Merchants in the Temple is a startling book that will shock every reader. It's a story is worthy of as Dan Brown novel with its electrifying details of the trickery and scheming against the papacy - except that it is real.
Nuzzi takes an investigative look at the recent financial scandals at the highest levels of the Vatican. On one side there is Pope Francis's strong message for one church of the poor and all; on the other, there is the old Curia with its endless enemies, and the old and new lobbies struggling to preserve their not-so-Christian privileges. It's a war that will determine the future of the church. And if he loses the battle against secular interests and blackmail, Pope Francis could resign, much like his predecessor.