The Magdalene Conspiracy

Wow! The sort of book I love and can get my teeth into. Quite a bit of skullduggery, a nasty cardinal, a victim who must be saved, some historical background, an interesting heroine with guts, and her friend, the priest from the Vatican. There's an interesting twist about Jesus' and Mary Magdalene's fates; and the nice idealistic Pope. Robert Benson author.
In the history of the world there has been no more controversial figure than Mary Magdalene, the Apostle that Jesus Christ loved.
The Roman Catholic Church branded her a prostitute, attempting to erase her from history yet her legend lives on. Was she Jesus’ wife who traveled with him throughout Judea, spreading b’sartha (the good news), alongside him?
Read this riveting story about their relationship.
As an Italian journalist, Nicolina Fabiani explores a horrific murder in Rome with her friend from the Vatican, Monsignor Edoardos Guiliani, a window into the times Jesus and Mary lived in opens up.
A woman is crucified on the Aventine Hill and it appears to have a link to the Vatican and other Catholic Orders. As she delves deeper and deeper, Lina risks her life to uncover the truth about a Magdalene Sect called Donne in Azzuro (The Women in Blue).