Cabal

<b>WINNER OF THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX DU ROMAN POLICIER</b><br><br><b>'Beautifully written . . . An excellent thriller.' <i>WALL STREET JOURNAL</i></b><br><b>'Zen is one of the greatest creations of contemporary crime fiction.'<i> OBSERVER</i></b><br><br><b>AN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERY</b><br><br>Prince Ludovico Ruspanti died falling a hundred and fifty feet in St Peter's church, in the heart of the Vatican. But did he fall, or was he pushed? <br><br>Inspector Aurelio Zen finds that getting answers isn't easy, as witness after witness is mysteriously silenced - by violent death. To crack the secrets of the Vatican, Zen must penetrate the most secret place of all: the Cabal.<br><br><b>'A terrific read combining history, travel, sex, violence and of course the very understated brilliance of that complex character Aurelio Zen.' 5* reader review</b><br><b>'Excellent.' 5* reader review</b><br><b>'You plunge straight into Zen's Italian crime-world. Gripping in its intensity, its atmosphere and its understanding of character: this is a masterpiece and I read and re-read it.' 5* reader review</b><br><br><b>PRAISE FOR MICHAEL DIBDIN AND THE INSPECTOR ZEN SERIES:</b><br><b>'He wrote with real fire.' IAN RANKIN</b><br><b>'A maestro of crime writing.' <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i></b><br><b>'One of the genre's finest stylists . . . And Zen himself is a masterly creation: he is anti-heroic and pragmatic but obstinate, cunning and positively burdened with integrity.' <i>GUARDIAN</i></b><br><b>'Dibdin tells a rollicking good tale that you want both to read fast, because of its gripping storyline, and to linger over, to savour the evocative descriptions of place and mood.' <i>INDEPENDENT</i></b><br><b>'One of British crime fiction's most distinguished and distinctive voices.' ANDREW TAYLOR</b><br><b>'Dibdin has a gift for shocking the unshockable reader.' Ruth Rendell</b><br><b>'Zen is one of the greatest creations of contemporary crime fiction.'<i> OBSERVER</i></b><br><b>'I love the way these books capture the atmosphere and contradictions of Italy.' 5* reader review</b><br><b>'Aurelio Zen novels are a great treat.' 5* reader review</b><br><b>'There is no better writer than Dibdin. His books are a joy to read.' 5* reader review</b><br><b>'Love these books . . . I am sure you will get hooked too!' 5* reader review</b>