"This book will appeal to readers who enjoy symbol mysteries (The Da Vinci Code etc.), crime thrillers and historical stories! 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threads which are very cleverly interwoven, a present day murder mystery which includes following up clues to find a historical document and an adventure set in 1492, which explains the origins of the document.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