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François

FrankAuLux@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 1 year, 11 months ago

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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François's books

Currently Reading

Nexus (2024, Random House Publishing Group)

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Paperback, 2005, Adamant Media Corporation)

2025 Reading Goal

25% complete! François has read 26 of 104 books.

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François started reading Verses for the Dead by Douglas Preston

Verses for the Dead (2018, Grand Central Publishing)

Verses for the Dead by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to …

François started reading City of Endless Night by Douglas Preston

City of Endless Night (Paperback, 2018, Head of Zeus)

City of Endless Night by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

When Grace Ozmian, the beautiful and reckless daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire, first goes missing, the NYPD assumes she …

François finished reading The Obsidian Chamber by Douglas Preston

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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 :-)

François started reading The Obsidian Chamber by Douglas Preston

The Obsidian Chamber by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

After the apparent death of Agent Pendergast in the previous novel, Constance Greene has returned to Riverside Drive, but Diogenes …

François finished reading Crimson Shore by Douglas Preston

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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...

François started reading Crimson Shore by Douglas Preston

Crimson Shore by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

A secret chamber.

A mysterious shipwreck.

A murder in the desolate salt marshes.

A seemingly straightforward private case turns out …

François finished reading Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston

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"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 ?

François started reading Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston

Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

"A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius Pendergast's most implacable enemies shows up on his doorstep as a …

François finished reading White Fire by Lincoln Child Douglas Preston

White Fire (Paperback, 2013, Grand Central)

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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 !

François started reading White Fire by Lincoln Child Douglas Preston

White Fire by Lincoln Child Douglas Preston

Corrie Swanson sets out to solve a long-forgotten mystery. In 1876, in a remote mining camp called Roaring Fork in …

François finished reading Extraction by Douglas Preston

Extraction (EBook, 2012, Grand Central Publishing)

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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 :-)