The Da Vinci Code -- Dan Brown

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. <p/>Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others. <p/>In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever. <p/><b>THE DA VINCI CODE</b> heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller...utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Dan Brown<br><b>Publisher:</b> Doubleday Books<br><b>Published:</b> 03/18/2003<br><b>Pages:</b> 464<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.69lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.42h x 6.58w x 1.28d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780385504201<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.4