Patricia Owens (3)

The Gnostic Scroll is a bit of fluff very much in the school of The Da Vinci Code. The suspenseful plot is rather intricate and involves a search for a lost gospel similar to those found at Nag Hammadi in 1945. The search begins at an obscure college in North Carolina and takes the protagonist on a wild goose chase to Paris and the south of France. The requisite number of dead bodies and abductions keep the pages turning, and while this is escape fiction to be sure, there is enough show more historical lore to make it interesting.

The book appears to be part of the current self-publishing phenomenon — better than some I have read — and available inexpensively for download. Light weight but enjoyable nonetheless. show less