The Last Methuselah: A Detective Fodden Brooke Mystery

A thousand years ago, in a mountainous Greek region, a brilliant doctor established a research centre after becoming obsessed with longevity and immortality. The natives, suspecting the centre of being responsible for the disappearances of children and young women, mutinied against the doctor and his colleagues, all of whom were killed in the brutal riot. In present day Manhattan, New York, a wealthy hotelier is murdered. Startling discoveries are made during his autopsy, which revealed—among other bizarre findings—that he is irreversibly sterile. Confused by the news that her late husband is not responsible for her pregnancy, and knowing he is, the young widow of the hotelier raced from New York to the swanky streets of Paris and to the arid Egyptian desert town of Giza in search of answers, all the while being stalked by a deadly assassin. Soon she finds herself in the folds of an ancient brotherhood, and stumbles on a thousand-year-old secret so devastating and terrifying it threatens the very fabric of modern medical practice and human existence. As bodies continue to mount, the widow suddenly realizes that rooting out the evil is no longer enough to keep her alive.