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François

FrankAuLux@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 2 years, 8 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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2026 Reading Goal

7% complete! François has read 8 of 104 books.

Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston: The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin No rating

Bertin passed away at the age of 81.

Accompanied by Constance Greene, his protege, …

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.

finished reading City of Endless Night by Douglas Preston (Pendergast, #18)

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child: City of Endless Night (Paperback, 2018, Head of Zeus) No rating

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.

finished reading The Obsidian Chamber by Douglas Preston (Pendergast, #16)

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child: The Obsidian Chamber (2016) No rating

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 :-)

finished reading Crimson Shore by Douglas Preston (Pendergast, #15)

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child: Crimson Shore (2016) No rating

A secret chamber.

A mysterious shipwreck.

A murder in the desolate salt marshes.

As usual, very imaginative (if sometimes hard to believe) :-) By now I'm kinda hooked to the saga, so...

finished reading Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston (Special agent Pendergast, #14)

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child: Blue Labyrinth (2014) No rating

"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 ?