Rare book expert Claire Reynier investigates when the body of a young woman is found in the basement of the university library, bearing an illustration from a priceless book, which leads Claire to the dark underworld of Albuquerque's homeless.

An ancient religion, a family�s hidden past, and a modern-day murder confront archivist Claire Reynier in her search for a priceless document. A young woman named Isabel Santos discovers a faded scrap of paper buried for hundreds of years under her family�s adobe house. It could be the controversial last words of a Jewish mystic condemned to death by the Inquisition in Mexico City in 1596.Before Claire can examine the document, it disappears and tragedy strikes the Santos family, leaving Claire with many unanswered questions. Were these really the mystic�s last words? How did they get to New Mexico, a place Sephardic Jews hid from the Inquisition and continued to practice their religion in secret for centuries? Is someone willing to kill for the document?Santos is Spanish for saints, but Claire soon discovers that this namesake is a mixed legacy. Every time she visits their old home, she puts herself in harm�s way, yet she continues to search for answers to questions rooted in a dark and dangerous time when heretics were killed for their beliefs.

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The death of an old friend and mentor turns fifty-year-old divorcee Claire Reynier loose on a murder investigation at a New Mexico university.