The Vivaldi Cipher (Vatican Secret Archive Thrillers Book 1)

During the election of a new Pope in the mid-18th century, famed violinist Antonio Vivaldi learns of a ring of art forgers who are replacing the Vatican’ s priceless treasures with expertly-painted fakes.

Desperate, the composer hides a message in a special melody, hoping someone, someday, will take down the culprits .

Nearly three hundred years later, the confession of a dying Mafia Don alerts a Venetian priest to a wealth of forged paintings in the Vatican Museum, and the key to their identities lies hidden in a puzzling piece of music.

Father Michael Dominic, prefect of the Secret Archives, investigates, and is mystified when he finds a cipher in an old composition from Vivaldi.