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The Borgia Ring

The Borgia Ring

an adrenalin-fuelled, action-packed historical conspiracy thriller you won’t be able to put down…

Summary

If you like Dan Brown, James Becker and Chris Kuzneski, you'll love this high-octane and fast-paced historical page-turner full of twists and turns from international bestselling author Michael White. A must-read!

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A WEAPON FROM THE PAST. A SECRET THAT HAS SURVIVED CENTURIES. A DEADLY OBSESSION.

When a blackened skeleton is unearthed on a building site in the City of London, no one has the slightest idea of its extraordinary link to a plot to assassinate the Queen of England over 500 years ago.

But there is one very conspicuous clue. On the index finger of the body's right hand is a gold ring topped with a brilliant, round emerald.

DCI Jack Pendragon has just transferred from Oxford to Brick Lane Police Station and immediately finds himself investigating three particularly gruesome murders.

He'll need all the experience he has acquired from two decades on the force to track down a killer for whom an eerie obsession has become total madness.

A killer who draws his murderous inspiration from a Renaissance family whose power and cruelty remain a living legend...

About the author

Michael White

Michael White has been a professional musician (one half of the Thompson Twins), a science lecturer, newspaper columnist, science editor for GQ magazine and a series consultant for the Discovery Channel's The Science of the Impossible. First published in 1991, he is now the author of 27 books of fiction and non-fiction, including the bestselling Equinox and The Medici Secret. He lives in Perth, Australia with his wife and four children. More information on Michael can be found at www.michaelwhite.com.au.
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