I don't believe I've ever read Steve Berry before. I picked this up at a library book sale and was pleasantly surprised! Corruption in the Catholic Church?!?! *let me find my shocked face* and it's not child sexual abuse? *ok, for real, that was shocking*

This reminded me of Dan Brown's books but more realistic, less chaotic, less Jack Reacher like. Which I really liked. Our hero is a simple priest, Colin, who has worked side by side with his friend Jakob. When Jakob becomes Pope, Colin becomes his Secretary (capital S). But something is odd with Jakob. And it has to do with the Virgin Mary sightings that have happened in the past.

We did run around a few countries, looking for the secrets. There was intrigue and gun men. We have ungodly (pun intended) corrupt clergymen and a love affair with an atheist. Shew.

Really good story that ended well, despite the actual secret. The secret really didn't set my boat on fire and felt a little too on the nose, but I got past that.