She's on the hunt for Truth, and she's being hunted. Secret Passages is a race-against-time mystery thriller from the 1920's to the present with shadowy groups in a deadly pursuit of the most precious of all ancient religious artifacts. But a young reporter gets in their way and faces threats to her career and her life. Investigating the cold-case death of an Iowa college professor who was on sabbatical at the British Museum to review ancient Egyptian artifacts, a newspaper reporter teams up with a librarian/archivist to not only learn the cause of the professor's death, she finds the historic artifact and discovers new meaning for her life. Is she Laura Croft or Indiana Jones, or just an angry 30-year old from Iowa? She's both! Be careful, the story will capture you and might change you. Unlike popular novels that have plots with shallow characters going from point to point to point to obvious endings, this book is real literature. The characters have depth and emotion, the unpredictable plot is full of shock without horror, and the settings and style have texture with feeling. Readers say it's a "page turner!" You'll enjoy a rich experience you'll want to discuss with all your friends!