What lies beneath . . .
At first, Jean Suttman thought she had died and gone to heaven when she was granted the opportunity to study in Rome. But the body that s lying in the ancient subterranean Temple of Mithra the murdered corpse of a repulsive and disliked fellow student is far from her idea of heavenly. Now she s truly frightened, and not just because small accidents seem to be occurring around her with disturbing regularity. It s the ever-increasing certainty that someone, for some unknown reason, is ruthlessly determined to do her harm. Jean s innocent underground excursion into a sacred pagan place has trapped her in something dark and terrifying, and even the knowledge that practical, perceptive fellow American Jacqueline Kirby is on the case won t ease her fears. Because there s only so far Jean Suttman can run . . . and no escape for her except death.