Dance of Death
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Release date: 2005-06-14
Hardcover
Author: Lincoln Child
Bargain, False testimony, Fiction, Fiction - Mystery/ Detective, Fiction / Thrillers, Government investigators, Literary, Mystery & Detective - General, Serial murders, Sibling rivalry, Suspense
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Dance of Death
Date undefinedA cousin introduced me to this writing team with their first book, Relic, and I was hooked. However, all through this series, I have watched with growing dismay as our hero, Special Agent Pendergast becomes a more and more improbable character. The man is brilliant, charming, debonair, rich, sensitive, deadly and in this book, verging on the edge of becoming a cartoon.
Please, someone give Preston and Child a copy of their first book and tell them firmly, this is how it's done! Unless you are a rabid Pendergast fan, pass on this one and try a James Rollins book instead.
Dance of Death
Date undefinedWay back when, I read Relic and Reliquary but really couldn't remember them well. Recently, one of the members of our book club recommended I read Chamber of Curiosities, Brimstone, and Dance of Death -- sort of a trilogy. Each story has totally captured my imagination and I'm disappointed when they end.
"Dance of Death" was exceptionally well written and, unlike some books of the genre, not dumbed-down. Of course this book, and the others, is not for everyone and I have had to call on my dictionary at times but now I know what a porte co-chere is and I plan on using "nugatory" in a conversation - hopefully soon.
If the actor Michael Rennie was still living, he'd be my choice to play Agent Pendergast. But, like so many others, making a movie out of such an outstanding book might be a horrible mistake although "(The) Relic" is listed as "outstanding" in my TCM Movie Guide.
Congratulations to the Preston/Child collaboration for another fascinating story.
Dance of Death
Date undefinedGood as a stand alone thriller/suspense/crime fiction read. Even better if you have read the previous Agent Pendergast novels.
