The Da Vinci Code & thereabouts

Finished reading 3 out of 4 of Dan Brown's books and frankly, i did not think too much of them in general. All the hype was not quite justifiable in my opinion. Sure, i was quite entertained by the Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons but i think he has just rather cleverly used interesting 'facts' (authenticated on not is rather debatable) and wrapped it around a rather limpid B-grade murder/triller/mystery fictatious story with unexceptional writing style. I would say that other writers such as Sheldon or Archer has much better writing abilities to draw their readers in with their trillers within the mass-appeal market.

To be fair, I thought Angels & Demons was a rather good effort on the traditional "whodunnit" tale (I didn't quite guess who was the mastermind till 3/4 through the book though it was mainly because with all the hype, my expectations soar and i started thinking "chim") but Da Vinci Code was a letdown and the characters are hardly more than cardboard stereotypes. All the superfluous facts and conspiracy theories, without which, the book would have fallen flat on its face and perhaps remain a inconspicuous paperback on the lower rungs of a bookshelf, most likely smacked in between the likes of Digital fortress and Deception Point.