I thoroughly enjoyed this book which was both intriguing and well written. It is a wonderful imaginative journey made more interesting as it was set in Cape Town, a city I know well. It was an enjoyable novel and I look forward to reading more from this author.

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