The Assassini

by Thomas Gifford

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:It is 1982.  In the Vatican, priestly vultures gather around the dying Pope, whispering the names of possible successors.  In a forgotten monastery on Ireland's gale-swept coast, a dangerous document is hidden, waiting to be claimed.  And in a family chapel in Princeton, New Jersey, a nun is murdered at her prayers.  Sister Valentine was an outspoken activist, a thorn in the Church's side.  When her brother, lawyer Ben Driskill, realizes show more the Church will never investigate her death, he sets out to find the murderer himself—and uncovers an explosive secret.The Assassini.  An age-old brotherhood of killers.  Once they were hired by princes of the Church to protect it in dangerous times.  But whose orders do they now obey?

The Assassini marks the triumphant retum of a master at the peak of his powers—the first novel in more than a decade from the acclaimed author of The Wind Chill Factor.
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This showed promise on the back, a secret order of assassins, operating with the connivance of the top echelons of the catholic church, ruthless machinations, but no, it didn't quite work. The story got bogged down on celibacy, unthinking faith and some stuff that went on for too long. Billed as "as shocking as the Da Vinci Code" that tag is obviously to generate sales on the coat-tails of the other book.

It could have been a very good read but instead it dragged on and on occasionally and then you would blink and miss an important bit. Not bad but nothing exceptional in it's genre.
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If it hadn't dragged on for quite so long, it would have been a much more enjoyable read. The premise was a very good one, I just feel that there were several parts that could have been left out entirely and still had the same, if not a better, effect.
Intrigue in the Roman Catholic church regarding the election of a new pope, affiliation with the Nazis in WWII and paid official assassins for the church. Readable but frustrating at times.
½
Great read from beginning to end. Meaty.
Una secta secreta en el seno de la Iglesia Católica que, si es descubierta, puede causar el mayor de los escándalos. 1982. El papa Calixto IV agoniza en su lecho de muerte y su sucesión desata un enfrentamiento de intereses inconfesables. En Nueva York se produce una serie de asesinatos de religiosos, entre ellos, sor Valentine. El padre de Valentine, un poderoso hombre de negocios, encomienda la investigación del crimen a su hijo Ben, un ex jesuita que conoce las entrañas de la Iglesia. En su camino es amenazado y presionado para que abandone el caso. Sin embargo, ésta es sólo la punta del iceberg de una siniestra conspiración sin precedentes en la historia de la Iglesia. Los Assassini, un grupo de clérigos violentos y show more fanáticos que conocen los secretos más recónditos del Vaticano, no están dispuestos a permitir que nadie se interponga en sus tenebrosas maquinaciones. show less
Una secta secreta en el seno de la Iglesia Católica que, si es descubierta, puede causar el mayor de los escándalos. 1982. El papa Calixto IV agoniza en su lecho de muerte y su sucesión desata un enfrentamiento de intereses inconfesables. En Nueva York se produce una serie de asesinatos de religiosos, entre ellos, sor Valentine. El padre de Valentine, un poderoso hombre de negocios, encomienda la investigación del crimen a su hijo Ben, un ex jesuita que conoce las entrañas de la Iglesia. En su camino es amenazado y presionado para que abandone el caso. Sin embargo, ésta es sólo la punta del iceberg de una siniestra conspiración sin precedentes en la historia de la Iglesia. Los Assassini, un grupo de clérigos violentos y show more fanáticos que conocen los secretos más recónditos del Vaticano, no están dispuestos a permitir que nadie se interponga en sus tenebrosas maquinaciones. show less

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Canonical title*
Assassini
Original title
The Assassini
Original publication date
1990
People/Characters*
Ben Driskill
Important places
Vatican City; Rome, Italy; Paris, France; New York, New York, USA; Princeton, New Jersey, USA
First words*
Tout noir et filant sur la surface argentée de la glace, il avait l'air d'un oiseau de proie.
Last words*
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Nous marchions vers la lumière et la chaleur de la petite église.
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Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3557 .I284 .A87Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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