Archeological Mysteries

When the body of a renowned archaeologist is discovered deep within the haunting caverns of Wookey Hole, a rusted trowel lodged in her throat, the echoes of ancient history awaken a modern-day murder mystery. DI Harriet "Harry" Lambert and DS Tom Reed return in this gripping sequel to The Taunton Tension, drawn into a web of academic rivalries, buried secrets, and dangerous obsessions. What begins as a tragic death soon unearths something far older—and far deadlier. A lost Saxon sword, a hidden chamber, and a cryptic warning suggest the past is not as silent as it seems. As the ...

When a secret lab in Antarctica suddenly goes down in an incredible explosion, Olivia starts suspecting a cover-up. She soon discovers that something is taken from the lab, something that will tip the scale of world domination, should it get into the wrong hands. It isn’t long before Olivia discovers to whom those fabled “wrong hands” belong - the Knights Templar. The Templars lose the Holy Grail after taking it from its hiding place in the Antarctic secret lab, but they are determined not to lose it again. They send a ruthless assassin to get it back.

Historian Dr. Nina Gould is visited by her stepbrother, whom she had not seen for ages. With him, he brings a man holding him hostage. Nina has to help them locate a man reputed to own the Holy Grail, or else her stepbrother would be implicated in a serial killing spree. Her research on the Grail reveals that a unit of Allied soldiers, called the Perceval Chapter, were entrusted with the Grail during the North African Campaign in 1944, tasked to keep it out of Nazi hands.

Small town science teacher Keith Bradley climbs into a red Tesla with English teacher Talia Ramin for the field trip of a lifetime. At stake is a missing copy of the Scriptures on gold tablets. At risk is the trust of an ancient order sworn to keep the tablets safe. Talia's archaeologist aunt and uncle may have lost their last clue to artifact thieves. A government ultimatum might undo every lesson they have taught their students about keeping the Word safe. from Chapter Eighteen – “Are You So Selfish?” “What?” Keith jumped up. “What are you saying? We’re supposed to take the ...

Treasure of Babylon is Part 2 of the Avalon Adventure series – fast-paced mystery thrillers featuring a crew of friends who fly around the world in their own plane, risking everything on wild archaeological adventures. When Selena Moore’s father is brutally kidnapped in Jerusalem, the crew of the Avalon are drawn into a desperate struggle to save his life and stop an insane enemy from getting possession of the most famous missing relic in the world – the lost Ark of the Covenant. Tested to the limit, Mitch Decker and the rest of the crew must use everything in their arsenal to save ...

First they tried to kill him. Then they took his daughter . . . Anthropologist Simon Dracup knows that his only hope of finding her alive lies within the pages of his grandfather's diary, the record of a near century old expedition to Mount Ararat, legendary resting place of the great Ark of Noah. When the CIA pays him a visit Dracup learns that something was found on the Ark. Something priceless. Now its owners have taken it back, but they want revenge and Dracup is their prime target . . .

Josh Bernstein, host of The History Channel's hit series Digging for The Truth, takes listeners beyond the cameras for an even closer look at his adventures through some of the most intriguing, remote, and physically challenging locations on the planet as he explores the world's greatest ancient mysteries. No location is too dangerous, no terrain too rough, no culture too exotic for explorer and survival expert Josh Bernstein.

إنّها مغامرة مثيرة كشف فيها المغامرون الأربعة عن سرٍّ غريب...سرُّ السرداب الأثري الذي نسي الناس أمره على مرّ السنين.

Jad Malek has grown wealthy from a life of adventure, but when a mysterious stranger sells him an ancient map, his comfortable life spirals into chaos. The map’s origins trace back to the Caucasus Mountains, and it promises a discovery that could alter history, if only Jad can survive long enough to unearth it. Within hours of acquiring the map, Jad finds himself targeted by a deadly assassin. Forced to flee his home, the treasure hunter embarks on a globe-spanning journey, from the deserts of Pakistan to the high mountains of Nepal.

After losing everything he owned in a swift defeat from his greatest enemy, David Purdue is not the man he once was. Broken and beaten, the once great adventurer David Purdue must rebuild his life to try and reclaim what was taken from him. Forming uneasy alliances with modern-day pirates, Purdue seeks the buried treasure of a once infamous buccaneer, seeing it as the only way to start restoring his lost wealth. He quickly learns that things aren't nearly as easy when you have no money and sail with a crew of criminals who might mutiny at any moment.

After inheriting a farm on New Zealand’s South Island, Lewis Harding tries his best to keep it running. The financially strapped farmer is forced to forage his new land for implements, eliciting the help of his son Gary. But when they go too close to the entrance of an old deserted gold mine, catastrophe strikes in more ways then one. When Gary’s older brother, Dr. Cecil Harding, shows up at the farm, Nekenhalle, he discovers that his brother and father had gone missing.

Winner of the 2019 Soon To Be Famous Illinois Author Project, adult fiction category The Bone Shroud Irem Madigan’s wedding trip to Rome turns into a desperate search for historical relics, and a struggle to stay ahead of a killer. Irem, an archivist at the Chicago Field Museum, flies to Italy to be the “best man” in her brother’s wedding. He’s marrying an archaeologist who lures Irem into a centuries-old mystery. Unfortunately, there are other players in the game, and some of them are playing deadly. Can she survive and uncover the ancient secrets? Strong characters, shady ...

Famed rock-star-turned-philanthropist Ashton Mink is murdered in his Manhattan high-rise apartment, leaving behind the words “Devil’s Interval” as the only clue to the killer’s identify or motives. Dan Kotler, archeologist and consultant with the FBI’s new Historic Crimes Division, and Agent Roland Denzel, of the FBI, are called to the scene of Mink’s murder, and asked to help in the investigation. What they discover is a secret project, based on the research of historic figures such as Sir Isaac Newton, that could alter the course of history and enslave humanity.

John Henry “Doc” Holiday and the rest of “The President’s Dozen” (plus one) race into the breach once again, undaunted by the deadliest odds they’ve ever faced. Their mission is to hunt down “The Keeper” and a man calling himself Nostradamus “The Father of Time”, whose scrolls reputedly contain a secret that could rock the entire world.

In England, a museum curator is murdered in his home. An old priest is found dead in his upper-room apartment in Morocco. In Florida, a renowned artist is found floating in his private pool, dead. Three deaths that, as the occurrences go, appear unconnected. Until Olivia Newton, former employee and journalist at Miami Daily, gets a call that her brother, Andrew Gilmore, has been abducted.

With a terminally ill wife, Glasgow mechanic Court Callany is desperate for money. When an acquaintance from work asks him to help him rob a wealthy antiques collector’s home, he reluctantly agrees. However, the robbery goes wrong, and when Court tries to sell his stolen artifacts at a local pawnshop, he unwittingly enters into the underworld of international relic hunting.

When federal judge Miranda Castell turns up dead in the abandoned mining town of Shale Creek, West Texas, detective Shelly O'Reilly and her faithful beagle Bruce uncover far more than a simple murder. What begins as a puzzling case in the vast Chihuahuas Desert quickly escalates into a dangerous pursuit of the Desert Serpent Syndicate, a criminal organization smuggling stolen Native American artifacts across the Southwest. With her trusted horse Tucker and a network of loyal friends gathering intelligence, Shelly follows a trail of clues from ghost towns to hidden mining camps, discovering ...

Recruited by the United Nations, Alex and Sam set off on their most dangerous mission yet. Their task - find and retrieve the last remaining fossil evidence that may link humanity with mitochondrial Eve from a death-defying underground cave system in war-torn South Africa! But the fearless team soon come face to face with the perils of a nation in conflict against each other.

The search has begun. And death has been unleashed... A team of scientists is missing. An explosion has devastated a ship carrying the latest group of academics and scientists, and a mysterious killer lurks among them. For over seven decades a secret has remained hidden on one of the world’s most remote islands—South Georgia—closer to Antarctica than to civilization. South Georgia is uncivilized, and indeed, savagery has awoken at the remote abandoned whaling station of Grytviken. Stranded at Grytviken, shipwreck expert and maritime historian Jake Sands is caught in the middle. He and...

Miss Lane is puzzled by Jasper Jesperson's interest in what seems a very minor theft - possibly even a prank - from the storerooms at the British Museum. But London in the 1890s is rife with secret organisations, cults and individuals eager to acquire some of the legendary magic of ancient Egypt. The deeper the two detectives dig, the more hidden crimes they uncover, and the higher the death toll mounts. And at the centre of it all is the 'Mystery Mummy' recently acquired by the museum. Are the deaths and madness truly caused by a mummy's curse? Or is there a living villain to be apprehended?