Sanctus
by Simon Toyne
- Percentage of approved critics who have given this book a positive review.
Critic Rating
69%
Critic Reviews: 14
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Reader Rating
77%
Reader Ratings: 168
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Synopsis
A conspiracy thriller, reminiscent of Steve Berry's bestsellers, about a woman's search for the truth about her brother's death inside a highly secretive Vatican-like city
About Simon Toyne
- All Critics: 14
- Positive: 12
- Negative: 2
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Literary Treats | 30 Sep 2011
Sanctus is a good book, a well-written, well-paced thriller,
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Kirkus Reviews | 1 Aug 2011
A promising debut. One hopes for a more tightly structured narrative next time around, but the right ingredients are all here.
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The Globe and Mail | 21 Sep 2011
Sanctus has enough delicious plots and counterplots to fill a cathedral.
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A Bookworm's World | 8 Nov 2011
The promise of discovering what the mystery sacrament was kept me turning pages til the very end.
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Euro Crime
SANCTUS has an absolutely amazing plot: exciting, unpredictable and full of a raw energy that screams at you from the page.
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Mysterious Reviews
If you like a book with an old world religious secret and cliffhanging suspense, you'll love this book.
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Albedo One | 20 May 2012
It felt like a badly edited movie, and served only to bring me out of the story repeatedly.
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SF Book Reviews | 5 Mar 2011
...it's an intuitive, illustrative and inventive novel that will leave you wanting more.
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Luxury Reading | 18 Feb 2012
The explosive consequences of the battle between the two ancient religious groups provide a pretty far-fetched, yet entertaining, and imaginative opening book to a trilogy.
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Reading With Mo | 6 Sep 2011
Sanctus is a thriller with a strong religious theme. Not to worry, it is neither a recruitment novel nor a religious slam piece.
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Ephemeral Pursuits | 16 May 2012
Pseudo-religious, with a surprise twist ending you don’t see coming, and Toyne introduces several characters you’ll follow throughout the novel and beyond.
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Luxury Reading | 17 Oct 2011
I never felt a level of compassion with any of the characters other than Gabby and I had a hard time maintaining interest in the action, or lack thereof that was unfolding throughout the story.
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Crime and Publishing | 22 Mar 2011
But, for me, the stand-out element of Sanctus was the fictional Ruin – with its cave-riddled citadel, secret passageways, winding roads and corrupt police force.
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Our Book Reviews Online | 5 Sep 2011
I am not a thriller devotee but I really enjoyed this book and it held my attention throughout. It is bound to please thriller readers everywhere.
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