The Mozart Conspiracy

Well this is the second book I have read in the last month written by a man! A first for me. Anyway I digress. I was really looking forward to reading the Mozart Conspiracy by Scott Mariani after watching a lady in my staffroom reading it at lunch time for 5 consecutive days. I gathered from the blurb that the book would run a little similarly to the Dan Brown books The Davinci Code and Angels and Demons. I am sure that because I made this assumption I did not enjoy it as much as I perhaps should have.

The writer follows the main character Ben who has to use his training and 'love' to (spoiler alert) prevent ritual events. I took from the title there would be a lot about Mozart but I was left a little disappointed (perhaps this is because I am a musician and I studied the piece the plot referred too in great depth at University).

Despite my misgivings I did enjoy the book and I did read it in less than two weeks. The writer keeps the story moving (slight spoiler alert) and with a real twist at the end he must be praised.

Who is it for? book clubs, people who know things about guns, crime readers, people who like to be kept on the edge.
Score 7/10