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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