Uncovering the secrets of The Divine Comedy may be the key to stopping a killer in this “edge-of-the-seat thriller with fantastic historical detail” (Robert Foster, author of The Lunar Code).
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.
Hours later, thieves break into the tomb of fourteenth-century poet Dante Alighieri. It seems the two crimes may be connected by some missing verses from the author’s immortal masterpiece, The Divine Comedy.
The missing verses could contain a code so valuable someone is willing to murder for it. As the bodies pile up, Perini is in a deadly race to find the secret before the killers. The truth will prove more shocking than he could have possibly imagined . . .
James Becker is an author of conspiracy, espionage and action thrillers. He spent over twenty years in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. Involved in covert operations in many of the world’s hotspots, he brings a high level of detail and authenticity to his work. He also writes action-adventure novels under the name James Barrington and military history under the name Peter Smith in the UK.