Books do indeed blow because I usually don't read much of them. It's really hard to give cliff notes. It's about a symboliogist who is the prime suspect for a murder and meets this girl who is the daughter of the murdered person. She also happens to work for the police force as a cryptographer. She didn't know it but her father was the leader of a secret society which protected the holy grail and her father left her clues to discover it. There is many twists and turns and it's kind of a history lesson too. You learn a lot of neat stuff.
Try reading that book and tell me if all books blow. A good majority do really suck but some are really good. I realize my description probably sucks but it's a really good book.