The Trinity Game

The Daniel Byrne Trilogy, Book 1

by Sean Chercover

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Pub Date Jul 31 2012 | Archive Date Aug 22 2017

Thomas & Mercer | Thomas & Mercer

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers

Description

2013 International Thriller Award Nominee

Daniel Byrne is an investigator for the Vatican’s secretive Office of the Devil’s Advocate—the department that scrutinizes miracle claims. Over ten years and 721 cases, not one miracle he tested has proved true. But case #722 is different; Daniel’s estranged uncle, a crooked TV evangelist, has started speaking in tongues—and accurately predicting the future. Daniel knows Reverend Tim Trinity is a con man. Could Trinity also be something more?

The evangelist himself is baffled by his newfound power—and the violent reaction it provokes. After years of scams, he suddenly has the ability to predict everything from natural disasters to sports scores. Now the mob wants him dead for ruining their gambling business, and the Vatican wants him debunked as a false messiah. On the run from assassins, Trinity flees with Daniel’s help through the back roads of the Bible Belt to New Orleans, where Trinity plans to deliver a final prophecy so shattering his enemies will do anything to keep him silent.

2013 International Thriller Award Nominee

Daniel Byrne is an investigator for the Vatican’s secretive Office of the Devil’s Advocate—the department that scrutinizes miracle claims. Over ten years and...

A Note From the Publisher

Sean Chercover is a former private detective turned novelist and screenwriter. A native of Toronto, he has held a motley assortment of jobs over the years, including video editor, scuba diver, nightclub magician, encyclopedia salesman, and truck driver. He is the author of two award-winning novels featuring Chicago private investigator Ray Dudgeon: Big City, Bad Blood and Trigger City. After living in Chicago; New Orleans; and Columbia, South Carolina, Sean has returned to Toronto where he lives with his wife and son. His fiction has won the Anthony, Shamus, CWA Dagger, Dilys, and Crimespree awards, and been shortlisted for the Edgar, Barry, Macavity, Arthur Ellis and ITW Thriller awards.

Sean Chercover is a former private detective turned novelist and screenwriter. A native of Toronto, he has held a motley assortment of jobs over the years, including video editor, scuba diver...

Advance Praise

"The Trinity Game takes the reader on the wildest of rides, from a fabulous and truly diabolical premise to a shattering finale that will leave you gasping for breath. This is one hell of a good thriller." —Douglas Preston, bestselling author of Blasphemy and The Monster of Florence

"Sean Chercover has written a gripping take on the religious thriller: one dealing with the real impact of a genuine miracle. Smart, compelling, and page-turning, The Trinity Game is suspense that is both entertaining and thought-provoking." —Jeff Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Minute

“Chercover’s fast, engrossing, and original tale—of a Vatican sleuth charged with investigating so-called miracles—will restore your faith that something new and exciting is being brought to the crime novel.” —Linwood Barclay, International bestselling author of The Accident

"Sean Chercover shows a stellar hand through a coiling plot, weaving one taut drama. The story is tense, intelligent, harsh, and surprising -- just what a reader wants in a thriller. This one goes on your keeper shelf." —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Columbus Affair

"The Trinity Game is a rare find. Heart-pounding cinematic action, unpredictable twists, and wonderful characters - all packed into a fascinating story. What a thrilling ride! I loved it from the start, couldn’t put it down, and was sorry to see it end. You have got to read this book!" —Marcia Clark, New York Times bestselling author of Guilt By Association

"The Trinity Game swept me up from page one. High octane and thought provoking - a powerful combination." —Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award winning author of Ransom River

"Read Sean Chercover." —Robert Crais, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Taken

"The Da Vinci Code meets The Dead Zone in Sean Chercover's The Trinity Game, a fascinating thriller that catapults us headlong into Vatican intrigue, global conspiracies, complex family relationships, and nonstop excitement." —Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Paranoia and Buried Secrets

“… A brand-new thriller mining Vatican-based conspiracies with a darker, more believable protagonist than Robert Langdon ever could be.” —Sarah Weinman, The National Post

"The Trinity Game takes the reader on the wildest of rides, from a fabulous and truly diabolical premise to a shattering finale that will leave you gasping for breath. This is one hell of a good...