The Assassini
The author of the bestselling The Man from Lisbon returns with this superlative international thriller about a secret society of killers operating within the dark heart of the Catholic Church. Gifford spent more than five years researching this well-written, fast-paced novel involving the inner...
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The author of the bestselling The Man from Lisbon returns with this superlative international thriller about a secret society of killers operating within the dark heart of the Catholic Church. Gifford spent more than five years researching this well-written, fast-paced novel involving the inner workings of the Vatican.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780553287400 (0553287400)
Publish date: August 1st 1991
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 688
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Novels,
European Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Religion,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
German Literature,
Suspense
More of a 3.5 stars book... the author starts by explaining how it took eight years to write this novel. At times I felt it might take me that long to read.A Catholic reporter is murdered after being on the track of a story involving the church and World War 2. Her brother and her best friend come t...
This showed promise on the back, a secret order of assassins, operating with the connivance of the top echelons of the catholic church, ruthless machinations, but no, it didn't quite work. The story got bogged down on celibacy, unthinking faith and some stuff that went on for too long. Billed as "...
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