For avid readers of religious mystery thrillers, “The Lost Epistle” by Terry Burnett Will Make An Explosive, Faith-Stretching Read

For readers in search of their next new read, particularly in the religious and mystery genres, it pays to attend the Los Angeles Book Confab and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2025. Through rigorous browsing, they will find The Last Epistle (ReadersMagnet; 2025) by Terry Burnett among the books on display.

Organized by the self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet, the Los Angeles Book Confab will take place on April 23-24, 2025, at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, organized by the University of Southern California (USC), will take place on April 26-27, 2025, at the USC campus in Los Angeles. Both events present exciting opportunities to find new titles by up-and-coming authors.

The mystery thriller The Lost Epistle by Terry Burnett features similar religious-mystery themes to The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and the movie The Body, starring Antonio Banderas. The book title pertains to an epistle or letter supposedly written by the Apostle Paul, one of the most important figures of Christianity and the pillar of Pauline Christianity. Paul, in his old age, began to doubt the faith he had helped defend and spread and so wrote an epistle, in which he retracted everything he had preached about the person and work of Jesus.

The letter – or the lost epistle – is so dangerous that it gave rise to a secret society, which sole purpose was to guard the controversial text and preserve the rule of the Mother Church. The epistle, heavily kept secret through the centuries, will – like many controversial historical artifacts in thrillers – ignite more than just controversy and disbelief.

The Lost Epistle will drag readers into a sinister saga of mystery and murder involving ancient Jewish Kabbala, Templar lore, Roman Catholic orthodoxy, and Protestant fundamentalism. In the world of the book, Paul’s last letter is just as explosive as the Gospel of Thomas or any non-canonical gospel and is a historical artifact more controversial than the Shroud of Turin.

Though a work of fiction, The Lost Epistle will surely drive open-minded readers to further ponder the historicity of Jesus and the basis of faith, as well as offer a fast-paced thriller of murder and intrigue. Moreover, it will spark interest in the non-canonical gospels, religious conspiracy theories, and secret societies.

Get a copy of The Lost Epistle by Terry Burnett on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and ReadersMagnet Bookstore. Attend the 2025 Los Angeles Book Confab and visit the ReadersMagnet exhibit at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 2025 at booth #225 to check out the book display.

Book Details
Author: Terry Burnett
Book title: The Lost Epistle
Book genre: Mystery/thriller
Publisher: ReadersMagnet
Published date: March 17, 2025

Author’s Biography:
Terry Burnett is the continuing legal education director for the South Carolina Bar. He lives in Little Mountain, South Carolina, with his wife Sally and their Miniature American Eskimo Lily. He enjoys fishing, hiking, reading, teaching, pondering arcane questions of theology and history, and writing novels that bring those topics together.

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