Jack Dunn
Book cover of The Lost Hadith of The Quran by Jack Dunn
Fact or Fiction · A novel

A murder in Paris. A seventh-century secret. A warning meant for the world.

The Lost Hadith of The Quran

When the director of the Grand Mosque of Paris is murdered over a lost hadith, four investigators enter a race through sacred history, modern conflict, and a prophecy of catastrophe.

ParisMarrakeshJerusalemMedina

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Published
2023
Publisher
The Flats Press
ISBN
979-8-89298-511-6
Library of Congress
2024900168

The search

One lost message.
Four turning points.

What begins with an assassination becomes a pursuit through disputed history, living faith, and the fault lines of the present day.

  1. Paris

    The murder

    Aafia Bashir, Director of the Grand Mosque of Paris, is killed by a gunman hunting for a newly surfaced hadith.

  2. Marrakesh

    The cipher

    A coded scroll bearing the words "The Abraham Lies" sends Catherine, Stephen, Hans, and Ali deeper into the mystery.

  3. Jerusalem

    The discovery

    Hidden crypts, the Chapel of the Ascension, and an ancient monastery lead the searchers toward the lost text.

  4. Medina

    The calling

    In one of Islam's holiest cities, the hadith's warning must finally be carried beyond those who tried to bury it.

The stakes

An ancient text. A modern world already near the brink.

Catherine Turrell and Stephen Hathaway join historian Hans Moriel and Moroccan human rights advocate Ali Ahmed to trace a cryptex, a coded scroll, and a seventh-century parchment. Behind them is a mercenary tied to Saudi Arabia's feared Tiger Squad.

Their investigation crosses the history of the Quran, the shared traditions of the Abrahamic faiths, and the political forces shaping the Middle East. As the trail reaches Jerusalem and Medina, the question is no longer whether the hadith is genuine, but whether its warning has arrived too late.

From the prologue, condensed

Paris, France
July 11, 2023

"Where is it?" the man demanded as he seized Aafia and slammed her against the pillar.

"The last secret of the Quran is kept by you. The one hidden here in the mosque is the precious lost hadith."

"It is not yours," Aafia said calmly. "It never will be yours."

The sacred mosque's hallways echoed with the shocking bang of a single gunshot.

Jack Dunn's signature style

Where fact ends,
the thriller begins.

Real places, historical records, and contemporary events form the ground beneath the fiction. Dunn sets competing accounts beside one another, then lets a thriller ask the dangerous question: what if the missing piece has survived?

About the author

Jack Dunn

Jack Dunn is an international, award-winning author whose "Fact or Fiction" thrillers blend fast-moving contemporary adventure with historical events.

Based in Western Massachusetts, Dunn has written fourteen novels and two screenplays. His novel Babylon's Tablet of Destiny won the 2008 USA IPPY Silver Medal for best historical fiction.

His first novel, The Diary of General William Goffe, appeared in 1982 and was syndicated in The Advocate newspapers, reaching tens of thousands of readers. Across more than four decades, his work has returned to history's unresolved questions and the dangers that emerge when the past collides with the present.

2008 USA IPPY Silver MedalBest historical fiction

Selected works

From the archive

The trail begins in Paris

Some messages are lost.
Others are hidden.

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