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No Safe Place To Hide

Written by Murray Bailey on May 8, 2025.

Book 1 of the post-Singapore series. Coming late Autumn 2025 Ash Carter arrives in the Philippines and bumps into Wolfe. He’s a shadow of the man Carter knew. Taking a private detective job – to find a missing journalist – seems a way of helping Wolfe. However, the more Carter searches, the more he uncovers. There’s a tangled web and, ultimately, the mess could cost Carter his life.

Codex of the Gods

Written by Murray Bailey on May 8, 2025.

Book Three of the Egyptian Stones Trilogy – Coming Autumn 2026 When Alex Maclure is hired by eccentric tech billionaire Simon Blanchard to work at a private California museum, he expects dusty artifacts—not danger. But when Blanchard is found dead and the museum’s security AI shows Alex committing the crime, he becomes the world’s most wanted fugitive. The mysterious relic Alex was studying has vanished. To clear his name, he must uncover its secrets—and fast. With the help of Marie Dubois, a brilliant but enigmatic expert, Alex plunges into a global conspiracy stretching from...

The Mark of Eternity

Written by Murray Bailey on May 8, 2025.

Book Two of the Egyptian Stones Trilogy – Coming Spring 2026 FBI Special Agent Charlie Reed thought the Surgeon — a notorious serial killer — was a ghost from the past. But when a new series of murders erupts, each marked with strange, arcane symbols, the trail leads Reed across continents to Egypt… and to a chilling revelation: the Surgeon has returned, and this time, his killings follow a pattern—one tied to a purpose more terrifying than anyone imagined. Meanwhile, in Egypt, Alex MacLure has uncovered more encoded messages in ancient tablets. An ancient Egyptian was...

The Heretic Cypher

Written by Murray Bailey on May 8, 2025.

When Egyptologist Alex MacLure’s friend and mentor dies he’s stunned to discover she’s left a message—hidden, encoded, and meant only for him. With a mysterious artifact and a trail of cryptic symbols, Alex is thrust into a deadly race against time. What begins as a quest to finish her research quickly spirals into a chilling conclusion: her death was no accident. She was murdered for what she discovered. Now he’s the next target. Hunted by a ruthless adversary, Alex finds himself swept from the academic halls of London to the heart of Egypt’s oldest sites. As he races to...