(2004)Another pretty good daVinci Code style mystery that tries to find an obscure old book that was supposed to have been donated by an English couple to a museum. The book may or may not be real.

Disappointing. It seems as if the author couldnt decide on either a cycber punk book, or a historical-bent investigation book, decided on combining the two, and failed at both. ( )

Codex is about this guy, an investment banker or something, who gets assigned to catalog and sort a rare books collection/library of some English aristocrats and also gets hooked on a virtual reality quest videogame which mirrors his IRL search for a mythical codex in that library. It's very slow moving; we just see the guy sort and catalog books and then go home and play the videogame and sleep. I love it. I can sort and catalog books all day; apparently I can also read about people sorting and cataloging books all day too. It's just my speed, interesting and old books and not too high-stakes (until the end). Also there's a standoffish medievalist grad student who helps the guy and she is basically 10000% done with everything and only cares about the books and medieval/Renaissance/book history. I love her. Sadly the ending was not as good as the beginning and middle, but I still recommend it if you like bibliomysteries. Trigger warning for the damage/destruction of old rare books. ( )

Dull and slow with none of the sparkling wit or suspenseful tension of his other series. ( )

Interesting. I liked it. But something about how it all turned out wasn't completely satisfying. Maybe a few too many coincidences in the plot too.