I Of Limited Mercy

Maxine Kordell's high school reunion is marred when al-Qaeda hijacks her plane a female gang accosts her her friend Marty Blair is murdered and she's threatened by a drug cartel coyotes and the police. Joined by Mena Harling and Willi Mayers 3-M investigate but are almost killed while in custody. Haley joins them but events intrude involving lost Francisco Goya paintings a Jim Bowie silver hoard Sherlock Holmes Pope Pius XII The Cluster a list compiled by former Vice President Aldrich Fellerson implicating The Vatican in war crimes and a plan for hiding the list devised by Holmes. So Pope John Paul II brings the foursome to Rome where they're caught in a feud between two cardinals and become targets of the Mafia. 3-M and Haley soon learn their foes include four professional assassins. Aided by born again Christian/Sherlockian Nora Kelly they find a letter from Holmes pursue the treasures and list then Max must face Marty's killer whose lethality may exceed her own.