Allan Folsom
Day Of Confession

THE CHARACTERS

Harry Addison

Father Daniel Addison – Harry's younger brother, a priest in the Vatican and private secretary to Cardinal Marsciano

Nursing sister Elena Voso

Hercules, a dwarf

THE VATICAN

Giacomo Pecci, Pope Leo XIV

The pope's Uomini di fiducia, 'Men of trust'

Cardinal Umberto Palestrina Cardinal Nicola Marsciano Cardinal Joseph Matadi Monsignor Fabio Capizzi Cardinal Rosario Parma

Father Bardoni, an aide to Cardinal Marsciano

THE VATICAN POLICE

Jacov Farel, head of the Vatican Police

THE ITALIAN POLICE

Homicide Detective Otello Roscani Homicide Detective Gianni Pio

Homicide Detective Scala Homicide Detective Castelletti

GRUPPO CARDINALE – The special task force set up by decree of the Italian Ministry of the Interior to investigate the murder of the cardinal vicar of Rome

Marcello Taglia, Gruppo Cardinale Chief Prosecutor

THE CHINESE

Li Wen, a state water-quality inspector

Yan Yeh, president of the People's Bank of China

Jiang Youmei, Chinese ambassador to Italy

Zhou Yi, Jiang's foreign minister

Chen Yin, a merchant of cut flowers

Wu Xian, general secretary of the Communist Party

THE FREELANCERS

Thomas Jose Alvarez-Rios Kind, international terrorist Adrianna Hall, World News Network correspondent James Eaton, first secretary to the counselor for Political Affairs, United States Embassy, Rome Pierre Weggen, Swiss investment banker Miguel Valera, a Spanish communist