The Florentine Cypher

KATE SEES AURAS THAT PREDICT DEATH...in Carrie Bedford’s slightly psychic take on the traditional British mystery all wrapped up in a DaVinci Code-like puzzle…LOOK OUT, DEATH! YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE!

London architect Kate Benedict’s weekend begins with “Follow that cab!” and takes us off and running on an international adventure,
ticking off picturesque locales from London to a Venetian palace and
the Tuscan countryside, pausing just long enough for a quick tour of
Florence’s Duomo, with danger dogging every step.

What
began as a quiet Friday night dinner date with an old childhood friend
turns into a manhunt when Kate arrives at the rendezvous just in time to
find her friend Ethan leaving in a taxi. Kate is alarmed to see
the distinctive swirling pattern above his head that only she can see,
and that she has come to recognize as a portent of imminent and mortal
danger. When Ethan’s disappearance is followed by a series of
cryptic text messages, Kate goes looking for him at his sister’s house
in Florence, Italy, but it’s immediately clear that whatever danger
threatened Ethan in London has followed Kate to Italy--his sister Claire
has a matching aura! Soon Kate and Claire are on the run,
constantly watched and followed, repeatedly threatened and attacked …
never knowing who they can trust. Apparently not even the carabinieri, who are now following them also!

An
ancient book that was given to Claire and Ethan’s grandfather after the
close of World War II holds the key to Ethan’s disappearance and the
source of the danger indicated by Claire’s ever-present aura. Until all
the pieces come together – the book, a hidden key, a diagram, and a
cypher that Kate will need help decoding – Kate and her friends are
safe; but then their tormentors – whoever they are – will have no reason
to keep them alive.

“I thoroughly enjoyed the fast-paced action and exotic locales of The Florentine Cipher.  It is an edge-of-your-seat page turner.” --Terri Reid, author of the Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery Series.