Cemetery Dance

De: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrado por: Rene Auberjonois

Pendergast--the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent--returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult.

William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Eyewitnesses claim, and the security camera confirms, that the assailant was their strange, sinister neighbor--a man who, by all reports, was already dead and buried weeks earlier. While Captain Laura Hayward leads the official investigation, Pendergast and Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta undertake their own private--and decidedly unorthodox--quest for the truth. Their serpentine journey takes them to an enclave of Manhattan they never imagined could exist: a secretive, reclusive cult of Obeah and vodou which no outsiders have ever survived.©2009 Grand Central Publishing; (P)2009 Hachette

The Weakest in the Series

I would rate this book as the weakest in the series. Although a decent read, the characters seem to be off. In addition, what did Nora do to deserve her treatment in book? In the end, the plot works out but was somewhat redundant throughout the book.

Sherlock Homes?

If you love Sherlock Homes you will love Agent Pendergrass, the writing is tight and stong. The voices carry you away. Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child are the best.

Not as strong as usual

I got the feeling Preston&Child ran out of time at the end and wrapped up things rather perfunctorily. Still, I enjoy this series and they seem to have set things up for another book. As usual Rene A. does a great job reading.

Love me some Pendergast...

I do love the characters and the general story telling and locales that are employed by Mr. Preston and Mr. Child, but after several books there are several phrases that are beginning to be repetitive and wear on my psyche. These phrases, like "...the work of _ minutes...", "...on well-oiled hinges..", and others, are showing the series to be a bit quickly written. That being said--Please don't stop, gentlemen! I look forward to the cast and characters of this duo, and Cemetary Dance was no exception.

incredible and sad

an incredible Pendergast story as usual but with the sad end of one of the most enigmatic characters in the Pendergast universe.
Rest well, William Smithback, Jr...