THE FATAL SCROLL Herculaneum, Book 1

Deep-voiced Ivan Sherry performs this convoluted mystery revolving around Herculaneum papyri, unexpected deaths, and prickly academics. History teacher Marcus Sinclair, having inherited a scroll and several million dollars from his Hungarian uncle, attends an academic conference about papyri in Naples, where his scroll is stolen. Sherry ratchets up the tension when a Google software engineer who digitally unrolls the scroll is murdered. Sherry barely shifts his vocal pitch for women, while assigning gruff tones to the Hungarian uncle and inconsistent accents to the Italian detectives. Sinclair and perky investigative journalist Kristi Grainger join forces to uncover the secrets of his stolen scroll, while an intrepid detective investigates the string of subsequent thefts and murders. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2025]