{"product_id":"neven-maguire-s-complete-family-cookbook-copy","title":"The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown","description":"\u003cp class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__MNk9M Paragraph_paragraph--default-sm-default__vzDNT\"\u003eDan Brown is back with another Robert Langdon adventure, the first in almost a decade. Our hero is in Prague with his new love interest, the renowned academic Katherine Soloman. The action mostly takes place on a single day and begins the morning after Katherine’s lecture about her upcoming book. In it, she argues a theory about shared consciousness and how it explains “paranormal” events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__MNk9M Paragraph_paragraph--default-sm-default__vzDNT\"\u003eLangdon’s day starts very early, and, while jogging on a deserted Charles Bridge, he experiences something which defies belief. Katherine goes missing and back in New York, her publisher has been hacked with all digital copies of her book destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__MNk9M Paragraph_paragraph--default-sm-default__vzDNT\"\u003eLuckily, her editor has printed off a hard copy but, unluckily, he’s kidnapped while attempting to get the manuscript copied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__MNk9M Paragraph_paragraph--default-sm-default__vzDNT\"\u003eBack in Prague, Langdon is being hunted down by the police, the CIA and the US embassy. He doesn’t know who to trust and nor does the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__MNk9M Paragraph_paragraph--default-sm-default__vzDNT\"\u003eThen there’s the young man who is convinced he’s the Golem of Prague (a mythical figure from Jewish folklore – a man made from clay) hiding in plain sight while killing those he’s deemed guilty of harm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__MNk9M Paragraph_paragraph--default-sm-default__vzDNT\"\u003eBrown comes in for a lot of mockery for his somewhat-improbable plots, but if you suspend disbelief completely and go along with it, it’s great entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__MNk9M Paragraph_paragraph--default-sm-default__vzDNT\"\u003eRegardless of the snobby criticism of his work, he knows how to spin a good yarn by grabbing the reader’s attention early and never letting it go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__MNk9M Paragraph_paragraph--default-sm-default__vzDNT\"\u003eFor most of the story his timing is perfect, but the end is marred by the amount of guff between the two unexpected plot twists. Regardless, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Secret of Secrets\u003c\/strong\u003e is jolly good fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph_paragraph__MNk9M Paragraph_paragraph--default-sm-default__vzDNT\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/entertainment\/books\/book-reviews\/dan-browns-new-book-the-secret-of-secrets-will-keep-you-hooked-until-the-very-end\/a\/132562040.html\"\u003eRead the review from the Irish Independent\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Irish Independent Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66275005858141,"sku":"IN_BOOK_DanBr_SoS","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1110\/8515\/8749\/files\/DanBrown_2048x2048_c102e5c7-5525-43c9-b4f5-d91457b602db.jpg?v=1792672160","url":"https:\/\/shop.independent.ie\/products\/neven-maguire-s-complete-family-cookbook-copy","provider":"Indo Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}