Thirty Feet Under
When a museum in Italy is robbed and the guard murdered, the Carabinieri Art Squad asks for Kate Taylor’s help searching for the thieves. After working in the FBI Art Crimes Team for years, doing little but updating files and computer work, she is thrilled to work on a real case.
Yet there’s something unusual about their request. It’s
a small, unremarkable marble sphinx that was stolen -
why would the Carabinieri care? Still, she’s looking forward to some excitement and adventure. Besides, Luca, the Carabinieri’s agent, has big, beautiful eyes.
Kate finds out the sphinx is the key to unraveling one
of the greatest mysteries in archeology: the lost tomb of a legendary king. Before long, she’s searching for suspects in an international smuggling ring. People are dying. She doesn’t know who she can trust, including Luca. And time is running out: Kate has two weeks to solve a 3,000-year-old mystery before its treasures are looted and vanish forever.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
CBC Books
Named one of the “Canadian fiction books we’re excited about”
Publishers Weekly
“…his plotting and prose are breezy and amusing. This screen-ready adventure offers a welcome dose of escapism.”
Terry Fallis
Two-time winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour
“In Thirty Feet Under, Bill Wodhams delivers a fresh, fast, and fascinating mystery set in the world of ancient art and antiquities. This ain’t your garden variety police procedural. When you start to read this page-turner, good luck stopping! Bravo.”
Ian Hamilton
Author of the international best-selling Ava Lee crime/mystery series.
“Thirty Feet Under is an original and imaginative page-turner. Well done, Mr. Wodhams.”
firstCLUE Reviews
"This promising thriller offers an entertaining and insightful look at morally ambiguous art-world trading in looted artifacts."
Crime Writers
Finalist for the 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Best Unpublished Crime Manuscript