A murder brought them together, two thousand years keep them apart.
AD 2023: Pursuing her career comes at a cost forensic anthropologist Tori Benino is only too willing to
pay, distancing her from secrets she is all too willing to keep. When on the site of an excavation in Italy
she discovers an ancient murder mystery she is determined to solve. But before she can prove her theory
Tori is accused of a crime she did not commit and faces deportation. Unwilling to return home, Tori
accepts an opportunity to work in a war zone, helping collate evidence against perpetrators of war
crimes. Here she makes an unexpected connection with a man she dare not give her heart to. When
tragedy strikes, her secrets unravel and Tori is forced to face her past.
AD 70: In the aftermath of the Year of Four Emperors and the civil wars that nearly tore the Empire apart,
Thalia is forced into a marriage that brings her close to the heart of the new and dynamic Flavian
dynasty. Although she doesn't welcome her marriage to a man whose reputation precedes him, Thalia
finds herself drawn to her enigmatic husband. But his secrets destroy both her affection and any hope for the life she thought she would lead. When her life is saved by the man set to guard her Thalia is forced to choose between the life she knows and an uncertain future that sees her fighting to keep her family alive during the most destructive natural disaster of the First Century AD, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Kathy Reichs (Exhumations) meets Kate Quinn (Mistress of Rome) in this dual timeline narrative inspired
by real-life events. What Remains will appeal to readers of Contemporary, Women’s Fiction, Historical
Fiction, Historical Mystery, Crime Thriller, Action and Adventure Fiction, with a dash of Romance thrown
in.