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1937: Hitler sent an expedition to Tibet in search of the lost land of Thule. 1941: Himmler spent a huge fortune, and sacrificed the lives of hundreds to turn Wewelsburg Castle in Germany into a shrine to the SS. 2008: Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is astonished to discover that the gentle grandfather he thought he knew was a decorated war hero, serving in the Special Air Service in World War Two. And his grandfather has one more surprise.

Somewhere in Germany was hidden a manuscript that would rock Western Europe to its foundations: the testament of Caspar Schulz. Once a prominent Nazi, and long believed to be dead, Schultz could soon be hailed as the author of the most shattering confessions ever to make print.

In 1958 a young Bible scholar stumbles upon a version of the Gospel of Mark far older than that recorded in the New Testament. Unfortunately, his discovery brings him nothing but vilification and accusations of forgery. Eventually, the secret gospel simply disappears. Fifty-one years later, the scholar is dead, the victim of an apparent heart attack. However, evidence found in his room, coupled with a letter to Cairo-based journalist Alex Fisher, suggests murder.

Singulière affaire dont doit s'occuper Louis Fronsac en mai 1638. En ouvrant le testament d'un riche voiturier sur eau qui vient d'être assassiné, sa fille découvre qu'il a laissé sa fortune à sa belle-mère, contrairement à la coutume de Paris. Au même moment, Gaston de Tilly, revenu de Hollande où il était cornette dans la compagnie de M. de Turenne, occupe une charge de commissaire des quais au bureau de l'Hôtel de ville de Paris quand M. Fronsac obtient pour lui un office de commissaire examinateur au Grand-Châtelet.