book cover of The Fractured Talisman
 

The Fractured Talisman

(2025)
(The third book in the Trina Piper series)
A novel by

 
 
Mysterious artifacts stolen from Europe's museums…

Billionaires gathering high in the Alps…

Ancient power fused to modern AI…

Historian Trina Piper thought Vienna would be a quick winter getaway. A little culture. A little coffee. A little alone time with Interpol agent Ulrik Stander. But when the renowned Kunsthistorisches Museum is robbed by an invisible thief, she finds herself on the hunt for pieces of a powerful talisman lost over a century ago.

Someone is collecting those pieces. But who... and why? The answer lies high in the Swiss Alps at an annual gathering of the world’s elites, where sinister schemes lurk behind the glamor of posh parties and ritzy châteaus. Among backstabbing billionaires—who claim to want to save the world, but appear concerned only with increasing their own power—every move Trina makes is a risk, every step a landmine.

On top of it all, Ulrik seems… different. She can’t call him her boyfriend. She’s not even sure she can call him her friend. Whatever they are, they must work together to survive.

With a dangerous assassin on the loose, Trina will use every skill she has—including her budding alchemical powers—to not only stop her nemesis from manipulating the global financial system, but also to save the people she loves. Even if they don’t love her back.

If she succeeds, she’ll face an even greater mystery. One that makes her question everything she knows, and everything she thought she was.

If she fails, she’ll lose everything���and everyone—she cares about, while the world’s economy becomes the playground of the powerful.

Once again, Trina is forced to risk it all... when all she really wanted in Vienna was a slice of Sachertorte and a double espresso.

And an outside chance at love.


See why fans call the Trina Piper Thrillers series ‘breathtaking… it’s Dan Brown meets JK Rowling’ and say the books ‘grab your attention on the first page and keeps you spellbound until the final mystery is revealed....’

It all starts with book 1, The Newton Cipher.


Genre: Historical Mystery

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