The Thieves of Darkness: A Suspenseful Crime Thriller Novel - Perfect for Late-Night Reading & Book Club Discussions" （注：根据跨境电商图书类目特点，增加了关键词"suspenseful crime thriller"和"novel"提升SEO，并添加了"late-night reading"和"book club"两个典型使用场景）

WILL A TREACHEROUS MISSION LEAD THEMINTO ANCIENT PARADISE . . .Reformed master thief Michael St. Pierre thinks his crimi-nal days are behind him when his best friend Simon is sentenced to die in a brutal desert prison. Breaking into jail for the first time in his checkered career, Michael frees his friend only to discover his own girlfriend in the next cell. . . . OR STRAIGHT TO A RUTHLESS ENEMY?With a madman on their heels, the trio plots a series of daring thefts inside the worldâ s most celebrated and heavily guarded sanctums to find the mysterious artifact that landed them behind bars: a map to a secret holy place predating Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. From the glittering banks of the Bosporus to the highest peaks of the Himalayas, they embark on a globe-trotting adventure to preserve the priceless relics at stake and protect the fate of humanity.