In the style of National Treasure hit films, Janice Law's fast-paced fiction thriller discloses how a wicked secret double-encrypted in an 18th century diary, intersects dramatically with 16th century Vatican art under the U.S. Capitol dome from which a gadfly journalist plunges to his death.
Law teams a former criminal court judge with an Indian chief to unravel America's most stubborn historic mystery: the two-century old disappearance of a patriotic relic.
Dangerous clues climax in a dark, isolated Washington, D.C. cemetery where human and nonhuman forces threaten the duo's investigation and their lives.
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About the Author:
An internationally famous Supreme Court case; an insider's experience of bare-knuckled Texas judicial politics; poignant family estrangements; a whimsical children's fantasy of a cat and dog in the U.S. Capitol building, and a page-turner thriller involving America's most stubborn historic mystery-- are all reflective of author Janice Law's diverse interests and multi-faceted careers.
Law, a former print journalist, served as a state and federal prosecutor, criminal defense attorney for the indigent, and Texas criminal court judge. Although she still serves as a visiting judge, Law has authored five books, appeared on CSpan2/BOOK TV, and is featured at major national book festivals. Her nonfiction book Yield: A Judge's Fir$t-Year Diary, was a finalist for a major Texas book award presented at the Texas Book Festival. The Texas Bar selected her children's book Capitol Cat & Watch Dog Unite Lady Freedoms, for the statewide Law-Related Education Program for Texas teachers.
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- PublisherEakin Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1934645818
- ISBN 13 9781934645819
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages266