Thriller · Mystery
Angels & Demons
Bestseller: about 39 million copies (estimate)A Harvard symbologist is summoned to a Swiss laboratory after a scientist's murder, then to Rome, where an old secret society seems to be threatening the Vatican during a conclave. A ticking clock drives every chapter.
- First published
- 2000
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like a hurried, clue-by-clue chase through famous landmarks with a ticking clock.
Skip this if you want subtle characters or religion and science handled with nuance.
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