The Vatican's Secret Cabinet (A Mystery with Dirty Secrets)

"Dan Pearlman's writing presents us with a rare multiplicity of unique voices. His unforgettable characters continue to whisper in the reader's ear long after the final page is turned."
Paul Di Filippo

A story in which sex and society stand in uneasy relationship.

"Giuseppe Pennini, a dealer in ancient Roman statuary, is assigned a 'penance' of matching severed genitalia secretly stored in the Vatican museums with the unknown statues from which they were removed. It has so much to delight -- political intrigue, vanity, greed, and double-entendre -- all set in a subtle send-up of the traditional detective story, complete with a double-cross ending."
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