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In the Name of the Father

by A.J. Quinnell · 1987

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The leaders of the Catholic Church, horror-stricken by the recent attempt to assassinate the Pope, are further shocked by new revelations: the killer was acting on orders from the highest levels of the Kremlin. And other Soviet-backed assassins are on their way to finish the job.

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adult
Length
medium · 324 pages

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