"Be warned, for what I have to tell you may in due course prove troubling..."

In 1637, Jonet Nimmo discovers a rare necklace and fearing it will be taken from her, she hides it where no one will ever find it.

Across the countryside of present day Scotland, a desperate man learns of the long lost necklace and will stop at nothing in order to find it. Even if that means kidnapping a tour guide out of Mary King's Close...

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Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas worked at Mary King's Close for two and a half years, and many of the events in this story are based on true events or real locations within and around Mary King's Close and Edinburgh. She now works at Indiana University, directing a large archaeological and human rights project.