The Bones of the Apostle

John Amos

“Thomas, I’m bored. We need some excitement.”

Back from their harrowing mission in the desert to recover a stolen statue of Aphrodite, detectives Flinders Petrie and Thomas Pettigrew have earned a reputation for success against all odds. Just as they are growing restless for another big case, they are tasked with finding a stolen religious artifact, the bones of the apostle Thomas, a quest that brings them face-to-face with the dark horrors of the Armenian and Assyrian genocide during World War I. With the help of Gazelda, a retired witch turned intelligence agent, the duo pursues the relic and its mysterious thief, known only as the Veiled One. But facing their old enemy again is only half the battle. To succeed at their task, both men must confront their own personal histories and the friends, family, and lovers they left behind in Turkey years before.

With The Bones of the Apostle, author John Amos delivers another lively international adventure that is at once charming and sobering, poignant and jarring. The atmospherics will compel you; the story will move you.

John Amos holds a PhD from the University of California at Berkeley and a JD from the Monterey College of Law. He has taught at the university level for twenty-five years. His academic publications include two books, Arab-Israeli Military/Political Relations and Palestinian Resistance, as well as numerous articles in major academic journals. He is also a coeditor of Gulf Security into the 1980s. His fiction works include The Student (2022), The Cleopatra Caper (2023), and The Case of the Stolen Goddess (2024). He has lived and studied in the Middle East, most notably in Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, and Türkiye. He currently practices law.