It's been a while!
We left off with the discovery of a naked dead body, set up in the position as Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, with a secret code next to the body. The Code read: “13-3-2-21-1-1-8-5 O, Draconian devil! Oh, lame saint!” As if there wasn't enough confusion already, Sophie Neveu approaches our hero Robert Langdon and tells him to call the Embassy. Instead, she gives him the number to her answering machine where she left him a message saying that he was in trouble.
As Langdon listens to the message, Sophie tells the French Police Chief, Mr. Bezu Fache, that the code next to the body is in the Fibonacci sequence, meaning that each term is equal to the sum of the two terms before it. This would, of course, render the sequence insignificant, and Fache, who is already extremely angry, becomes even more frustrated. Langdon then tells them that he is beginning to feel very uncomfortable and he decides to head into the bathroom to get away from all the insanity. Fache tells one of his agents, Jerome Collete, to keep a close eye on Langdon to make sure he doesnt leave the museum. They put an electronic tracker on him just to make sure.
Sophie follows Langdon into the bathroom with some interesting news. She informs him that he is a suspect in the case and that as they speak, he is being tracked. Langdon checks himself and finds the tracker. She then shows him a picture of the crime scene that Fache had placed on agency's website. In the picture, there's a line that wasnt present at the actual crime scene. It says "P.S. Find Robert Langdon." As if this wasn't big enough of a blow, she continues to tell him that the police suspect him of commiting the crime, and that they have plenty of evidence against him. Thoughts swirl in his mind, and it takes him a bit to process the information. Then, a question formulates in his mind, and he asks Sophie how and why she is so involved with this Sauniere murder. She, of course, adds to the mystery by telling him that Sauniere, the man who's naked body lies flat out with blood on a museum floor, is her grandfather.
Suspenseful, eh?
Just one thing to ponder: what is your initial reaction to this mess? Afterall, there is quite a bit going on.
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with the work of Brown, there is just one mess after another, before anything is solved, another problem comes up and knocks the reader off track. All this is going to come together later on in the novel. The writing style of this author is very unique from some of the other mystery books that i've read. It is far more complex. It does not take the reader from the beganning to end like most other books. This novels leaves enough space for the reader to pounder upon themself. in another word, you have to kinda figure out what is going to happen as if you're a detective.
You're right! I really do feel like a detective!
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