The Lazarus Succession

The raising of Lazarus created a secret that has reverberated across the centuries. That secret lays hidden in a succession of works portraying this event.

Annas Zevi, an artist, was told by Christ to portray the occurrence. His completed work, said to possess miraculous healing powers, has vanished, along with every other painting depicting Lazarus’ resurrection over the centuries.

Sir Maxwell Throgmorton, a disgraced High Court judge, hires Broderick Ladro, and his partner Ulla Stuart to locate a long lost medieval painting by Spanish artist Francisco Cortez, depicting the raising of Lazarus and like Zevi’s painting, rumoured to possess miraculous powers.

Throgmorton’s client is a wealthy Spanish Condesa (Countess), who is terminally ill, and prepared to pay and do whatever is necessary to find the work… Can its healing powers restore her to full health like she believes?

Unbeknown to the Condesa, Throgmorton seeks to make a vast personal fortune from the discovery of the paintings, and is prepared to murder anybody who stands in his way.

When Ladro and Stuart learn of Throgmorton’s deceit, they begin a battle to stop his plans, and as Ladro discovers the Lazarus secret, a shocking revelation is unveiled.

Ken Fry is a former publisher and author who has published two other books. He travels extensively and is interested in art and literature. He lives in a Surrey village, enjoying walks with his Shetland Sheep Dog.