The Seville communion (First Edition edition.)

An "intricate literary mystery [of] wrenching effect" by the internationally acclaimed, bestselling author of The Club Dumas (The New Yorker).

Someone has hacked into the pope's personal computer-not to spy on the Vatican or to spread a virus, but to send an urgent plea for help: SAVE OUR LADY OF THE TEARS. The crumbling Baroque church in the heart of Seville is slated for demolition-and two of its defenders have suddenly died. Accidents? Or murders? And was the church itself somehow involved?

The Vatican promptly dispatches Father Lorenzo Quart, their worldly and enormously attractive emissary, to investigate the situation, track down the hacker-known only as "Vespers"-and stay alive. Thus begins a sophisticated and utterly suspenseful page-turner that has taken its readers by storm.

"An elegant thriller that is as much about the elusive quest for happiness as it is about solving the murders." -The Denver Post

"An indelible tale of love, faith, and greed." -People, Page-Turner of the Week