At 3 a.m., a thief thwarts security and enters the British Museum's Enlightenment Hall. His goal? To steal occult artifacts and unlock the secrets of otherworldly power.When a security guard is killed during the heist, it marks only the beginning of a sinister spree. Inspectors Vance and Shepherd are drawn into a web of black magic and secret societies. As they pursue the mastermind behind the crimes, psychic investigator Amy Baxter offers them a helping hand.With time running out, the detectives must navigate a world where ancient mysteries collide with modern technology. Can they stop the killings before the thief's insatiable hunger for power leads to even greater horrors? John Broughton was born in Cleethorpes Lincolnshire UK in 1948: just one of the post-war baby boom. After attending grammar school and studying to the sound of Bob Dylan, he went to Nottingham University and studied Medieval and Modern History.He decided to take up writing again late in his career. The fruit of that decision was his first historical novel, Die for a Dove, an archaeological thriller, followed by The Purple Thread and Wyrd of the Wolf. Both are set in his favourite Anglo-Saxon period. A series by John Broughton.
