Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.
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On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305—Portland to Seattle—with …
Well, I thought the previous one was pretty crazy, but this one manages to top it up. In a way I like it because it gets funnier - the banter between the 2 agents is quite amusing.
Dozens of identical blue shoes are found in the ocean off the southwestern coast of …
Probably one of the craziest story (so far). Can't but wonder what next ???
Bertin passed away at the age of 81.
Accompanied by Constance Greene, his protege, Pendergast …
This a very very short story. I don't really understand it is a book by itself, to me it could have been the first chapter of the next book or the last of the previous. anyway. If you don't read it, you're not missing much.
After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. …
Quite interresting and changing a bit the usual direction of Pendergast. Usual twist and truns still there - nice
When Grace Ozmian, the beautiful and reckless daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire, first goes …
Tempted to say that is is more like a "classic" whodunnit. Not so much into the great big story of Pendergast. Usual twists and turns garanteed - nice and easy reading.
After the apparent death of Agent Pendergast in the previous novel, Constance Greene has returned …
More twists. I realize I'm kind of repeating myself, but i's difficult to say something without spoiling. The style has evolced a lot since the beginning. Gone is the verbous and pompous prose, for an action-packed writing instead. Sometimes too action-packed maybe ? Some of the shortcuts are very elliptic, but hey :-)
A secret chamber.
A mysterious shipwreck.
A murder in the desolate salt marshes.
A seemingly …
As usual, very imaginative (if sometimes hard to believe) :-) By now I'm kinda hooked to the saga, so...
"A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius Pendergast's most implacable enemies shows up …
Pressure is mounting. Curiouser and curiouser, or should I say crazier and crazier ?
Corrie Swanson sets out to solve a long-forgotten mystery. In 1876, in a remote mining …
A bit predictable, but still nice reading. Managed a couple of twists, as usual, as well as a tribute to Sherlock Holmes !
From the Preston & Child official website: "In New Orleans' French Quarter, the Tooth Fairy …
Very short a nice (horror ?) story - quite aside from the regular Pendergast. Supposed to be chronologically 12.5 (!) in the Pendergast saga order. Very good and unexpected :-)
Pendergast's bloodlust continues as he chases those responsible for the abduction of Helen, who was …
This is action packed. Loads of loose ends tied, and new courses for future books laid out. Quite interesting.
"A bonding trip for Pendergast and his brother-in-law, Judson Esterhazy, turns violent. Before abandoning a …
Nice, if a bit predictable. #2 in the "Helen" trilogy. Onward to the next !
While visiting his family plantation in New Orleans, Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast inadvertently uncovers evidence …
Again very nice plot. This time you need to read the next to know the end...
After celebrating their first anniversary, William Smithback, a reporter for The New York Times, and …
Still going strong. Very nice twists and turns and an unexpected ending. Recommended. It doesn't matter if you haven't read any of the previous.
FBI Special Agent Pendergast is taking a break from work to take Constance on a …
Excellent. Pendergast is apparently getting better in each episode. Can hardly wait for the next one. (You need to accept a certain number of things, of course, like all fictionnal world :-) )