The Da Vinci Code 10th Anniversary Edition (English, Paperback, Dan Brown)

When the curator of the Louvre is found dead in a pool of blood, a Harvard symbologist is called to assist the police in the investigation. Robert Langdon is surprised to learn he is needed but his surprise soon vanishes because next to the body is a pentagram that the curator drew in his dying moments with his own blood. The Da Vinci Code is the second adventure in Dan Brown's thriller series involving Robert Langdon.

Summary of the Book

Jacques Sauniere is found dead. The curator of the Louvre museum, his murder rocks all of Paris. Robert Langdon is summoned to help the police, who are baffled at what the curator chose to draw in his dying moments: a pentagram. Together with Sophie Neveu, a cryptologist and Sauniere's estranged granddaughter, Langdon follows the trail of the murder which leads him to a secret society involving Isaac Newton and Leonardo Da Vinci, a society protecting a secret that could rattle the entire Christian world.

About Dan Brown

Dan Brown is an American writer of thriller and suspense fiction. His books: Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress, Deception Point and The Lost Symbol are all bestsellers.

Brown attended Amherst College and pursued a brief musical career before turning to writing.