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A MISSING FILMMAKER. A STOLEN ANTIQUE. SOMEONE WILL KILL TO STOP THEM BEING FOUND...
''Denise Mina is crime-writing royalty'' Val McDermid, author of A Place of Execution
When filmmaker, Lisa Lee goes missing, alongside a priceless Roman silver casket, there is no doubt the two are linked together.
The day after her vanishing, the casket is listed for auction in Paris with a reserve price of fifty million euros.
On a thrilling chase across Europe to discover what happened to Lisa, journalists Anna and Fin are caught up in a world of international art smuggling, billionaire con artists and religious zealotry.
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''Riveting, fast-paced''
Sunday Times
''A joy to read''
Daily Telegraph
''A cinematic thriller... Hitchcockian''
The Times
*A Scotsman Book of the Year*
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