Preston & Child – Cannonball Read 17

Secret government operatives trying to kill Nora and Corrie? Must be Tuesday.

Diablo Mesa (Nora Kelly #3) by Preston & Child

April 1, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

Shortly after the events of The Scorpion’s Tail, archeologist Nora Kelly is approached to lead a dig at the purported UFO crash site in Roswell, New Mexico by driven billionaire Lucas Tappan. Tappan wants to prove once and for all a UFO crashed at Roswell, and not a weather balloon. No sooner does she start work than a pair of dead bodies are found. Not little green men, but a man and a woman shot in the head and dating back to the 1940’s. Nora […]

Bloodless is not nearly as interesting as what it sets up.

Bloodless by Preston & Child

November 10, 2021 by TylerDFC 3 Comments

Special Agents Pendergast and Coldmoon are back along with Constance and investigating a series of murders in Savannah, Georgia with corpses drained of every drop of blood. Bloodless begins right where Crooked River ended which I thought was rather unfair. After two high-profile and harrowing back-to-back cases, you would think the FBI could give the two agents a break. Regardless, Pendergast and Coldmoon are on the case and Constance befriends the eccentric and reclusive owner of the lavish hotel the trio is staying in. Bloodless […]

Second verse, not as good as the first!

The Scorpion's Tail (Nora Kelly #2) by Preston & Child

February 26, 2021 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

The man’s demise was clearly written in his expression: the mouth open as if screaming, protruding tongue brown and mottled as a dried morel, desiccated lips drawn back from brown teeth in a rictus of pain and horror. – The Scorpion’s Tail Note: This book is the second in a spinoff series connected to the 20+ volume Agent Pendergast novels. No knowledge of either series is needed to enjoy this but the main characters featured in The Scorpion’s Tail, archeologist Nora Kelly, and Special Agent […]

Not Enough Egypt for Me in This Preposterous Thriller

The Pharaoh Key by Preston & Child

September 22, 2019 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

Whenever I feel the need for some literary comfort food my first instinct is to grab a mystery or crime thriller. I think it’s the combination of thrills with puzzle-solving that appeals to me. The title of this paperback. The Pharaoh Key, jumped out at me because it not only promised a mystery, but it combined another one of my interests, ancient Egypt. I have read some other books by this author team, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, featuring their investigator Agent Prendergast, so I […]

A diabolical and clever thriller

June 10, 2016 by TylerDFC 2 Comments

I write my reviews as I read. I’m sure most do it’s the only way to really express the nuances and little things you notice as you are reading, as opposed to trying to remember when the story is over. This partly explains why I’ve been mostly absent this year; my review file was lost when I moved computers and I can barely remember what I read this year, let alone what I thought about them. I had this review nearly ready to go with […]

Newest Pendergast thriller a small step up from recent outings

March 17, 2015 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

Even though it is better than recent offerings, Blue Labyrinth ultimately fails to break free from the established Preston & Child formula. It starts with a slow build up, the plot takes several shocking twists and turns, and then the last ¼ of the book is a race against time as the previously hidden adversaries reveal their identities and our various heroes fight tooth and nail to overcome and survive. It’s exciting and quite fun but ends up as not much more than a beach […]

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