Book Three of the De Cenza Murder Mysteries
The Second Vatican Council meeting in the Eternal City of Rome is about to open the windows for the ancient Church. While that fresh air is about to fill the world with hope, along the banks of the Tiber River a shocking attack is taking place. It is one which will bring to light a plot set shortly after the end of World War II rocking Italy to its foundation. That attack is being viewed by two Council assistants from the Apostolic College studying for the priesthood from atop Castel San Angelo. In the Forum protesters seek to bring down the government and the Church in order to establish a new world order based on socialism. In the Piazza San Pietro at the Bernini Fountain two young women meet a man bleeding into its crystal clear waters.
And so begins a new mystery for Ron De Cenza and Bob Wentz to solve. Only this time their duo is enlarged to not only include that fake Southern Belle whose heart belongs to one of the seminarians but also Ron’s sister who has come to Rome for her college studies. Join them on their quest which takes them from Rome to the Alps of Switzerland as they discover the blackmailing of an Oxford University student, the theft of newly found treasures in the Vatican crypt, the finding of a body in the Papal Gardens, their clash with Captain Verdi of the Carabinieri whose job is to protect the Vatican, and attempting to prevent a slaughter not seen since the Romanov Royal Family of Russia were murdered by the Communists.
