When the invitation arrived, Professor Fiona Wynne should have known it was too good to be true.
A mysterious academic symposium on a remote Scottish island. World-renowned scholars gathering to discuss "Forgery, Faith, and the Fragile Archive." All expenses paid, no questions asked.
But within hours of arriving at the medieval Inishfirth Institute, Fiona discovers that some invitations are actually death sentences.
Dr. Alain Lambert, brilliant researcher of ancient manuscripts, is found dead in his tower study-the victim of what appears to be a perfectly planned murder. His crime? Discovering evidence that could rewrite sixteen centuries of accepted history and destroy the foundational myths of Western civilization.
Now someone is systematically eliminating anyone who might continue Lambert's work.
With nowhere to run and nowhere to hide, Fiona must decode Lambert's final message before she becomes the conspiracy's next victim. But the deeper she digs, the more she understands why some people will kill to keep certain truths buried forever.
Because sometimes the most dangerous knowledge is the kind that proves everything you believed about the past was a lie.
From the author of the acclaimed Fiona Wynne Mystery series comes a pulse-pounding academic thriller that combines the cerebral puzzles of Agatha Christie with the breakneck suspense of Ken Follett. Conference of Shadows will keep you guessing until the final, explosive revelation.
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