The Agency of the Ancient Lost & Found

Can a painting hold a secret safe in plain sight across seven centuries? The murder of the last member of an old Venetian family peels back the rug on a shocking truth that draws art historian and textile expert Phoebe McCabe into the fray.

What she sees in the missing Renaissance symbology will shake the foundations of religious and cultural...

She was a painting by Titian; she was queen of the Holy Roman Empire, and 500 years ago an audacious sisterhood buried a secret in her name.

Lisbon 2020: a pair of forensic archaeologists discover a strange skull buried with the original occupant inside a fifteenth-century tomb. That same night, one archaeologist is murdered and the skull stolen,...

Florence, Italy 1996: a young archaeologist follows a hunch that compels her to knock down a wall and retrieve a hidden sketch which may be by the renown Renaissance master Botticelli. But before she can alert the authorities and claim the find, the sketch is stolen leaving her standing in the rubble.

Three decades later, the drive for...

Phoebe McCabe repatriates a marble head of Athena to the Greek Acropolis, thinking it just another day in the life of the Agency of the Ancient Lost & Found. Meanwhile, others declare her arrival sounds absolutely mythic. That her name stems from the ancient Greek Titan who gave birth to the twin dieities of the sun and the moon is only part...

Cleopatra and Livia Drusilla. One was an audacious Egyptian queen and the richest woman of the known world, the other an influential Roman empress known for upholding the virtues of hearth and home. While Cleopatra ruled openly flaunting luxury and excess, Livia wielded her authority behind the scenes with strategic gravitas. The one link...

France, May 30, 1432: a young peasant girl is burned as a heretic after successfully leading an army into battle against the English. Two members of Charles VII’s court, an advocate and a priest, stand on the sidelines unable to intervene when their king bargains away Joan d’Arc’s life. Yet they seethe with a sense of injustice that compels them...

In 1856, two Victorian siblings follow in David Livingstone’s footsteps to the banks of the Zambezi in present day Zimbabwe, the brother seeking rare flora, his sister a lost African civilization. Only, Louise Hopkins will never return though her brother Terrence will bring home her findings: a peculiar mask with hennaed dreadlocks plus two...

When an ancient artifact is stolen from the crypts of London’s Temple Church at the same time that a man is shot inside the historic property, Phoebe is compelled to track down the culprits, even if one of them turns out to be her own father-in-law, Sir Rupert Fox. But while Rupert attempts to block Phoebe’s investigation, the noose tightens...

A missing godfather, a criminal on the loose, and the Australian Outback sets the stage for one of Phoebe’s most challenging and thrilling missions. Released from prison, her murderous ex taunts her to play a game on his home turf—do as he says and her godfather Max Baker lives, break the rules and he dies. Can she find the clues to save Max,...

An elusive Irish collector is reportedly purchasing stolen art and artifacts from some of Europe’s biggest art thieves, including the Agency of the Ancient Lost and Found’s nemesis, Noel Halloran. The plan is for Phoebe, her Interpol husband Evan, and Sir Rupert Fox to head to Ireland on a fact-finding mission. Only the facts they uncover on the...

The Agency of the Ancient Lost & Found: Three great mystery thrillers in one volume.

Book One: The Carpet Cipher: Can a painting hold a secret safe in plain sight across seven centuries? The murder of the last member of an old Venetian family peels back the rug on a shocking truth that draws art historian and textile expert Phoebe McCabe into...