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Violence
Some
Moderate violence — a suspicious death; the antiquities crime network; confrontations
Language
Barely any
Mild
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The woman's death — why the Vatican wants it buried; the smuggling network beneath the surface; the Holy Land plot
What this book is about
A woman's body is discovered in St. Peter's Basilica — positioned beneath Michelangelo's Pietà. The Vatican wants the death ruled a suicide. Gabriel Allon, restoring a painting in the Vatican Museums, begins his own investigation — which leads to an antiquities smuggling ring and a plot that could destabilize the Holy Land. The Fallen Angel is the twelfth Gabriel Allon novel.
Notes for sensitive readers
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A death beneath the Pietà — Vatican setting
Antiquities smuggling — cultural crime element
Twelfth in the Gabriel Allon series
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