The story begins with a series of suspicious fires and accidents at the , where the Holy Shroud is kept. After a fire results in the death of a man whose tongue had been surgically removed, Marco Valoni , head of the Art Crimes Department of the Italian police, launches an investigation.
The frost bit at Father Julián’s fingertips as he turned the final page of the forbidden manuscript. It was 3:00 AM in the silent belly of the Cathedral of Turin. Outside, the city slept, unaware that the most guarded secret in Christendom was about to be shattered. la hermandad de la sabana santa (epub|pdf|mobi)
The narrative structure alternates between the present-day detective work and historical flashbacks that trace the shroud's journey from the time of Jesus, through the Knights Templar, to the present. Valoni's team, including historian , discovers that the crimes are linked to an ancient and powerful secret society composed of elite businessmen, clergy, and intellectuals who seek to claim the relic for their own mysterious ends. The story begins with a series of suspicious