The Dante Conspiracy was written by James Becker and published by Canelo Adventure (May 28th, 2018).
“When the body of a poetry professor is found tortured in a deserted barn outside Florence, Inspector Perini is assigned to the case.
“No murder of passion, it is clearly a professional job. When, hours later, thieves break into Dante’s cenotaph, it seems the two crimes may be connected by some missing verses from the Divine Comedy.
“They could contain a code so valuable someone is willing to murder for it. But who? And why? As the bodies pile up, Perini is in a deadly race to find the secret before the killers. The truth will prove more shocking than he could have possibly imagined…” [. . .] —Amazon