I imagine you could pick this or a number of other spy-thrillers at a bookstore (or more likely, an airport) and have the same experience.

Grisham can set an honest person on the run like no one else.

This guy’s got the mystery chops promised on the back cover.

"No one goes home early." Okay, I'm interested.

Not sure Baldacci stuck the landing on this one.

The formula of “Langdon with a fit, brainy brunette that can get dirty, has access to some landmark, and has a secret” is getting old.