The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden riches lost. But now two forces vying for the treasure have learned that it is not at all what they thought it was-and its true nature could change the modern world. Cotton Malone, a one-time top operative for the U.S. Justice Department, is enjoying his...

Antoine Verlaque is the handsome and seductive chief magistrate of Aix-en-Provence, France. When local nobleman Etienne de Bremont falls to his death from the family chateau, the town is abuzz with rumors. Verlaque suspects foul play and must turn to his on-again, off-again lover, law professor Marine Bonnet, for help when he discovers that she had been a close friend of the Bremonts.

Celia Hagen and her son Benny take a vacation to the south of France. Benny is missing and thought to have been kidnapped and everyone appears to be a suspect.

50-year-old Lily Crisp leaves her home on an Idaho ranch and escapes to southern France in the hope of putting her life back together just two years after her beloved husband Paul's untimely death. Spending her days basking in sunshine on a French terrace, she obsessively types her history of love and loss on an old typewriter she names Madame Olivetti. And is often happily interrupted by Yves, the strapping young handyman attracted to older women....