The Granite Key
Published on 25. January 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
284 pages
979-8-224-88332-5 (ISBN)
Description
Some keys open doors. The Granite Key unlocks the past and threatens the future.
THE ARKANA SAGA
A lost artifact. A coded truth. An extremist cult willing to kill to possess it, and a secret society willing to die to protect it.
Weaving archaeological puzzles, astronomical riddles, and ancient civilizations into a high-stakes conflict, the Arkana saga delivers a gripping history-based adventure where uncovering the past may be more dangerous than leaving it lost.
Perfect for readers who love secret society mysteries, ancient artifacts, hidden history, symbol-driven conspiracies, and clever, clue-based thrillers.
Volume 1 - The Granite Key
The murder of a shopkeeper over a stone artifact known as the Granite Key sparks a 3,000-year-old treasure hunt on the island of Crete.
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Series
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
465 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-224-88332-5 (9798224883325)
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Nancy Wikarski is a fugitive from academia. After earning her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, she worked in corporate America for two decades before becoming a historical mystery author. Her books highlight unknown aspects of women's history and contain elements of magical realism. In her Arkana series, she foregrounds the latest archaeological discoveries about prepatriarchal cultures around the planet and weaves these facts into fictional artifact hunts. Her Gilded Age Chicago books depict the real issues of first-wave feminism while following the fictional adventures of two amateur sleuths. Both her series have been award-nominated and have ranked on bestseller lists.
The author is a member of Mystery Writers of America, the Society of Midland Authors, and has served as vice president of Sisters in Crime-Twin Cities and on the programming board of the Chicago chapter. Her short stories have appeared in Futures Magazine and DIME Anthology, while her book reviews and essays have been featured in Murder: Past Tense, Deadly Pleasures, and Mystery Readers Journal. She is currently writing an Arkana spinoff series called The Trove Chronicles that will continue to feature discoveries about global prepatriarchal cultures. More mysteries from the casebook of Gilded Age detectives Evangeline LeClair and Freddie Simpson are also in the works.