Publisher Description
In post-revolution Paris, an old man signs a letter in blood, then hides it in a secret compartment in a sailor’s chest. A messenger arrives to transport the chest and its hidden contents, but then the plague strikes and an untimely death changes history. Two hundred years later, Hugo Marston is safeguarding an unpredictable but popular senator who is in Paris negotiating a France/U.S. dispute. The talks, held at a country chateau, collapse when the senator accuses someone of breaking into his room. Theft becomes the least of Hugo’s concerns when someone discovers a sailor’s chest and the secrets hidden within, and decides that the power and money they promise are worth killing for. But when the darkness of history is unleashed, even the most ruthless and cunning are powerless to control it.
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Engaging . . . the cliffhanger chapter endings and an exciting chase involving the Queen Mary II liner keep the reader riveted.
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Publishers Weekly
About Mark Pryor
Mark Pryor, a former newspaper reporter from England, is now an assistant district attorney with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office in Austin, Texas. The creator of the nationally recognized true-crime blog D.A. Confidential, he has appeared on CBS News’s 48 Hours and the Discovery Channel’s Discovery ID: Cold Blood. In addition to the Hugo Marston series, Mark is the author of As She Lay Sleeping and Hollow Man.
About Todd McLaren
Todd McLaren, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, was involved in radio for more than twenty years in cities on both coasts, including Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. He left broadcasting for a full-time career in voice acting, where he has been heard on more than five thousand television and radio commercials, as well as television promos; narrations for documentaries on such networks as A&E, Discovery, and the History Channel; and films, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit?