Crooked River (Pendergast #19)Author: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Release Date: February 4, 2020
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Description:
Racing
to uncover the mystery of several light green-shoe-clad severed feet
found floating in the Atlantic, Agent Pendergast is faced with most
inexplicable challenge of his career in this
installment of the #1 NYT bestselling series.
Appearing
out of nowhere to horrify the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island,
Florida, dozens of identical, ordinary-looking shoes float in on the
tide and are washed up on the tropical beach--each
one with a crudely severed human foot inside.
Called
away from vacation elsewhere in the state, Agent Pendergast reluctantly
agrees to visit the crime scene--and, despite himself, is quickly drawn
in by the incomprehensible puzzle. An early
pathology report only adds to the mystery. With an ocean of
possibilities confronting the investigation, no one is sure what
happened, why, or from where the feet originated. And they desperately
need to know: are the victims still alive?
In
short order, Pendergast finds himself facing the most complex and
inexplicable challenge of his career: a tangled thread of evidence that
spans seas and traverses continents, connected to
one of the most baffling mysteries in modern medical science. Through
shocking twists and turns, all trails lead back to a powerful adversary
with a sadistic agenda and who--in a cruel irony--ultimately sees in
Pendergast the ideal subject for their malevolent
research.
Praise:
"Exciting. Nail-biting. Quality storytelling."
—Publishers Weekly
"[An]
action-filled adventure [...] There is plenty of suspense, and the
action gets bloody. Great storytelling, a quirky hero, and a quirkier
plot make this a winner for adventure fans."
—Kirkus (Starred Review)
—Kirkus (Starred Review)
"Preston
and Child know how to craft compelling stories that are both baffling
and surprising. The cast of characters feels authentic and moves the
story forward in unexpected ways....the authors
are masters of the procedural with a gothic flair."
—Associated Press
"Agent Pendergast is back and better than ever."
—The Real Book Spy
"Red
herrings and dead ends abound in this especially intricately plotted
entry in the Pendergast series, which is also noteworthy (as usual) for
its finely drawn characters and its writing
style, which overlays contemporary storytelling with a light ornate
flavoring."
—Booklist
The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
"stand head and shoulders above their rivals" (Publishers Weekly). Preston & Child's Relic and The Cabinet of Curiosities were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever
written, and Relic was made into a number-one box office hit
movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series, and their
recent novels include Verses for the Dead, City of Endless Night, The Obsidian Chamber, and Blue
Labyrinth. In addition to his novels and nonfiction works (such as The Lost City of the Monkey God), Preston writes about archaeology for the The New Yorker and National Geographics magazines. Lincoln Child is a Florida resident and
former book editor who has published seven novels of his own, including such bestsellers as, Full Wolf Moon and Deep Storm.
Readers
can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly "strangely entertaining"
newsletter from the authors, at their website, PrestonChild.com. The
authors welcome visitors to their Facebook
page, where they post regularly.
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