Paul Freeman
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A computer hacker penetrates Vatican security and sends an urgent, anonymous plea to The Pope. Handsome Father Quart of the church's Institute of External Affairs, an arm of the Vatican intelligence, is dispatched to investigate. The message of the hacker concerns a crumbling 17th century Baroque church in the heart of Seville that apparently kills to defend itself. As he pursues his investigation, Quart confronts intrigue, mystery, murderers for...
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Bribery & Corruption: Nicholas has always had a schoolboy crush on Emma, the free-spirited wife of the shipyard owner who employed his father. But after her murder, he learns that Emma's life was far more complicated than he had originally suspected.
Front seat: Hugh Branksome never expected to return to the seaside town where his Cecily grew up. Retirement holds even more surprises, though, when Cecily enlists an old flame in a quixotic quest to...