{"product_id":"9780061736889","title":"City of Secrets: The Startling Truth Behind the Vatican Murders","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the night of Monday, May 4, 1998, in Vatican territory, the bodies of the commander of the Swiss Guard, his wife, and a young lance corporal were found in the barracks of the picturesque force entrusted with protecting the pope. It was the worst bloodbath to take place in more than a century in the heart of the supreme authority of the world's one billion Catholics. Four hours later, the Vatican announced that the lance corporal, twenty-three-year-old Cédric Tornay, had shot the couple, then committed suicide in \"a fit of madness\" brought on by frustration with the unit's discipline -- a conclusion it reaffirmed after a nine-month internal inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as John Follain's hard-hitting exposé shows, the official report was a travesty, a tissue of suppositions, contradictions, and omissions. Based on an exhaustive three-year investigation, \u003cem\u003eCity of Secrets\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how the Vatican, the oldest and most secretive autocracy in the world, staged an elaborate plot to obstruct justice -- and hide the scandals it dared not confess. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076638195952,"sku":"9780061736889","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061736889_p0.jpg?v=1769887826","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061736889","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}