Catalog Search Results

"The result is a thriller that intrigues and provides historical context. Berry is the master scientist with a perfect formula." — Associated Press

One of USA Today's "Five Books Not to Miss!"

A deadly race for the Vatican's oldest secret fuels New York Times bestseller Steve Berry's latest international Cotton Malone thriller.

The pope is dead. A conclave to select his

...

"Lieutenant Billy Boyle could have used a rest after his last case, but when his girlfriend, Diana Seaton, a British spy, goes missing in the Vatican, where she was working undercover, he insists on being assigned to a murder investigation there so he can try to help her. An American monsignor is found murdered at the foot of Death's Door, one of the five entrances to Saint Peter's Basilica. Wild Bill Donovan, head of the OSS, wants the killing investigated....

The Pope is dead. Behind locked doors of the Sistine chapel, cardinals from around the world will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men, but they are men of the world, and they have rivals. And over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth. El Papa ha muerto. En la capilla Sixtina, a puerta cerrada, ciento dieciocho cardenales procedentes de todos los rincones...