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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. 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SUNDAY TIMES 'The closest thing he's yet written to an English whodunnit.' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS  AN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERY  Aurelio Zen has an unorthodox assignment: to release the jailed scion of an important wine-growing family who is accused of a brutal murder.   Zen travels north to the quiet fields, autumnal skies and crumbling farmhouses of Piedmont, Italian wine country, where greed, envy, hatred, and love seethe under the sun. He needs to try to penetrate a traditional culture in which family and soil are inextricably linked. But here secrets can last for generations, and have a finish as long and lingering as that of a good Barbaresco.  'A great addition to the Zen series . . . a great ending too.' 5* reader review 'Brilliant atmosphere with incredible twists in the plot, right up to the last minute.' 5* reader review 'So well-written and atmospheric that it just whizzed by!' 5* reader review  PRAISE FOR MICHAEL DIBDIN AND THE INSPECTOR ZEN SERIES: 'He wrote with real fire.' 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