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B**Z
Another fine Pendegast outing
If you like reading these Agent Pendergast books, then this one should not disappoint.Quite a surprise opening, as we start 12 years previous with Pendergast, before he joined the FBI, and his rarely mentioned wife on vacation in Africa. A terrible accident occurs and his wife is killed. Flick forward to the present day and we learn just why the family lawyer came to visit Pendergast at the end of Cemetery Dance. This leads to a quite remarkable "Pendergast moment", when the most trivial of observations results in the rapid deduction that his wife was actually murdered - and so with the help of ever faithful D'Agosta, the pair set out to hunt for the culprit(s) with Pendergast discovering that his wife kept a few secrets to herself... Expect lots of deaths and injuries, chases and puzzles as the mystery unfolds.Much of the story is played out within Louisiana, so we learn more about Pendergast's childhood home(s) in New Orleans and his extended family. We also advance Constance Greene's story, after she had returned to Tibet at the end of The Wheel Of Darkness.There's also a little teaser at the end, which presumably is where the next book will begin.
J**N
Possibly the best yet
Thoroughly enjoyed this one, although I didn't think I would as it involved Pendergasts revenge for the murder of his wife, I thought it might be some sort of trip into his early romantic phase. However it wasn't at all like that, but instead was full of action, with a great plot, and I could hardly put it down. I have already started the next book in the series
M**E
A page turner!
I can never wait for a new Pendergast's novel by Lincoln & Child. This one is the first of the so-called Helen trilogy. You can read it and patiently wait for the second instalment, bearing in mind that the final one won't be out till the end of 2012! It slowly shows you the family of Agent Pendergast and tells you more about the people you have encountered in the privious stories, specially his ward, Constance Green. If you liked Relic and its sequels, you will love this one.
M**5
Couldn't put it down
Preston and Child do it again, suspenseful as always
P**Y
superb
superb
H**4
Four Stars
Good story. Part of a trilogy involving Prendergasts wife.
C**S
first of trilogy, escape into Pendergast's world.
If you love Pendergast you will like it a lot, first of three in a series. So engaging and different with twists and turns all over. Really well written by Preston & Child.
G**7
Pendergast
Anything with Pendergast in is good, and this is no exception, The Pendergast series are the best iver read for a long time.
