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Violence
Some
Moderate violence — a papal death under suspicious circumstances; a secretive religious order
Language
Barely any
Mild
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No meaningful substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The pope's death — was it murder; who in the Church benefits; the Order's centuries-long agenda
What this book is about
Pope Paul VII dies unexpectedly in Rome. His private secretary — a friend of Gabriel's — believes the death was not natural. Gabriel investigates a secretive Catholic order with a violent past and a present-day agenda that goes to the highest levels of the Church. The Order is the twentieth Gabriel Allon novel — a return to the Vatican setting.
Notes for sensitive readers
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A papal death — murder or natural causes
A secretive Catholic order
Vatican setting — institutional power and corruption
Twentieth in the Gabriel Allon series
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