| Cabal: An Aurelio Zen Mystery Contributor(s): Dibdin, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375707700 ISBN-13: 9780375707704 Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: In Cabal, master crime writer Michael Dibdin plunges us into a murky world of church spies, secret societies, cover-ups, and mistaken identities. An apparent suicide in the Vatican may in fact have been a muder conducted by a centuries-old cabal within The Knights of Columbus. A discovery among the medieval manuscripts of the Vatican Library leads to a second death, Zen travels to Milan, where he faces a final, dramatic showdown. Meanwhile, Zen's lover, the tantalizing Tania, is conducting her own covert operations--which could well jeopardize everything Zen has worked for. Richly textured, wickedly entertaining, Cabal taps the mysterious beauty of Italy in a thriller that challenges our beliefs about love, allegiance, history, and power--and the lengths to which we will go to protect them against the truth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Aurelio Zen Mystery |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.23" W x 8.08" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Cabal, master crime writer Michael Dibdin plunges us into a murky world of church spies, secret societies, cover-ups, and mistaken identities. An apparent suicide in the Vatican may in fact have been a muder conducted by a centuries-old cabal within The Knights of Columbus. A discovery among the medieval manuscripts of the Vatican Library leads to a second death, Zen travels to Milan, where he faces a final, dramatic showdown. Meanwhile, Zen's lover, the tantalizing Tania, is conducting her own covert operations--which could well jeopardize everything Zen has worked for. Richly textured, wickedly entertaining, Cabal taps the mysterious beauty of Italy in a thriller that challenges our beliefs about love, allegiance, history, and power--and the lengths to which we will go to protect them against the truth. |