Booklist, March 1992
"Sandom's debut novel is a splendid, tautly woven thriller that juxtaposes a contemporary homicide alongside the quest to recover an ancient Christian document. After the CEO of one of the largest private banks in Italy is found hanging from Blackfriars Bridge in London, Inspector Nigel Lyman initiates a sophisticated investigation to determine if his death resulted from murder or suicide. Though Signor Salvatore Pontevecchio's last few months were mired in debt and scandal, Inspector Lyman uncovers considerable evidence that points to the fact that he did not take his own life. As Lyman matches wits with Archbishop Kazimierz Grabowski, the chairman of the Vatican Bank, arid Marco Scarcella, the brutal leader of a fascistic Masonic Lodge, the three adversaries compete to unearth a Gnostic Gospel buried in the depths of a French cathedral. An intelligent mystery of tremendous spiritual and literary depth."
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