The Vatican Candidate

Thrillingly plotted, rigorously researched, and told with sizzling energy and style.

~TP Fielden, author of the Miss Dimont and Guy Harford Mysteries

Bryers muscles up his renowned storytelling skills to deliver a smoothly written page-turner that smashingly delivers on the literary, historical, and emotional fronts. Together, Aiden Blake and researcher Hannah Harper follow a trail that leads them from secret Nazi bunkers to the mountains of Italy, racing against time to solve the mystery and prevent a deadly conspiracy from coming to fruition. What a ride!

~James R. Benn, author of Proud Sorrows and other Billy Boyle WWII mysteries

Paul Bryers’ writing shines in this atmospheric, Ludlumesque thriller. The Vatican Candidate is a cinematic blend of history and intrigue that kept me on the edge of my seat into the dark hours of the night. Very much looking forward to his next books!

~Sara Ackerman, author of The Codebreaker's Secret, Radar Girls, Red Sky Over Hawaii, The Lieutenant's Nurse, and Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers

“As a storyteller, Bryers is superb.”

“An elegant and unearthly literary mystery told lyrically by Bryers, a careful stylist who selects even the simplest words with the discriminating eye of a shore walker gathering small, smooth stones washed up from the sea.”

“Bryers brings a civil and historical tone to his New England tale of terror; think Stephen King without the hobgoblins or Masterpiece Theatre with claws . . . a complex, compelling mystery.”

“A lovely literary thriller with a real edge to it that manages to combine American history and contemporary themes with elegance and immediacy.”

“Bryers peers into the places of the soul where fear resides. . . . The Prayer of the Bone has the pacing and cinematic flair of Stephen King and even King’s native Maine as its psycho-setting.”