Conspiracy Theory Fiction

Conspiracy Theory Fiction
According to Merle Jacob a Readers' Advisory Consultant, "Conspiracy theory novels can be highly improbable with fantastical implausibilities, or can be frighteningly realistic with very probable events. The plot twists and turns build suspense and draw the reader into the battle between good and evil. What the reader is seeking is the answer to the mystery--who is behind the conspiracy and why."

A controversial religious conspiracy title is Dan Brown's, The Da Vinci Code. Some readers loved it and some have hated it. If you would like to try similar titles pick up one of the following at the library:

C. J. Box, Savage Run. Putnam, 2002. Environmentalists, ranchers, a killer winter storm, and a conspiracy!

John Le Carre, The Constant Gardener. Scribner, 2001. Pharmaceutical companies testing new drugs on Africans, people are dying and the main character follows the conspiracy from Africa to Italy, to Canada, and back to Africa.

David Liss, A spectacle of Corruption. Random House, 2004. Eighteenth century London and a conspiracy that threatens the national election and even the king.

Katherine Neville, The Eight. Ballantine, 1988. An accountant in Algeria, a legendary chess set given to Charlemagne, and a search throughout Europe for the scattered pieces.

Daniel Silva, A Death in Vienna. Putnam, 2004. The Holocaust and cover-ups by the CIA, the Vatican, and the Austrian government.

Robert Smith, A Small Death in Lisbon. Harcourt, 2000. A long hidden conspiracy that ties important people in Portugal to the Nazis.

For more suggestions check the library website at www.hibbing.lib.mn.us. Also try the NoveList database that is on the website.