The world's most sacred and mysterious object and a race for survival... The brilliant new thriller from global bestseller James BeckerIn Ethiopia, Chris Bronson and Angela Lewis are on the hunt for the Ark of the Covenant. But it looks like their luck is running out. Until, that is, a new avenue springs open in southern France.Meanwhile, the Vatican is getting worried. Their best people are tracking the Ark, but so is a mysterious group ...

A corrupt government, a deadly killer on the loose and only one man standing in their way.Seconded to the FBI, British policeman Steven Hunter is assigned to a bizarre case too complex for the local police. A body is discovered with a human femur driven through the top of its skull. Hunter must find out who killed them, and why.But someone high-up doesn't want the case solved. Facing the deadliest test of his career, Hunter must stay one step ahead, uncov...

BOHEMIA, 1741On the northern banks of the Vltava River, an extraordinary event is taking place. Inside a private chapel, a high-born Hungarian lady is being laid to rest. But not before her heart is removed from her body, and she is buried beneath a layer of heavy stones - lest she rise again to prey upon her victims ...VENICE, 2010Holidaying in the world's most beautiful city, Chris Bronson and Angela Lewis...

An ancient secret means the difference between life or death in this chilling thriller.When the body of a poetry professor is found tortured in a deserted barn outside Florence, Inspector Perini is assigned to the case.No murder of passion, it is clearly a professional job. When, hours later, thieves break into Dante's cenotaph, it seems the two crimes may be connected by some missing verses from the 'Divine Comedy'.They could contain a code so va...

An ancient sect. A modern mystery. The most dangerous secret ever unearthed.Antiquarian bookseller Robin Jessop has acquired a strange medieval volume. What appears to be a book is a cleverly disguised safe, in which she finds a single rolled parchment, written in code.For encryption expert David Mallory, the text is impenetrable. Until an invaluable clue opens the door to a conspiracy, stretching back seven centuries.Now Jessop a...

An extraordinary discovery. An ancient mystery. The race of their lives.When his old friend, Angela, invites him out to her archaeological dig in the Iraqi desert, Chris Bronson is expecting a relaxing few days and an overdue catch-up. But when they arrive at the site they find her colleagues slaughtered and a recent discovery defaced.Their only clue is an incomplete inscription, which holds the key to uncovering the truth ...

A priceless relic and a monster that will do anything to get hold of it.In the summer of 1888, a killer is about to rampage through East London. But what are the real motives behind the murders?Police Commissioner Charles Warren has in his possession an ancient artefact of incredible value, and unknowable danger. Discovered on a mission to Jerusalem, he smuggled the relic back to England, never imagining the peril he would place himself in, and more devas...

Time is running out to catch a gruesome killer in this pulse-raising thriller.When mutilated cattle are found in New Mexico, it's only a matter of time before the killer will seek out human victims. And when a series of eviscerated corpses appear on the prairie, British detective Steven Hunter, seconded to the FBI, is assigned the task of finding the twisted murderer.But his investigations pull in two conflicting directions. Who is flying the mysterious j...

FROM THE PUBLISHERS THAT BROUGHT YOU DAN BROWNFor thousands of years we guarded it. But now it has been found. This could be the end - for us; for our organisation; for the world. You must destroy it, and those who have taken it.An ancient object is discovered in a Cairo souk. Hours later, the market trader who sold it is tortured to death. As the bodies begin to pile up, a request for help is sent to British Museum historian Angel...

The most precious prize of them all...While deciphering what few clues they have managed to recover about the Templar's secrets, Jessop and Mallory make a discovery about their legendary treasure. Rather than gold or jewels, the long-sought prize may be something far more valuable: information.For the Templars were the original inventors of international banking. Lands, titles and the fates of entire noble houses were placed in their keep...

Was it really an iceberg that sunk the Titanic? Or is that just what they want you to think?On Sunday 15 April 1912, the 'unsinkable' RMS Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage to New York. But the truth is quickly suppressed.On board she carries three men scheming to create a new military alliance between the USA and Germany. Their goal war with Great Britain and the destruction of the British Empire. Alex Tremayne and his American colleague

An Englishwoman is found dead in a house near Rome.Her distraught husband enlists the help of his closest friend, Chris Bronson, who discovers an ancient inscription on a slab of stone above their fireplace. It translates as 'Here Lie the Liars.'But who are the liars? And what is it they are lying to protect?Pursued across Europe, Bronson uncovers a trail of clues that leads him back to the shadowy beginnings of Christianity; to a chalice decorated with mysterious s...