The Qumran Mystery

It was one of the most important discoveries of the century: the Dead Sea Scrolls, found in the caves of Qumran. And soon stolen. Through an investigation strewn with crucified corpses, will Ary, a young religious Jew, uncover the secret they hold? Do the mysteries surrounding the death of Christ still have the power to kill?

In this learned and gripping tale, whose plot unfolds across two thousand years of human history, Éliette Abécassis — at twenty-seven! — delivers a formidable theological thriller, one that Umberto Eco himself would surely not have disowned.

The Qumran Mystery is the first volume of a trilogy that continues with Le Trésor du Temple and La Dernière Tribu. The novel has been translated into eighteen languages.

The two subsequent volumes have not yet been translated into English.

A graphic novel adaptation by Pierre Makyo (script) and Stéphane Gémine (artwork) was published by Glénat in three volumes between 2002 and 2013.