| HEROINE COMPARISON | Return to Plot Sequence Similarities | ||
| AUTHOR | DAN BROWN | LEWIS PERDUE | LEWIS PERDUE |
| BOOK TITLE | The Da Vinci Code | The Da Vinci Legacy | Daughter of God, Linz Testament |
| DATE PUBLISHED | 2003 | 1983 | 1985 (Linz), 2000 |
| NAME | Sophie Neveu | Suzanne Storm | Zoe Ridgeway |
| OCCUPATION | Paris police officer, Cryptographer | Art journalist | Art broker, forgery detective |
| SECONDARY PREOCCUPATION | Art, religion | Undercover CIA agent | Religion |
| EDUCATION | French and English-speaking: Parisian, unspecified undergraduate and Royal Holloway (U.K.) (DVC:Ch54) | French and English-speaking: Sorbonne (Paris) Skidmore (U.S.) (DVL:62) | Dutch and English-speaking:UCLA, Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam (DoG:111) |
| EYES | Green eyes (DVC:378) | green (DVL:65) | not specified |
| EYES: IDENTICAL WORDS | Sophie Neveu entered, her green eyes flashing fear. (DVC:ch12) | "Why did you do that?" she asked sharply, her green eyes flashing bright with the anger she battled to contain. (DVL:middle ch11) | |
| HAIR | "thick burgundy hair" --(DVC:50) | auburn (DVL:18) | not specified |
| AGE | 32 (DVC:50) | 26 (DVL:83) | 30-ish (DoG:12,35) |
| PHYSICAL APPEARANCE | Distinctive, robust, not thin or "waifish" (DVC:50) | Ample figure (DVL:77) | |
| OUTSTANDING PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS | Capable, strong, resourceful woman who saves hero at least once. | Capable, strong, resourceful woman who saves hero at least once. | Capable, strong, resourceful woman who saves hero at least once. |
| HERO RECOGNIZES HER EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES | ? Hero recognizes that the heroine is highly capable of taking care of the both of them. (DVC:86) | ? Hero recognizes that the heroine is highly capable of taking care of the both of them. (DVL:180) | |
| JUMPING AT IDEAS | At the heroine's suggestion (Sophie), the reluctant and confused hero (Langdon) simulates his escape from the Louvre restroom when she throws a bar of soap, containing a tracking device, out the window. (DVC:86) | ? At the heroine's suggestion (Suzanne) and the reluctant and confused hero (Davis) escape from the Brotherhood's monastery by jumping off the roof into Lake Como. (DVL:263) | |
| HAUNTED BY THE PAST | ... were trying to speak to her and offer some kind of resolution to the emptiness that had haunted her all these years." (DVC: Ch69) | The television show, and her conduct, came back to haunt her. " (DVL:Ch8,begin) | |
| CHILDHOOD TRAGEDY THAT SHAPED HER PERSONALITY | After parents are killed, she is raised by Grandfather who is artistic and very capable with his hands. He remains influence in her life | After mother vanishes, she is raised by father who is artistic and very capable with his hands. He remains influence in her life .(DoG:63) | |
| GIFT | Ability to spot the code solutions others miss (DVC:77) | ability to spot art forgeries others miss (DoG:5) |