"This book will appeal to readers who enjoy symbol mysteries (The Da Vinci Code etc.), crime thrillers and historical stories, and perhaps romances, although as there is quite of violence, perhaps not all romance fans!
The story has two threads which are very cleverly interwoven, a present day murder mystery which includes following up clues to find a historical document and an adventure set in 1492, which explains the origins of the document.
There has obviously been a huge amount of research carried out by Paula Wynne into the historical basis of the story, and there is a lot of genuine history woven into the story.
The plot is extremely well written, and the characters are all believable and three-dimensional.
This is a great book and a worthy successor to the first book in the series, 'The Grotto's Secret'. Although it is the second book in the series, it can quite easily be read as a stand-alone book." - Godiva 2000