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Title: "Da Vinci Code" rip-off
Review: Like Brown's "DaVinci Code", Fasman's "Geographer's Library" begins with the mysterious death of an eccentric academic. The protagonist,a young reporter from the local newspaper, is unwittingly strung along on a chain of interconnected clues that ultimately reveal the goings-on of a secret society. This narrative is interrupted in alternate chapters with separate narratives of individual items stolen from the academic's house. Whereas in "DaVinci Code" the separate threads of the story played into each other and kept the Reader turning the page, Fasman does a poor job with these separate story lines and they merely interfere with the main plot. As many other reviewers have stated, the ending was unsatisfying. For me, it was too Deus ex machina, and reminded me of a "Scooby Doo" episode ("I would have got away with it if it wasn't for you meddlesome kids!"). Intriguing title, but I can't really recommend this book.
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