Book of Secrets
Tom Harper

Narrated By: Francis Greenslade

Duration: 17 hours and 6 minutes

What to expect

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In a snowbound village in the German mountains, a young woman discovers an extraordinary secret. Before she can reveal it, she disappears. All that survives is a picture of a mysterious medieval playing card that has perplexed scholars for centuries.

Nick Ash does research for the FBI in New York. Six months ago his girlfriend Gillian walked out and broke his heart. Now he's the only person who can save her - if it's not too late. Within hours of getting her message, Nick finds himself on the run, delving deep into the past before it catches up with him.

Hunted across Europe, Nick follows Gillian's trail into the heart of a five-hundred-year-old mystery. But across the centuries, powerful forces are closing around him. There are men who have devoted their lives to keeping the secret, and they will stop at nothing to protect it.


© Tom Harper 2009 (P) Penguin Audio 2011

Genre

Modern and contemporary fiction

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The Book of Secrets is an action-packed thiller that will be enjoyed by Da Vinci Code addicts.

The story is an entertaining and intriguing one, written a little more intelligently than similar novels.

Be warned, you could become so hooked by this big adventurous thriller that the tide will be lapping round your deckchair before you notice.