Adept

"An impressively ambitious debut that marries the crime novel with the occult thriller... It's a British variant on The Da Vinci Code and The Rule of Four." - Andrew Taylor

"Cracking... fast paced, carefully plotted, hard-hitting, but with an edge of humour to keep it sharp... thoroughly to be recommended." - Manda Scott

It's a strange sort of robbery: On the surface, nothing is missing, and the only damage done is to the criminals. David Braun, star investigator for an exclusive insurance firm, is called on by his client - the sinister owner of the building - to find a priceless object that, to the outside world, was never meant to exist.

In turning to American academic Susan Milton, an expert from the London School of Antiquities, he finds a friend and ally to help him make sense of the situation and unpick the mystery. Together they discover the truth that the crime was intended to conceal. Behind it all, a ruthless thief, who is intent on acquiring a priceless antique - an antique with a bloody history its owners would prefer to keep hidden. Risking their lives, they expose a horrifying secret that's centuries old - but the discovery makes them the target of a ruthless killer the police find impossible to catch. With time running out, David and Susan race to uncover the killer's true objective even as he closes in on them...