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Marcus Sinclair is a history teacher whose life is stuck in neutral when he inherits a papyrus scroll from his antiquarian uncle. The mysterious scroll might contain a lost masterpiece from ancient Rome or perhaps an ancient recipe for personal tranquility, but it's unreadable unless Marcus can figure out a way to unroll the scroll without destroying it. His quest takes him to Naples, where he befriends a Google software engineer days before the man is found dead. Marcus is interviewed by an investigative journalist, Kristi Grainger, and they find themselves on parallel paths leading to a Neapolitan trafficker in antiquities, a tech mogul obsessed with the distant past, and a clutch of academics searching for the lost library of Herculaneum. In a seaside city that is by turns lush and lethal, Marcus must confront the unraveling of more than a scroll.
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"Deep-voiced Ivan Sherry performs this convoluted mystery revolving around Herculaneum papyri, unexpected deaths, and prickly academics. History teacher Marcus Sinclair, having inherited a scroll and several million dollars from his Hungarian uncle, attends an academic conference about papyri in Naples, where his scroll is stolen. Sherry ratchets up the tension when a Google software engineer who digitally unrolls the scroll is murdered. Sherry barely shifts his vocal pitch for women, while assigning gruff tones to the Hungarian uncle and inconsistent accents to the Italian detectives. Sinclair and perky investigative journalist Kristi Grainger join forces to uncover the secrets of his stolen scroll, while an intrepid detective investigates the string of subsequent thefts and murders. M.B.K. � AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine"
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- SeriesHerculaneum Mystery #1