Lost Catacomb (Hochberg)

The Lost Catacomb 
Shifra Hochberg, 2014
Enigma Press
358 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780615975696


Summary
An intoxicating blend of Vatican thriller and heart-rending love story, The Lost Catacomb's multiple timeline moves seamlessly across the centuries, from the early Roman Empire to the present and to World War II, where it explores the motif of loss—lost lovers, lost identity, and lost treasures—against the backdrop of the Holocaust in Italy.

At its center is Nicola Page, a beautiful young art historian who flies to Rome to assess a newly discovered catacomb of enigmatic provenance. Its magnificent frescoes hold the clues to a centuries-old murder and the existence of a fabled treasure from the ancient Temple in Jerusalem. Assisted by a handsome Italian archaeologist, Nicola is quickly drawn into a tangled web of intrigue and peril, masterminded by a powerful priest who is determined to destroy those who would reveal the dark secrets of the past.

And as Nicola uncovers layer after layer of this deadly past, she is brought face to face with shocking facts about her own family history—facts that will forever change the course of her life.