Part of NUMA Files, book 17
First published 2020
Kurt Austin watches a fishing trawler sink off Scotland's coast, its cargo lost to dark waters. The NUMA operative doesn't know this wreck connects to pharaoh treasures stolen in 1074 B.C. or to an American pilot who vanished over the Atlantic in 1927. Austin and his NUMA team partner with British MI5 agents to uncover the truth behind these scattered events. Their investigation leads them to the Bloodstone Group, an international network of arms dealers and antiquities thieves. The criminals are hunting the same ancient Egyptian riches that disappeared from royal tombs three thousand years ago. Austin races across two continents as the treasure hunt intensifies. The Bloodstone Group will kill anyone who stands between them and the priceless relics. Austin must decode the mystery linking past and present before the stolen pharaoh gold falls into the wrong hands forever.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, treasure-hunt
Setting: Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, Scotland, United Kingdom
Period: 1074 BC, 1927, 21st Century
415 pages · Hardcover · G.P. Putnam's Sons