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Verses for the Dead

Auteur(s): Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Narrateur(s): Rene Auberjonois
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 In this #1 New York Times bestseller, FBI Agent Pendergast reluctantly teams up with a new partner to investigate a rash of Miami Beach murders ... only to uncover a deadly conspiracy that spans decades.

After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner.

Pendergast and his new colleague, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to investigate a rash of killings in Miami Beach, where a bloodthirsty psychopath is cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them with cryptic handwritten letters at local gravestones. The graves all belong to women who committed suicide.

But the seeming lack of connection between the old suicides and the new murders is soon the least of Pendergast's worries. Because as he digs deeper, he realizes the brutal new crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy of death that reaches back decades. Enquête policière Fiction policière Horreur Roman policier Suspense Thrillers et romans à suspense Effrayant Fiction Crime Sincère

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"Multifaceted and complex. Legendary. Working together, Preston and Child are masters at crafting a story that goes beyond a simple mystery or thriller ... Readers unfamiliar with Pendergast will find this novel a fantastic launch point. He's a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, and the story reads like classic literature."—Associated Press
"Doug Preston and Lincoln Child's master detective A.X.L. Pendergast is every bit the modern equivalent of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. And his investigative skills have never been sharper than in the altogether brilliant VERSES FOR THE DEAD.... A throwback to classic crime fiction while maintaining a sharp, postmodern edge."—Providence Journal
"The 18th installment in the Pendergast series by Preston and Child gives the hero a partner in the hunt for a strange killer... Pendergast is highly successful in closing cases on his own but 'was about as rogue as they came,' and suspects tend not to survive his investigations. Agent Coldmoon's secret assignment is to keep a close eye on his partner, 'a bomb waiting to go off' ... [VERSES FOR THE DEAD has] a nerve-wracking finish. Readers will love the quirky characters in this clever yarn. Pendergast and Coldmoon make an excellent pair. "—Kirkus (starred review)
"This is mystery thriller writing of the highest order."—Providence Journal, on CITY OF ENDLESS NIGHT
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As all the novels with Agent Pendergast thrill is a constant and the glorious witt of his deductive mind is fantastic.

As always Rene Auberjanois performance is impecable

Agent Pendergast never disappoints

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I adore the Pendergast Series, but I’m listening to this one for the first time. Maybe it’s just my warped sense of humour but about halfway through I found this became very funny, despite the subject matter. Some of it was the interaction with Coldmoon, some of it may have been the narrator, but I’m sure it's in the writing. Anyone else notice this?

Am I imagining this?

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I doubt there will be enough books written fast enough to satisfy the appetite. I have to revisit old Pendergast books in my library to hold over til another is released. it is always sad to reach the end of his books.

Pendergast

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As a longtime fan of the series I've been a bit disappointed in the last two titles of the series which increasingly relied on side characters to advance the plot and occasionally made characters preceisely act against their established nature because of reasons. Seriously just having Diogenes walk away was ridiclous but here with Pendergast's retinue faded into the background watching him take on the more usual loose cannon cop problems is oddly refreshing given how wild the series was getting, and giving him a no nonsense partner who is none the less flawed (and better characterized for it) really boosts the story. Great stuff and I highly recommend to anyone who loves the detective genre, but especially to those who dropped off the series due to the over-reliance of Constance and Corey plots, back to basics, but better honed.

A Great Return to Form with Twists

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Although a well spun yarn, this is not up to the standards set by mr Preston and me Child. The Pendergast stories are some of my favourite. If I had been looking for a contrived action mystery novel I would have read a jack teacher book. I want the twist and turn that has come to be expected in Pendergast.

Come back Pendergast

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I have joined Agent Pendergast through all of his adventures since Book 1 and have found them extremely entertaining due to (mostly) strong characterizations, interesting plots, many surprises and satisfying conclusions. But, throughout these literary excursions, Preston and Child have a tendency to reproduce the same character in too many books, albeit with a different name and different role, but the same nevertheless. This is one character: Someone from whom Pendergast needs information or a task completed refuses to cooperate. The Agent announces some dirt he has uncovered on that person and Pendergast gets his way. Here is the other character: For reasons of incompetence, ego, insecurity or whatever the motivating force, a person in power tries to thwart Pendergast or the cause of justice. In the end, that character gets his or her comeuppance. I don't know why the authors take this approach, but I am finding these all too predictable characters rather tiresome. Unfortunately, Verses for the Dead is a bit of a let-down in this predictability taken to the extreme. As well, the story line doesn't appeal as much as the usual Pendergast suspense and I did not care for our hero's law enforcement partner in this latest tale. In any event, Rene Auberjonois performed with his usual outstanding ability..

Not as good as usual.

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