The Redemption

During 1973, a mysterious figure is taken captive in the totalitarian state of Albania and interrogated by authorities using extreme methods of torture. Impervious to pain and unwilling to speak about his true identity, the prisoner confounds his captors until his remarkable escape. One year late...

Blatty, post-Exorcist, writes theologically-inclined thrillers like he's channeling the Middle Ages through some odd combination of Ben Hecht and Dashiell Hammett. There's a loopy Catskills spin on every bit of dialogue--everyone (priests, Albanian torturers, Shin Bet agents, neurologists with a...

An interesting and intriguing book.A man is captured in Albania during the cold war and tortured and he has a mission that involves the Vatican. The book later takes us to Jerusalem and the story continues as we first meet a doctor and then later the story switches to an Israeli detective.Some of...

Intriguing religious thriller (is that even a genre?) that somehow left me a bit unsatisfied. Though there's a steady supply of mysterious happenings and provocative developments, it never seems to add up to much momentum. It doesn't help that most of the pivotal moments of action happen "off pag...

Blatty's mind-twirling mystery revolves around the elusive title character, a dead body found at the site of Christ's tomb, and an Arab Christian detective named Meral who attempts to piece these (and several other occurences) together in the wake of his recently-deceased wife and daughter.After...