“As brilliantly written as a prize-winning mystery story.”-Andrew Greeley In A Thief in the Night: Life and Death in the Vatican, Cornwell tells the story of his search, including a startling theory about Pope Paul I’s untimely demise-and a chilling and unprecedented look inside one of the world’s oldest, most secretive institutions. In 1987, the Vatican invited New York Times–bestselling author John Cornwell to conduct a new, independent investigation into the true circumstances of the Pope’s death. These arguments led to rumors of foul play and conspiracy-variously involving the KGB, the Freemasons, crooked financiers, and Vatican officials. HEART SONG OF THE SOUL The Night Series NIGHT WALKER NIGHT THIEF NIGHT DEMON NIGHT ANGEL NIGHT CHILD The Moon Series MOONLIGHT HUNTER'S MOON BLOOD MOON. Hornung (1866-1921), was the brother-in-law of Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the world’s greatest detective, Sherlock Homes. From first frame to last, it remains repulsively gloomy, angry, and depressing.
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But within the Vatican there were serious disagreements about the time of death, who found the body, and the true state of the Pope’s health prior to his death. A Thief in the Night is a series of short stories much of w E.W. The 'filmmakers' rendered this impossible by dampering 'A Thief in the Night' with some of the sourest, most depressing dramatic overtones in movie history and ensuring that it can never (NEVER) be enjoyed as entertaining camp. It’s believed that Hornung took up writing to tweak the nose of his brother-in-law. On the eve of September 28, 1978, John Paul I died unexpectedly-apparently of a heart attack-after a reign of only 33 days. A Thief in the Night is a series of short stories much of w E.W. “A model of investigatory journalism and a small masterpiece of the genre.”-Anthony Burgess