From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of international intrigue comes a shocking new stand-alone thriller that thrusts a group of university students, falsely accused of murder, into a treacherous hunt across Europe, all to unlock the secrets buried within a centuries-old book that could change humankind forever.

Knowledge can be magic—until it falls into the wrong hands.

The ritualistic murder of a British professor at the University of Exeter points to a startling cast of suspects: his own students. All are enrolled in a postgraduate program covering the history of witchcraft, folklore, and spiritualism.

All evidence points to Sharyn Karr—an American student. Prior to the professor’s death, he had thrust a centuries-old book upon her. It appears to be the handwritten and encrypted diary of an eighteenth-century mystic and occultist, the Comte de Saint-Germain. The professor begged her to keep the text safe, ending with a warning: Trust no one.

Such a responsibility forces her into cooperation with Duncan Maxwell, a fellow postgrad and the sixteenth in line to the British Crown. Already, Duncan has proven himself a savant with encryptions. Unfortunately, the pair clash at every level, but they both need one another. Especially when they discover the book’s opening words: Herein lies the secret to my immortality. Come find me, if you dare.

As dark forces close upon the pair, she and her friends are forced to flee, pursued by law enforcement and hunted by a powerful cabal. In an explosive chase across Europe—from the Tower of London to Parisian chateaus to a fortress in the Italian Alps—Sharyn must learn the true secret hidden in Saint-Germain’s text. It will send her and the others across history and deep into the heart of one of the world’s greatest mysteries, a secret buried at the roots of Western Civilization, a discovery that could topple empires and change humanity forever.

For what lies at the end of Saint-Germain’s diary is as shocking as its opening words.

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During a violent storm on the Cornish coast, a tech CEO attempts one last encrypted broadcast — proof of corruption powerful enough to kill for silence. He never finishes it. A four-man team takes him alive and wipes the site clean.

Only a dying fragment of the signal escapes.

It’s intercepted by Cal Ruan — former military intelligence, now an NCA officer being quietly pushed aside. He recognises the pattern instantly. It links to a classified operation he was never meant to survive.
Ruan breaks protocol and goes off-book.

What follows is a trail of staged deaths, vanished whistleblowers, and a regeneration project laundering millions. At its centre is a rising local politician. Behind him is a network that doesn’t threaten — it erases.

When an investigative journalist crosses Ruan’s path, they form a dangerous alliance. The police can’t be trusted. The NCA may already be compromised. And once Ruan acts on the signal, there’s no way back.

Dead Signal is a gritty, fast-moving British crime thriller packed with tactical action and a conspiracy that escalates far beyond Cornwall. Perfect for fans of Simon Kernick, Lee Child, Mark Dawson, and Mick Herron.

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