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Chase Baker is a true Renaissance Man. He’s also a man who knows how to find trouble. A part-time resident of Florence, Italy, his resume reads like a modern day Da Vinci or Casanova. Writer, private investigator, tour guide, historian, treasure hunter, adventurer, and even archaeological sandhog, Chase is also a prolific lover. Unfortunately for him, his dangerous liaisons all too often make him the target of a jealous husband. Now, at the direct request of the Florence police, he finds himself on the trail of an archaeologist by the name of Dr. Andre Manion who’s gone missing from his teaching post at the American University. But having worked for the archaeologist several years ago as a sandhog on a secret but failed dig just outside the Great Pyramids in the Giza Plateau, Chase smells a renewed opportunity to uncover what just might be the most prized archaeological treasure in the world: The mortal remains of Jesus. But how will Chase Baker go about solving the mystery of finding both the archaeologist and the Jesus Remains? With the help of Manion’s beautiful ex-wife, Chase will manage to secure an up-close and personal examination of the Shroud of Turin, not only to view the famous image of the crucified Christ, but to unlock the relic’s greatest secret which is none other than a map, or a key, detailing the precise location of Jesus’s body. A romantic, action-packed, and thrilling conspiracy mystery for fans of Clive Cussler, Dan Brown, and JR Rain, from NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Vincent Zandri.

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Amazon Five Star Reviews:

“The Shroud Key is kind of a departure for Vincent Zandri, who, although he’s a versatile writer, is more widely known for his dark crime fiction. This one, though, is a straight up, Indiana Jones-style adventure story, and Zandri pulls it off very nicely. His hero, Chase Baker, is an author, tour guide in Italy, and incurable ladies man who gets drawn into a hunt for that most fabled of Biblical archaeological relics– the bones of Jesus himself.
Dan Brown territory, you might be thinking. Maybe so, but Zandri is a much stronger writer than Brown, and he also has a sense of humor. Although the stakes are high in The Shroud Key, I got a nice sense that Zandri was grinning the entire time he was writing it, that he was having a blast.
Chase Baker is a rogue, and a bit of a scoundrel– he has a fondness for other men’s wives, for instance– and at first you probably won’t be sure if you like him. But as the novel moves along at its breakneck clip, more facets of Chase’s personality emerge, and you realize there’s more to him than what initially meet the eye. He’s a flawed but ultimately decent hero. I’m looking forward to his next adventure”

“A very interesting tale of adventure and mystery! This book was definitely a page turner! The main character was definitely one cool dude! Humorous at times and spiritual at others! I highly recommend this book to any if you out there that enjoy treasure hunting!”

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