The Hypnotist by M. J. Rose

I was pleased to receive this book for review because I was already familiar with the author and had enjoyed reading The Reincarnationist when it first came out.   A blurb on the back of the book compares this series to Dan Brown, saying that Rose's books are "more believably plotted" and I would add that they are also less formulaic. 

While I wished that I had (re)read the first two books (The Reincarnationist & The Memorist), The Hypnotist stands well on its own.  Lucian Glass is an agent with the FBI's Art Crime Team who has been investigating a man who is suspected of committing all kinds of crimes in pursuit of memory tools believed to aid in remembering past lives.  Now, as several stolen works of art resurface after being missing for many years, Lucian works to understand how these crimes relate to each other.  Meanwhile, he is forced to revisit a painful event 20 years in his past in an effort to understand his present as well as the past lives he begins to believe in.

The Hypnotist rates a solid 4 out of 5 stars and makes me want to go back and read the other two.