Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is not only a narrative of a murder investigation in a monastery in 1327, but also a chronicle of the 14th century religious wars, a history of monastic orders, and a compendium of heretical...
From Publishers Weekly
One of a handful of novels he was working on at the time of his death, this fine, perhaps final, work from hard-boiled fiction icon Spillane (1918–2006) was prepared for publication by Hard Case vet Max Allan Collins....
L'homme cagoulé est en train d'affûter la lame courbe d'un cimeterre. Le cimeterre marin dont causait Valéry. Ce cimeterre-là va m'expédier au cimetière sur une vraie meule. Une meule électrique, siouplaît, ce qui m'inciterait à penser que...