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Review: Extraction by Preston and Child
Extraction by Douglas Preston My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a short story by authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, meant to tide over their fans last year until the next Pendergast book came out. It’s a short but thrilling tale, where Pendergast tells a ghost story of sorts–his personal ghosts. It’s just the [… Read More]
Review: Two Graves, Preston and Child
Two Graves by Douglas Preston My rating: 4 of 5 stars True rating: 4.5 stars Lovers of Agent Pendergast may be thrilled or horrified by the opening of Two Graves. But it is a hint, and perhaps a warning, of the depth of treachery and danger Pendergast will face in this story. I took it [… Read More]
Review: Cold Vengeance, by Preston & Child
Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston My rating: 4 of 5 stars Okay, I ran straight for this book after reading Fever Dream. We just had a big reveal at the end of that story and there was no waiting. Cold Vengeance lived up to expectations. It’s gripping, non-stop suspense that constantly raises more questions than [… Read More]
Review: Fever Dream by Preston & Child
Fever Dream by Douglas Preston My rating: 4 of 5 stars Pendergast’s latest adventure cuts closer to home for him than ever before when he realizes that his wife, dead for twelve years, was murdered. Pendergast comes closer to despair and shock than we’ve ever witnessed, and I believe he is closer to becoming unhinged [… Read More]
Review: The Wheel of Darkness, Preston & Child
The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston My rating: 3 of 5 stars While The Wheel of Darkness continues the story of Agent Pendergast, it is a stand alone and not connected to the Diogenes arc. It is a very different story than the previous books, where Pendergast faced his nemesis and brother. Compared to [… Read More]