Just read The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud, by Julia Navarro. One might call it a thriller in the mode of (a less salacious) the Da Vinci Code, focused on the Shroud of Turin. The story combines the 'historical' (fictionalized history) burial shroud of Jesus and its passage through the years with its relationship to the present-day Shroud of Turin. Secret societies, the Knights Templar, and some determined cops struggle to both understand and possess the shroud and its mysteries!
Polished this 399 pager off in about three days, so it was certainly gripping. I enjoyed the secret society aspects (Templars, etc.) but the historical flashbacks to the 'actual' happenings of the Shroud were my favorite aspect. Could easily be made into a movie, with the predictably unresolved ending, ala Indiana Jones, with its own version of the ark getting packed away where the world forgets -- doesn't find out! -- that it even exists...
Very Quick Read
3 days / 399 pages = 133 pages per day (under 25 ppd = slow read, 25-75 = avg. speed read, 75-125 = quick read, 125 + = very quick read)
6/10 on overall content
8/10 on grip
6/10 for final resolution
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