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Amber RoomBerry, Steve
Amber Room
One of the greatest treasures ever made was seized by the Nazis in 1941, was hidden and has not been seen since. But now the hunt begins again.

Third SecretBerry, Steve
Third Secret
Alberto Cardinal Valendrea, the Vatican’s powerful Secretary of State, plots to bring down the troubled pontiff, while Father Colin Michener, the pope’s secretary, investigates the murder of a Romanian priest.

QBlissett, Luther
Q
A fired-up German Anabaptist plays a deadly game of cat and mouse with a papal spy known as Q.

Rule of FourCaldwell, Ian
Rule of Four
500-year-old literary mystery blended with Renaissance history, code breaking, acrostics, sleuthing, and personal discovery, makes this a compelling modern thriller.

Genesis CodeCase, John
Genesis Code
A phone call in the dead of night brings Joe Lassiter shattering news.

Thieves of HeavenDoetsch, Richard
Thieves of Heaven
When master thief Michael St. Pierre steals two priceless antique keys, he unwittingly sets in motion a deadly plot that brings him face to face with an insidious enemy and sends him running for his life.

The Sonnet Lover Goodman, Carol
The Sonnet Lover
After a student dies under mysterious circumstances, literature professor Rose Asher journeys to the rustic Italian villa and finds out what happened but instead gets caught up in the dangerous search for a missing folio containing what some believe are long-lost sonnets penned by Shakespeare.

Codex Grossman, Lev
Codex
A young investment banker is asked to find a possibly mythical codex, the text which most scholars believe predicts the coming of the apocalypse.

The Book of Air and ShadowsGruber, Michael
The Book of Air and Shadows
A naive intellectual property lawyer finds himself at the center of a deadly conspiracy and a chase to find a priceless treasure involving William Shakespeare.

Last TemplarKhoury, Raymond
Last Templar
When archaeologist Tess Chaykin is attacked by four masked horsemen dressed as Templar Knights, she teams up with FBI anti-terrorist specialist Sean Reilly for an investigation that takes them through three continents.

Historian : a novel Kostova, Elizabeth
Historian : a novel
In her father’s library, an American girl comes across an ancient book that is blank save for an illustration of a dragon and the word Drakulya.

Sign of the Cross Kuzneski, Chris
Sign of the Cross
A scroll is unearthed revealing secrets that could rock the foundations of Christianity.

TestamentLustbader, Eric Van
Testament
A lost gospel reveals the secret for which the faithful are not prepared, that Jesus was restored to life by "The Quintessence," the mysterious fifth element, rather than by divine assistance.

Book of FateMeltzer, Brad
Book of Fate
When the president’s close dead friend reappears, disfigured and stalking the now former president, a two-century-old code must be deciphered and secrets of Masonic history must be uncovered.

Splintered Icon  Napier, Bill
Splintered Icon
Antiquarian book dealer Harry Blake, agrees to help Sir Toby Tebbit translate a 400-year-old encoded journal that chronicles the adventures of a young cabin boy who traveled to the Americas as part of a secret mission for the Elizabethan crown.

UnburiedPalliser, Charles
Unburied
Three separate tales are interwoven in this novel about Dr. Courtine, an unworldly academic, who is invited to spend the days before Christmas with an old friend.

Daughter of GodPerdue, Lewis
Daughter of God
The Vatican has lost its most closely held secret -- a secret whose exposure could shatter the very foundations of Western religion, shift world power and ignite religious violence the likes of which the world has not seen for centuries.

The Crystal SkullScott, Manda
The Crystal Skull
The Mayan’s prophesized the world would come to an end in 2012 unless 13 crystal skulls are reunited. Stella is determined to find them and decipher their clues.

Solomon’s Key the Codis Project: A Conspiracy Thriller  Weber, R. Douglas
Solomon’s Key the Codis Project: A Conspiracy Thriller
Two partners race against time and follow cryptic clues in paintings hidden during Nazi occupation that may hide the keys to a mystery that points to a secret Masonic nexus of power.

 
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