The Vatican Robbery

Two honest brothers, forced into crime by criminal threat planned the perfect crime to steal valuable Vatican relic in cased in a jeweled receptacle. Their plan succeeds but during escape one brother is killed in an automobile accident. The surviving brother is the only one who know details of the crime and where the relic is hidden, but he suffers from amnesia as a result of the same accident. Famous insurance investigator is stymied. The story details what happens to the surviving brother and how the investigator gets involved. Surprise ending.

Two honest brothers, forced into crime by criminal threat planned the perfect crime to steal valuable Vatican relic in cased in a jeweled receptacle. Their plan succeeds but during escape one brother is killed in an automobile accident. The surviving brother is the only one who know details of the crime and where the relic is hidden, but he suffers from amnesia as a result of the same accident. Famous insurance investigator is stymied. The story details what happens to the surviving brother and how the investigator gets involved. Surprise ending.

Joe is a retired dentist/oral surgeon who has been published in several professional magazines and journals in addition to two biographies and a true story of a U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort that was sunk by a one man submarine just prior to the end of WWII. This is a first attempt to publish a novel and it is one of eight finished manuscripts; a mystery, detective, suspense, humor and international crime. THE URSA WEB is a sequel THE VATICAN ROBBERY. Married to Ruth for 69 years. Joe has two children and two grandchildren.