Appalling tosh! - Rated 
This is quite simply an unashamed attempt to cash in the Da Vinci Code conspiracy theory. It is very poorly written with ridiculous characters, attempts at inappropriate and ill placed humour. The author even attempts to add in "humorous" commentary that in places would more lend itself to the Wacky Races children's cartoon. Why on earth Clive Cussler ever put his name in the form of a review I will never know!
Do yourself a favour put this out for waste paper recycling - do not bother reading!
I have given this one star only because there was nothing lower!
Pulp Religeous Fiction - Rated 
Sign of the Cross is an easy read. The characters are paper thin as is the mysteries presented within, however, despite these prominent flaws it remains just interesting enough to hold your attention. Two of the protagonists appeared in Kuzneski's previous book, The Plantation, but this is a standalone novel and previous reading is not required. The style of narrative is occasionally distracting, with 'cliffhanger' type foreboding frequently used at the chapter ends, which were completely unnecessary. Overall it's an average entry in to the genre that Dan Brown has popularised and although it's over 600 pages it's not a laborious read. Not to be added as High Priority to your Wish List, yet not to be entirely shunned either.
Don't waste your time - Rated
A book so truly awful, it actually makes The Da Vinci Code look like literature. Don't waste your time reading it - I wish I hadn't and could get that time back.
Judge it on it's own merits - Rated 
I'm surprised at all the negative reviews on this book: Ok it's not Dostoyevsky but then it's not trying to be. This is pure entertainment fiction, the perfect read for a commute or other long journey or when you just need something fun and brainless to rest your weary brain cells! On those terms this is an enjoyable read in that slightly silly way that makes it so much fun. The plotline has been described before so I won't repeat that, but in my opinion this is a far better read than the Da Vinci Code (with which it's inevitably compared) partly because the author himself is having such huge fun writing it that that comes over (unlike what comes over to me as Brown's own smugness) and secondly because the plot flashes along nicely without all the long monologues that Brown intersperses in a pseudo-intellectual manner.
Yes, the characters aren't of any great depth but hey this is a throw-away thriller not Dickens, the characters really aren't the point. And while they don't surprise, they're enough to do the job.
The denoument was also flagged quite a long way off (and as another reviewer here has mentioned the 'clues' are not that well-hidden), but then most of the 'puzzles' in the DVC were not much above the level of a school-kid. So overall I enjoyed this as a fun, escapist read, nothing more and nothing less.
Have I read something different? - Rated
I think I must have read a different book to the one that some of the reviewers read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and his other book 'Sword of God', reading both within a couple of days each. Maybe I'm easily pleased! Compared to some of the books I have read recently it was an easy read, the pace of the story was good and I liked the characters Payne and Jones. I look forward to reading many more of his books.
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