Alchemy and Antiquity

The Geographer's Library is a well-written, intriguing story that connects the crime of stolen objects in the 12th century to the murder  of a history professor in the current century.  I was hooked by the first several chapters but as the plot unfolds some things do not seem feasible.  The writing is beautiful, the history is fascinating, and the New England landscape descriptions are inviting but the pace of the novel is too slow.  This was not the page turner I was hoping for and the main character was a little too gullible at times.  The literary banter and the rich descriptive sentences make this an excellent read though even with the few negatives that I ran into.