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The Vatican Secret

By: David Leadbeater
Narrated by: Damian Lynch
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Summary

You’ve cracked the Da Vinci code, now uncover the Vatican secret…

The deepest secrets are kept in the darkest places.

When ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is sent to Rome to guard an elderly professor and his daughter, he thinks he’s in for an easy ride.

But on their first day in the Vatican secret archives, a masked assassin gains entry, shoots Joe’s client in cold blood and steals an ancient manuscript. Giving chase, Joe can’t imagine what could lie within those pages that would make someone willing to kill.

The search for answers leads Joe and his comrades in a race against time, across continents and into treacherous mountains. Only they have a hope of rescuing the Vatican Book of Secrets before a centuries-old enemy can succeed in bringing Rome–and the world as we know it–crashing down…

The Da Vinci Code meets Die Hard in this fast-paced, adrenaline-filled, action-adventure thriller. Perfect for fans of Lee Child and Clive Cussler, The Vatican Secret will have you listening late into the night.

©2022 David Leadbeater (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

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Clunky and dull

Having written books myself I hate reviews but I have to warn listeners as I never finished this book. I hate not finishing books.

The writing was clunky. The action not described very well so you were not sure what was happening. Silly plot developments.

The reader seemed as bored as me.

It was a globe trotting adventure but in the end of the day was just dull. I stopped listening for chunks of time.

Very poor.

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Disappointing

This feels like it is trying to be the da Vinci code meets Ben Hope series but it seems too long by far and rather boring to be honest

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If you’ve read Dan Brown, don’t read this book! If you haven’t read Dan Brown, then go ahead read this book

I really respect people who write books, and I apologise for my low score, it’s hard being critical of somebody’s passion at work.

But this book just didn’t do it for me… I couldn’t escape into any written reality, it wasn’t awful, and I managed to get through to the end, but it wasn’t for me.

Definitely no Dan Brown, and Jack Reacher is safe, i’m sorry I couldn’t be more positive.

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Poor Story and Irritatingly Narration.

Attempted twice to get into this book and failed. The story was poor and the way it was read was very irritating. I gave uo

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disappointed

I lost interest in this book early on ,I thought the narration and narrative rather dull and boring .The outcome was predictable .just chasing a dead end .

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