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And if you want some other good mystery titles that aren't in a series, The Last Cato (which I actually heard about from bib) was a really good Da Vinci Code type globe-crossing, puzzle-solving mystery that I really enjoyed.
Also, Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris (recommended to me ... I finished The Last Cato (bib's recomendation!!) and I really liked it. It was a good mix of literary/historical/biblical puzzle solving with very unique characters. :)
I also just read Shakespeare's Secret which was a cute young adult mystery along the lines of Chasing Vermeer or The Mi ... ... a little too reminicent of Benji's from The Sound and the Fury though -- a teensy bit of a rip-off.
I am now reading The Last Cato - I can't remember where/how I got the recommendation. But its not so bad as far as these historical thrillers go so far. ... capture all of my ongoing thoughts about it. Thanks for all who suggested it. Definitely one of my top reads of 2009.
The Last Cato is my current pick and so far it's pulled me in. Next up will probably be an ARC I snagged of Lisa See's Shanghai Girls or my January Early Reviewer book (... ... ... k!
I finished reading Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers which was morbidly entertaining and now I just started The Last Cato (on bib's suggestion!) I haven't read The Last Cato,
But I have read The Last of the High Kings I haven't read The Gunslinger but I have read The Last Cato "Religious thriller" is what I call books like The Da Vinci Code, The Last Cato, etc. -- books that are at their core thrillers but involve some sort of religious controversy, mostly something that is "dangerous to the Church." I've read many of them (there are even some written from a fairly C ... ... the library! I walked out with the following armload so these ones will be up next:
What is the What
You Suck
The Last Cato
Bookends
Sickened
Stiff
... I love but you might have to play with to get into a category: People of the Book, Portrait of an Unknown Woman and The Last Cato. All great reads! Hello to you libreria! I really enjoyed The Last Cato, while I originally worried that it might be too Dan Brown, I was happy to find that it reminded me far more of my favorite mystery series by Elizabeth Peters, especially the end! I'm looking forward to reading more Asensi. I'll ... Hi biblioholic29, just joined the 50-book challenge today.
I saw that you just finished The Last Cato. How did you like this book? I enjoyed it very much, mainly because I like historical mysteries. Have you read Labyrinth by Kate Moss? That too is another favorite of mine.
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38. Broad Street
39. People of the Book
40. The Blood of Flowers
41. America
42. The Poe Shadow
43. The Last Cato
44. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
45. Prince Caspian
I finished The Last Cato at a little after 2 in the morning. Since I still have 14 books to read to hit my goal of 50 books in 9 months, I'm going to spend the weekend (except of course party time and rehearsal) in Narnia. I figure that's seven books that are all very short and fast reads but ... I decided to go with The Last Cato. Apparently this is another author who doesn't know about chapters. 7 Chapters, 452 pages! ... this morning...it was after midnight anyway. I'm not sure what I'm going to read next, it's between Silent in the Grave, The Last Cato, and The Island, unless of course my ER comes today. *looks hopefully toward door for mail* Have you tried The Last Cato? Great read and lots of mystery and history ;-)
And yes, The Labyrinth is definitely a must-read. that makes four votes ...
Abraham - A Journey to the Heart if Three Faiths by Bruce Feiler
3. I see you read some Dan Brown you might look into The Last Cato: A Novel by Matilde Asensi..
18. The Last Cato by Matilde Asensi
Very engrossing mystery - I always enjoy any mystery entwined with Dante's Divine Comedy. I'm not that impressed with the English translation of the novel, though. I think the editors could have done a better job in that regard. For example, I find it ... The following cover the full spectrum of the use of books real or not as a plot device or gateway to the story.
The Last Cato: A Novel
by Matilde Asensi Uses a real book "Dantes Inferno" to send people on a quest to find out who and why people are stealing pieces of the true cross.
The ... #18 The Last Cato by Matide Asensi
For all you "Da Vinci Code Fans" this will be up your alley.
Somebody is stealing pieces of the "Vera Cruz" (The True Cross) from churches around the world. Why!
A Nun, a Coptic archaelogist and a Captain in the Swiss Guard use "The Divine Comdey" by Dante ...
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#16. A separate War and Other Stories by Joe Haldeman
#17 Paradise Alley : a novel by Kevin Baker
#18 The last Cato by Matilde Asensi
#19 The World's Shortest Stories
#20 S.M. Sterling Dies The Fire
#21 The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester
#22 The ... ... on an unsuspecting and undeserving public. If speculative novels about the fate of religious artifacts interests you, try The Last Cato. It stumbles a little, too but at least the author starts on a much higher stair.
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