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Agent Pendergast accidentally discovers his wife's death was not an accident, but murder. He immediately calls on D'Agosta, and the two start traipsing around the world, looking for leads. It turns out his wife had a secret life, connected to a mysterious foundation located in the swamps of Louisiana.Not bad, maybe a little lowball compared to some of the rest of the series.
If you want to get in the full spirit of this review the background music should be a Kidz Bop version of "Oops...I Did It Again". 1. First response: Outrageous, bloody, awful (& bloody awful too) but still somehow entertaining. The Audubon plot and bio-entrepreneurship elements are fascinating. Found myself realizing how fortunate I have been to be able to view Audubon's double elephant folio at the Cal Academy library. 2. Plot elements somehow couldn't be more ridiculous.3. OTT Example: (view
I have been in the habit lately of using gifs in my reviews, so it is likely that you will see some here.Oh, wait! I feel one coming on - this was me this entire book:Holy cow! This book was a rush! I thought things were intense and suspenseful in previous Preston and Child books, but they raised the bar and way outdid themselves. I have no clue how they fit so much action, mystery, suspense and general bad-ass-ery into one book. Here is a quick summary in gifs:Finally - if only Antonio Banderas...
Sometimes you crave food because it’s predictably good—Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, for example, nature’s most perfect glowing yellow, boxed food. Other times, you want to experience something you’ve never had before, and so you set your taste buds to open-minded (because, yes, tongues have brains—it’s basic biology, people, which you would know if you am as smart as me am). What happens, though, when you’re expecting one kind of flavor and you get another? It can go one of two ways: the mistaking-p...
5 STARS!Good grief, what a book!! I was not bored once while reading Fever Dream and this was one of the craziest Pendergast books that I've read in the series.This is the 1st book in the Helen trilogy and it involves the mystery of Helen Pendergast, the late wife to Special Agent Pendergast.Damn, I really don't know what to say in this review that will not be a potential spoiler! This book goes in many different directions and CRAZY plot twists. I loved it!So, I'll elaborate just a bit. Fever D...
So far, this book is my favorite in the Agent Pendergast series. Fever Dream is the 10th book in the 16-book series. A 17th book, City of Endless Night, is coming out in 2018. Pendergast's wife, Helen, died 12 years before during a safari in Africa. She was attacked and killed by a lion. While in New Orleans at his family's home, Pendergast discovers evidence that Helen's death was not an accident. It was murder. Immediately he knows he must investigate, identify Helen's killer, and get justice
I'll call it right here, right now. This is the best Pendergast novel I've read so far, and I'm going to stop holding back on the 5-star rating. Why? Because it got really personal for Special Agent A.X.L Pendergast, and we get to see a side of this enigmatic man which we've never seen before. It was intense. It was almost scary. And it was exciting!From the very first book, Relic, we were made aware that Pendergast had a wife who died many years ago. Twelve to be exact. How she died was relive...
Fever Dream is a great whodunnit. Pendergast finds out that his wife was murdered rather than being killed in a hunting accident. So he gets on the trail along with D'Agosta.This book has all the trademarks of a good Pendergast story - an intriguing mystery, a new antagonist, some great action, subtle humour and a deep look into Pendergast's background. Specifically, I liked how Pendergast shows the same characteristics as Diogenes towards the climax of the book.I am looking forward to the next
You know how you buy a bag of Chee-Tos? And you sit down, open the bag and absently eat a handful, and even as you're thinking, "Yeah, that was probably enough of that," your hand is already snaking back into the bag? And then the next thing you know the bag is completely empty and you're covered with orange dust and feeling vaguely ill? Yeah, these books have that effect on me.
Ahhhh! Curse these authors! I was up past dawn reading this book, slept for a few hours, and after bolting awake, made some coffee and got back to reading. And I won't know the final end of this plot line until the next book, so will have to wait another year at least! Not really a spoiler so much, since the authors do this with like 90% of the Pendergast series. Part of why these books are so clever and fiendishly addictive is because the reader kibitzes for most of it. I'm not going to reveal
I have been following the Pendergast series of books since Relic, published in 1995. Since then, nine more books (with a tenth on the way) have been published featuring the clever and eccentric FBI agent. Like Arthur Conan Doyle before them, Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston have created in FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast a character that elevates any plot in which he might feature and, similarly, enlivens the reading experience. There is more than a little dose of the Holmsian in Penderga...
Loved it! Such a super suspenseful book. While it was over 400 pages, it kept you enthralled throughout with Agent Pendergast and his team solving another mystery. Makes one want to go back and read the entire series.
