The Da Vinci Mole

August 1, 2006
Adult/High School -Like the book that it parodies, "Mole" is full of conspiracy and puzzles. When Eric San Leté (an anagram for -Secret Alien -), curator of New York City -s Whitney Museum, is found dead, modern-art professor Hank Thomas is called in to figure out the cryptic message hidden inside a reproduction of a Jackson Pollock painting that Leté left next to his body. Saphie Paradise, French exchange student and granddaughter of the deceased man, joins in the quest to decode the riddles that Leté left behind. The pseudonymous author has devised a suspenseful story that ties together Scientology, Karl Rove, W, aliens, Mars, and Proctor & Gamble. The book leaves readers wondering what is fact and what is fiction, and pokes fun at "The Da Vinci Code", too. Black-and-white line drawings illustrate the puzzles and add dimension to characters." -Erin Dennington, Chantilly Regional Library, Fairfax County, VA"

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