Finalist 2021 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Best Historical Novel This fascinating, well-researched historical novel, 'The Genizah Codex, Book 2' the 'Academy of Sisters' series, is a detective story spanning three timeframes. They are linked by one common factor - an ancient document which may hold keys to solving the crimes. Modern-day PhD student Catherine Simpson travels to Jerusalem to conduct research for her thesis. In the crypt of a Nestorian monastery she stumbles upon a second century Aramaic codex. Shiphrah, a member of the Academy of Sisters in second century Alexandria, leads the translation of their founder Sophia's memoirs into Greek. Ex-Templar Hughes seeks to find who betrayed his father to Philippe le Bel's Inquisition. He purchases a set of Aramaic scrolls. 'The Genizah Codex' reveals its secrets and makes everyone rich and famous.