Recently read Dan Brown's "Inferno". Aptly named, it should have been thrown into the inferno. The actual plot could have been boiled down to 50 pages. He spent 200 pages describing Florence, Italy and all the art work. I've been to Florence, so I found some of it interesting.

Scott Turow's "Identical". Ambivalent. Interesting concept, but delivered in a confusing manner (maybe it was me). Not high on my recommend list.