OT: Book recommendations

I'm one of those people who really only reads while on vacation. I'm
looking for a book to take to Italy -- but strictly for reading on the
plane. My criteria: Fiction, not too heavy subject matter,
page-turner that grabs you on page 1 and doesn't let go, and nothing
over 300 pages or so. (My friend and I are gonna swap books, so I
need something I can read from start to finish pretty quickly.) I
loved Da Vinci Code (strictly as a mystery novel) and that would be an
example of the kind of engrossing plot I like. I've read all the
Patricia Cornwells and not much else (such as Janet Evanovich,
Kellerman, etc.). How 'bout it, you readers? Otherwise, I'm gonna
go to Barnes & Noble this afternoon and pick the brains of the people
who work there.

Margie
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