WINNER OF THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX DU ROMAN POLICIER
-Beautifully written . . . An excellent thriller.- WALL STREET JOURNAL
-Zen is one of the greatest creations of contemporary crime fiction.- OBSERVER
AN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERY
Prince Ludovico Ruspanti died falling a hundred and fifty feet in St Peter''s church, in the heart of the Vatican. But did he fall, or was he pushed?
Inspector Aurelio Zen finds that getting answers isn''t easy, as witness after witness is mysteriously silenced - by violent death. To crack the secrets of the Vatican, Zen must penetrate the most secret place of all: the Cabal.
-A terrific read combining history, travel, sex, violence and of course the very understated brilliance of that complex character Aurelio Zen.- 5* reader review
-Excellent.- 5* reader review
-You plunge straight into Zen''s Italian crime-world. Gripping in its intensity, its atmosphere and
