The Venus Flaw — Jack Slater

The Venus Flaw

Murder and corruption in the Maltese government combine with the concealment of a horrific secret in a minefield of intrigue and violence.
When Dan and Wendy Griffin find a cave full of prehistoric artwork on the coast of Malta they are plunged into a living nightmare. Someone is trying to keep something hidden, but who? And what?
Unable to trust the police or the British Embassy and with no clues other than the cave itself and the fact that one of the men trying to keep them from it works for the National Security Service, they must try to figure out what is going on before one or both of them are killed.

The Venus Flaw was inspired by the mysterious events that have plagued Maltese archaeology since the early 1950s. Theft, lies, violence and vandalism, have been integral to a campaign of misinformation that has reached all the way to the top levels of government. Such a concerted and extensive campaign strongly suggests that something is being hidden. But what? Why are archaeologists being discouraged from the island and the public from its caves? And, with these often illegal activities being instigated when Malta was still well and truly a part of the British Empire, who is behind it all?