The Cabinet of Curiosities

A Novel

By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz

Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Book 3 in the series. In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered. Inside are 36 bodies all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago. While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start to terrorize the city. The nightmare has begun. Again.

©2012 Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (P)2012 Hachette Audio

Modern Day Sherlock

It would be better without the sci fi aspects. Liked it anyway. Worth a credit.

Good story with some audiobook flaws

As this is one of my favorite Pendergast story, I find it sad that the audiobook performance has some issues. The reader re-reads some portions at times, and the original take was not efited out, leading to strange repetitions out of nowhere.

Excellent story!

well he hit it out of the park again! twist and turns all along, a scary but fun ride.

Overwhelming suspense

Loved it. Had a hard time staying focused on work. I've already got still alive with crows ready to go.

Supremely awesome

Bone chill’n suspenseful right up to the last chapter! Loved the characters and the story-narrator left a little to be desired but the story more than made up for him!!

Entertaining!

My only complaint about this purchase was the poor editing... several times a phrase would be repeated and it really broke the rhythm.

I liked the story a lot... it kept my interest and to be honest I would sit in my car until the chapter ended! It was a fresh idea... cabinets of curiosities.... if they were still around I would visit them!!

Best book in the series so far.

These books just keep getting better and better. I was hesitant to continue the series after reading the first book, but that was mostly due to the narrator. I'm so glad I stuck with this series. The second book was amazing and this third book was probably my favorite so far. Lots of mystery and thrilling moments. Several twists and turns. Some of which I predicted, but others I did not. So far, none of the books have shared the same narrator. I didn't care for the narrator of the first book, but the two narrators of the second and third (Jonathan Marosz) books were both excellent. I can't wait to start the next book. Highly recommend!

so engaging that it's hard to put down.

real page turner. difficult to put down from the start.. plenty of suspense. authors do an amazing job painting word pictures. I am looking forward to the next book in this series

Wonderful book wasted on a horrible narrator

Preston and Child are two of the best writers, in my opinion, that give life to amazingly vivid characters. This is the third book in the Pendergast series. I love Victorian New York shrouded in mystery and Cabinet of Curiosities brings that to modern day with the eloquent and equally mysterious Special Agent Pendergast.

However...

This narrator, Jonathan Marosz, does the WORST reading that I, or my husband, have ever heard.

Flat, bored, mono tone, and he just ends sentences in a very weird and unnatural way. Ben Stein would have given more life to this book. He makes Pendergast sound like a Alabama state trooper rather than a refined and classy Louisiana gentleman.

Thankfully the next books are read by a MUCH MUCH better reader.

Excellent Story/Narration Marred by Technicalities

Preston & Child do an excellent job of crafting a story that keeps the reader on the edge of the seat. The narration by Marosz does an equally compelling job of bringing life to the words and enveloping the listener in the world of this mysterious thriller. However, at least a half dozen times, I was ripped out of the hunt for the historical serial killer Leng and his modern day copy cat, the Surgeon, by substandard production. In each instance, the story would repeat itself - a sentence or two would be read, and then the same sentence or two would be immediately repeated. Even more jarring, at times it came at the height of suspense. It's not frequent enough to skip this excellent entry into the Pendergast series, but it was just frequent enough to disappoint and substract from what would otherwise be a five-star review. Similar to how books are edited, I'm also disappointed with audio publishers, who fail to do this simple quality control.