Ian Caldwell Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

She opens her mouth to scream, but no sound comes out. She clutches at her throat as thick foam flows from her mouth. Her eyes go wide, and she falls to the floor. "Bertha's been murdered, or more correctly, assassinated." With a secret desire to become President of the United States, Senator Ralf Mudbottom calls an emergency meeting of the National Democrat Party's Election Committee, but the evening doesn't quite go to plan. A serial killer is on the loose and as the race for the White House heats up, the murders increase - killing off key people from each campaign. No one is safe. Brothers, Lewis and Shelton Ledbetter, work together to find the killer which proves more difficult than they could have ever imagined. A plot full of twists and intrigue which will keep you guessing right to the last page.

Ian Caldwell returns with a new intellectual thriller that confirms his place among the most ambitious popular storytellers working today, as a lost gospel, a relic, and a dying pope's final wish send two brothers - both Vatican priests - on a quest to untangle Christianity's biggest mystery. 2004. As Pope John Paul II's reign enters its twilight, a mysterious exhibit is under construction at the Vatican Museums. A week before it is scheduled to open, its curator is murdered. The same night, a violent break-in rocks the home of the curator's research partner, Father Alex Andreou, a Greek Catholic priest who lives inside the Vatican with his five-year-old son. When the papal police fail to identify a suspect in either crime, Father Alex, desperate to keep his family safe, undertakes his own investigation. To find the killer he must reconstruct the dead curator's secret. But just as he begins to understand the truth about his friend's death, and its consequences for the future of the world's two largest Christian Churches, Father Alex finds himself hunted down ...

Un livre peut-il être mortel ? Il y a 500 ans, des personnes ont péri en tentant de déchiffrer l'Hypnerotomania Poliphili. Aujourd'hui, quatre étudiants de Princeton sont captivés par ce texte mystérieux de la Renaissance, qui renferme un secret dangereux. Des meurtres surviennent sur le campus.

Aan de vooravond van hun afstuderen staan twee goede vrienden, Paul Harris en Tom Sullivan, op het punt het mysterie van de codex Hypnerotomachia Poliphili te ontrafelen. Dit oude Venetiaanse manuscript van Francesco Colonna, dat wetenschappers al eeuwenlang voor raadselen plaatst, beschrijft op zeer wonderbaarlijke wijze een liefdesgeschiedenis. Paul en Tom vermoeden dat er een verborgen boodschap achter schuilgaat. Voor ze de kans krijgen die boodschap te ontdekken, worden Paul en Tom en hun vrienden Charlie en Gil bedreigd. Zelfs voor moord deinzen hun tegenstanders niet terug. Als het viertal ontdekt dat het geheim met de Reformatie en verborgen kunstschatten te maken heeft, blijkt het echte onderzoek nog te moeten beginnen...

A Princeton, gli studenti prossimi alla laurea sono immersi nella preparazione delle tesi e due di loro, Tom Sullivan e Paul Harris, sono a un passo dal risolvere i misteri dell'Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, un'opera rinascimentale che, fin dalla sua pubblicazione, ha eluso gli sforzi degli studiosi che cercavano di decifrarla. Nonostante l'impressione di essere molto vicini alla soluzione, i ragazzi si trovano di fronte a una barriera invalicabile, finché un diario perduto, emerso dal passato, fornisce loro un indizio di importanza fondamentale. Ma quando uno studente viene brutalmente assassinato, Tom e Paul capiscono di non essere stati i primi a tentare di lacerare il velo dietro cui si celano i segreti dell'Hypnerotomachia. E il manoscritto appare loro sotto una nuova luce: un vero e proprio labirinto matematico, un percorso a ostacoli disseminato di morti. Tutti quelli che vi si sono addentrati hanno pagato a caro prezzo il loro desiderio di conoscenza... «Un intrigante romanzo basato sul più misterioso, affascinante ed enigmatico libro del Rinascimento italiano.» Corriere della Sera