The Wolf and the Lamb: A Jerusalem Mystery
Why did Pontius Pilate condemn Jesus Christ to death in the year 30 C.E. in Jerusalem? Frederick Ramsay offers readers a different credible scenario that is fascinating to follow. The story begins with Pilate receiving a message to meet a colleague, Aurelius. He finds that colleague dead in the bowels of the Antonia Fortress, is immediately arrested as the murderer, and commands Gamaliel, the Chief Rabbi of the Sanhedrin, to find the killer. Pilate will be taken to Rome to be put on trial for his life, obviously losing his political position if he is not cleared of this charge.
The hair-raising, complex mystery that follows involves a doctor, Pilate’s wife, a group of revolutionaries known as the Sicarii, Judas – the man who offered Jesus to Jewish leaders, a slave boy named Marius, Jesus Christ and two Romans who have come to Jerusalem on the Emperor’s orders to condemn Pilate. Gamaliel is an ancient form of the detective Colombo, amusing and intriguing readers with his repetitive but insightful questions and speculations. A terrific historical fiction read!
