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PBS News Hour

Dan Brown on his new thriller, 'The Secret of Secrets'

Episode 252 | 8m 28s

Mysteries and codes, religious rites and scientific formulas. That’s the world of Dan Brown’s thrillers, most famously "The Da Vinci Code," and his latest, "The Secret of Secrets." Secrets and codes are also part of Brown’s own life. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown discovered that during a visit to the author’s home in New Hampshire. It's for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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