For fans of adventure mystery writers such as Dan Brown, Lee Childs, Stieg Larsson, James Rollins, Janet Evanovich, a novel that is picking up 5 star reviews across the board. "A gripping read from start to finish" "I found it difficult to put this book down" "A proper page-turner" Richie Littleton has grown tired of the mundane bind of London commuting. Armed with a rucksack he leaves his career and his girlfriend to experience the real world, searching for vitality amongst the sense-battering contradictions of India. He is another deluded backpacker. That is until a fortuitous event brings back childhood memories and heralds a journey of discovery that involves riddles, danger, murder and deceit, culminating in an earth-shattering revelation. Unaware of the importance of his find, Richie soon becomes a target for the police and for a mysterious criminal network with more ruthless objectives, as he blindly strives to reveal hidden truths. Mappamundi is a crime mystery that combines good with evil and history with the modern day. It tracks the deadly race to uncover a cherished icon by those who would play fair and those who would stop at nothing.