Interred with Their Bones - Jennifer Lee Carrel

one sentence summary:
a Shakespearean academic turned director is sucked into a mystery to discover a missing work by Shakespeare.

review:
This novel is so full of stereotypes and predictable plot twists it really was mindless reading. It reminded me a lot of The Da Vinci Code from the grade seven style of writing to the excess of historical details. The history is very interesting but really was the only well researched and well written part of the novel. All that negativity said the story was entertaining but it is only to be read for entertainment value and not for great writing or new ideas. I recommend this to people who enjoyed the work of Dan Brown. The writing does get more fluid toward the last third of the novel only to have a rapid decline for the whole "fifth act". I will probably read the second book in this series at some point in the hope that it will be better, but even if it isn't I have no doubt it will be entertaining.

5/10

If you enjoyed this I recommend checking out works by:
Dan Brown
Matthew Reilly
Elizabeth Kostova
David Hewson
Kate Mosse
Katherine Neville