In 542, John the Lord Chamberlain's servant, Peter, claims a heavenly vision revealed a murder. Investigating, John uncovers deceit among churchmen, whores, and nobles. Suspects include an antiquities dealer, bookseller, poet, and holy fool. Amidst intrigue, he unravels a web of deception to expose the true killer in Constantinople's streets.

“[A] heartfelt ... complex portrait of a severely damaged child and her emotionally cut-off father” and the PI and her service dog who sign on to save them (Publishers Weekly).

A quintet of Edgar, CWA Dagger, and National Book Award winners

Crime and literature make strange and sinister bedfellows in this anthology of book-themed whodunits by five acclaimed mystery and suspense authors, including Joyce Carol Oates, Ian Rankin, and Laura Lippman.

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

On Passover 1862, Union soldier Jacob Rappaport is ordered to assassinate his own uncle—a Confederate plotter. His next mission is even stranger: marry a suspected spy. Caught between duty, identity, and love, Jacob’s journey through war-torn America exposes the painful fault lines of loyalty, justice, and belonging.

"Slam-bang.…superb." —Washington Post

A lone assassin stalks the Vatican. His crazed mission: to destroy the next pope as soon as the traditional white smoke issues from the cardinals' meeting room. Only Andrew M. Greeley, priest, bestselling novelist, and respected sociologist, could have written this blockbuster tale.

"Maybe the best novel written about the intrigue of Vatican politics." —Chicago Sun-Times