The Sacred Bones: A Novel
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A brazen and violent crime occurs at the crossroads of the Christian Islamic and Jewish faithsthe shocking theft of ancient artifacts hidden for many centuries in a secret vault beneath Jerusalems Temple Mount. In its wake thirteen Israeli policemen and soldiers are deadand the fuse is lit on a volatile Mideast powder keg threatening an explosion that could devastate the world. In Italy American forensic scientist Charlotte Hennesey has answered a Vatican summons asking for help. Joining with Italian anthropologist Giovanni Bersei she embarks upon a perilous journey down a twisted path of revelations prowled by sinister zealots and relentless cold killers. For they must expose the astonishing secrets locked in the ancient bones resting in a newly unearthed burial boxthe skeleton of a man who lived and died in the first century; a man who was scourged and stabbed . . . and crucified.
