To Know Evil - Softcover

Gaspar, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0977191397 ISBN 13: 9780977191390

Publisher: Pemberley Pr, 2009

The source of evil and the conflict between faith and knowledge are among the themes examined in this complex intellectual puzzle set in a medieval monastery. An Irish monk dies in a Benedictine abbey in northern Italy on the eve of the second millennium. When Brother Thomas of Worms attempts to investigate the murder, his abbot accuses him of inventing trouble to avoid his duty to God and assigns Thomas the chore of copying a Biblical text as penance. Neither copying nor humility comes easily to an intelligent man like Thomas, who struggles with his commitment to obey his abbot. While in the library, Thomas is drawn to a gnostic book that leads him to a discovery that threatens the very fabric of the Church. When more monks perish, Thomas's loyalty to the monastery and its rites is tested, and he risks expulsion as he seeks to uncover the link between the murders and the hidden codex that has shaken his faith.

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About the Author:

Stephen Gaspar is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada and the author of The Canadian Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Empty Tomb. He lives in Windsor, Ontario.

Review:

"Gaspar sets his third historical, after The Canadian Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Case of the Empty Tomb, in a remote Benedictine monastery in the Italian countryside." —Library Journal

"This medieval noir . . . picks up speed as we realize that the relationship between two of the monks . . . is perhaps less than brotherly . . . the details about medieval manuscript preparation are fascinating." —Mystery Scene Magazine

"Combines the quest for religious truth of The Da Vinci Code with strong characterization and riveting detail about the Church and medieval monastic life." —Patricia Wynn, author, The Birth of Blue Satan

"A moody and atmospheric medieval mystery with a sleuth as cunning as Brother Cadfael and a monastery as creepy as in Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose." —Jeri Westerson, author, Veil of Lies

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