Dragostea și Răul by Anne Rice

A repentant former assassin is sent by a guiding angel to Renaissance Rome to help a Jewish physician tormented by a dybbuk, where he confronts prejudice, intrigue, and a web of suspicion surrounding a poisoning. As he works to free the restless spirit and uncover the truth, he wrestles with questions of faith, justice, and mercy. Returning to the present, he must face the reverberations of his past when an old love and a child he never knew reenter his life, even as a demonic adversary threatens his fragile redemption. The tale blends supernatural mystery with a meditation on guilt, grace, and the redemptive power of love.