The Da Vinci Code -
Dan Brown

Take the bloody murder of an eminent Art-World figure in the Louvre, trim the quest for the Holy Grail to 24 desperate hours, add an American symbolist and a beautiful young French woman, mix this together with the struggle between Old and New Faiths, intrigue and betrayal and you have the recipe for a rip-roaring adventure - a real page turner. Discard the almost predictable ending. Put your religious sensibilities to one side and savour this book as a delightful concoction.