by José Rodrigues dos Santos · GRADIVA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789896167332
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«Vaticanum» is the mystery novel by José Rodrigues dos Santos, published by Gradiva in paperback (600 pages, in Portuguese).
An Islamic State commando enters the Vatican and the pope disappears. A recording shows the pontiff captive and triggers riots, attacks and international tension. Tomás Noronha, in the catacombs of St. Peter's Basilica, investigates and follows a clue toward the darkest secret of the Holy See.
The novel belongs to the Tomás Noronha series, of which it is the eighth installment; it was originally published in 2016.
For readers of thrillers with a religious and historical background, especially followers of the Tomás Noronha series.
José António Afonso Rodrigues dos Santos is a Portuguese journalist, novelist and university lecturer. He has been one of the presenters of Telejornal, the evening news program on the Portuguese public television channel RTP1, since 1991. Since the 2000s he has published several thriller and historical fiction novels, becoming a best-selling author in Portugal.
