The Michael Turner Historical Mystery Box Set Series

Michael Turner though that he was involved in a lot of mystery and intrigue when he was an American Naval intelligence officer working for MI5, or better known as the British Secret Service during World War II, but little did he know that once he met Melissa Pembury, it would make those days seem like a quiet New England vacation. Why? Because Turner and Melissa are about to go off on an adventure that will pit their cunning and ingenuity against some of the most powerful men in post World War II England. After the suspicious death of her father, Melissa solicits the help of Turner, an American living in London to help her carry out a search for the chalice of Christ, and at the same time solve the murder of her father. William Pembury, a British Archeologist, had traced the chalice through a two thousand year journey whose path started at the Last Supper and led directly to a group of anti-Semitic aristocrats called the Right Club. The British secret society was now plotting to eliminate the Pembury women and unleash the power of the chalice. Melissa and Turner follow a variety of clues that take them through some of London's most iconic venues until they finally meet with Spencer Davenport to test the power of the sacred chalice. Davenport is the head of the Right Club, an anti-Semitic group of British aristocrats that conspired with the Nazis during World War II and will stop at nothing to harness the chalice's powers. Who will win the chess match that might determine the fate of mankind itself, the college professor and archeologist's daughter, or the Right Club and the Nazis?

The Third Spike is book two of the Michael Turner trilogy, taking off where "The Carpenter's Chalice" ends. Turner was finally able to sit back and enjoy life. After all, he had just helped his fiancé Melissa avenge the death of her archeologist father by capturing his murder, Heinrich Himmler, and at the same time retrieve the Chalice of Christ, the most sought-after artifact of the Western World. But when the Ark of the Covenant also conveniently surfaces in Damascus, Melissa's mother informs him that her deceased husband had once told her that he had read an ancient scroll that seemed to suggest that if the two artifacts were ever combined by the Anti-Christ, the end of days clock would begin to tick. The disturbing news, along with Himmler's escape from prison and the disappearance of the two priceless artifacts sends Turner and Melissa on an urgent mission to penetrate the sacred walls of the Vatican in hopes of reading the Testament of Andrew, the writings of a little known disciple that supposedly included a description of The Third Key, the one thing on earth that could possible stop the clock's progression. But the Vatican is extremely leery of people who seek permission to enter La Camera del Papa, the most secret vault in the Vatican Archives, especially those supporting theories contrary to the teachings of the church. Will Turner and Melissa be able to decode the meaning of the Third Key and find it before Himmler can unleash the combined power of the Chalice and the Ark, or will Himmler prevail and use the treasured Christian artifacts to fulfill his evil ambitions?

Abstract Art is the third and final book of the Michael Turner three book series. After the suspicious death of Melissa Pembury's father, a world renowned archeologist who had searched for the Holy Grail all of his life, Melissa and Turner had chased Heinrich Himmler through the British Isles and the Mideast in an effort to bring the murder of Melissa's father to justice. The dreaded Nazi had faked his death after the war and joined a clandestine network to steal the Ark of the Covenant and the Chalice of Christ and use their powers to complete his dastardly plot. After capturing Himmler in El Arish, Egypt and then watching him hanged by a military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, Turner thought he saw the last of the despised Nazi, that was until he inspected the corpse and failed to find his distinctive tattoo. Turner decides to join the British Secret Service team he worked with during the war to get back on the trail of Himmler, a trail that leads him to a Nazi cloning operation, an underground railroad for fugitive Nazis, and a surprising connection to the world of fine art. Will Turner and Melissa finally end the fugitive Nazi's trail of death and destruction, or will Himmler be able to use the money he's generating from the sale of his ill-begotten war spoils to escape his pursuers for a third time.