The Fifth Gospel: A Novel

The Fifth Gospel: A Novel

The 1 Indie Next Pick and instant long running New York Times bestseller from Ian Caldwell coauthor of the international sensation The Rule of Four The Fifth Gospel is a masterful intellectual thriller that will change the way you look at organized religion humanity and perhaps yourself David Baldacci Acclaimed by critics as a smart suspenseful thriller People that kicks off at ninety miles per hour and doesn t slow down Associated Press Ian Caldwell s The Fifth Gospel was also a significant commercial success that spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover and was selected as a 1 Indie Next Pick by America s independent booksellers In 2004 as Pope John Paul II s reign enters its twilight a mysterious exhibit is under construction at the Vatican Museums A week before it is scheduled to open its curator is murdered at a clandestine meeting on the outskirts of Rome The same night a violent break in rocks the home of the curator s research partner Father Alex Andreou When the papal police fail to identify a suspect in either crime Father Alex undertakes his own investigation To find the killer he must reconstruct the dead curator s secret what the four Christian gospels and a little known true to life fifth gospel known as the Diatessaron reveal about the Church s most controversial holy relic But just as he begins to understand the truth about his friend s death Father Alex finds himself hunted down by someone with vested stakes in the exhibit someone he must outwit to survive At once a riveting intellectual thriller a feast of biblical history and scholarship and a moving family drama The Fifth Gospel is spectacular deliciously labyrinthine this superb Rubik s Cube of a novel is the best of its kind The Providence Journal
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781451694154
ReleaseDate 2016-08-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451694154

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781451694154
ReleaseDate	2016-08-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451694154

The Fifth Gospel: A Novel

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