The Newton Cipher: Trina Piper Thrillers Book 1

by Steve Ruskin

Historian Trina Piper is summoned to the British Library to authenticate a coded manuscript believed to be authored by Isaac Newton himself, while London cowers under the pall of a series of ghastly murders. When a malicious Russian scholar appears and demands the manuscript, Trina realizes that Newton’s papers and the murders are connected, and both hint at something far more a secretive Order dedicated to reviving alchemy for sinister purposes. Caught between occult mysteries and a shadowy cabal, Trina must find a way to save not only herself, but all of London. With the help of a handsome and resourceful Interpol agent, she rushes from Westminster’s fog-filled alleyways to the colleges of Cambridge University in a race to prevent a forgotten seventeenth-century plague from being unleashed… again . As Big Ben ticks down, she discovers that Newton carried a secret so dark he buried it beneath layers of stone and forbidden sorcery. But now the secret is out and people are dying. Can Trina solve the Newton cipher before it’s too late?

454 pages, Paperback

Published June 27, 2023

Reviews

[Tim Buck · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was awesome, with academic settings, an intriguing mystery and tons of action! The main character was very likable and charming.