When archaeologist Victor Lanholtz is found savagely murdered in a Jerusalem museum, the scene is set for an explosive and potentially devastating mystery. For Lanholtz had been working on some priceless and highly secret scrolls - scrolls said to contain eye-witness accounts of the trial and crucifiction of Christ himself. Now the scrolls are missing - and the powers-that-be know that, in the wrong hands, they will prove to be historical and theological dynamite. The hunt is on for the Pontius Pilate Papers! Racing from Israel to Paris, Vienna and the seedy heart of London's Soho, The Pontius Pilate Papers is a gripping, controversial and unnervingly convincing thriller that combines contemporary crime and violence with an age-old theme of vital importance to mankind.