The Gospel of Sheba (Bibliomysteries)

A librarian is tormented by a lethal volume of black magic. When A. Davenport Lomax’s young daughter asks him whether spirits and faeries are real, the Edwardian librarian just pats the little darling on the head. But when a desperate man emerges from the winding passages of the library muttering about demonology, he gets Lomax’s attention. Theodore Grange is a member of the Brotherhood of Solomon, a secret society dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of black magic, and he believes he has found a book written by the Queen of Sheba herself. Said to hold the answers to one thousand demonic mysteries, the tome will poison any man who dares read it.   The next time Lomax sees him, Grange is at death’s door. To uncover the truth about The Gospel of Sheba, Lomax agrees to accompany Grange to a meeting of the brotherhood, where he will encounter darkness that threatens his life, his family, and his soul.The Bibliomysteries are a series of short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors.

Matthew Pearl, bestselling author of The Dante Club

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“A wonderful book. Lyndsay Faye’s command of historical detail is remarkable. . . . I bought into this world in the opening pages and never once had the desire to leave.”

Laurie R. King, author of The God of the Hive and The Beekeeper’s Apprentice

“Intriguingly complex yet deliciously smooth, The Gods of Gotham is, in a word, stunning.”

About the Author

Lyndsay Faye is an actor and an author of mysteries. Raised in the Pacific Northwest, she spent several years acting professionally in the Bay Area, finding a particular niche in period roles, and growing surprisingly comfortable in a whalebone corset. In 2005 Faye moved to New York City, where she put her acting career on hold and began writing fiction. Her first novel, Dust and Shadow (2009), draws on her experience with Victorian culture to portray the Jack the Ripper killings through the eyes of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Dr. Watson.While living in New York, Faye became interested in the rough-and-tumble early history of the city’s police department. The Gods of Gotham (2012) and Seven for a Secret (2013) both star ex-bartender Timothy Wilde, a man as tough as the city streets.Faye lives and writes in New York and is currently working on the third Timothy Wilde novel.

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