Still Life with Crows – Preston-Child
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Title: Still Life with Crows
Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Read By: Scott Brick
Copyright: 2003
Genre: Thriller
Series Name: Agent Pendergast
Position in Series: 04
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Book Description
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From Publishers Weekly
That FBI Special Agent Pendergast, one of the most charismatic thriller
heroes in memory, dominates this latest novel from Preston/Child is
the good news; that he’s working the least interesting case of his literary
career (other outings include The Cabinet of Curiosities and Reliquary)
is the bad. An unusual serial killer is wreaking havoc in a small corn-growing
town in Kansas; he leaves outlandish signatures, such as a mutilated
body within a circle of crows on stakes and a ring of broken corn stalks.
On his own initiative, Pendergast, no stranger to bizarre murders, shows
up to investigate, and the authors make much hay from the contrast between
the lean, infinitely refined and impossibly erudite Pendergast, a distinct
descendant of Sherlock Holmes, and the down-home milieu he finds himself
in. As if to emphasize his ancestry, the authors give Pendergast a Watson
here: one Corrie Swanson, a rebellious, pierced and tattooed teenage
girl whom he hires as his driver and guide. Further killings occur,
which rumor and Pendergast tie to a 19th-century massacre of a band
of outlaws by Indians. (As Pendergast explains to Corrie, he arrives
at this conclusion through a "form of mental concentration, one of my
own devising, which combines the memory palace with elements of Chongg
Ran, an ancient Bhutanese form of meditation.") Not surprisingly, the
relatively hick local cops don’t like Pendergast, nor do the local politicians,
who hope their town will be chosen for a lucrative experiment in genetically
modified crops. When Corrie is dragged off to the killer’s hideaway
in a massive cave system, however, cops and Pendergast unite in an extended
underground cat-and-mouse chase that will entertain readers despite
their likely disappointment at the absurd, even ludicrous, identity
of the villain. This may be minor Preston/Child, but it is major Pendergast;
those for whom he’s the cup of tea will drink deep.
From Booklist
The authors of such hits as Relic (1992) and The Cabinet of Curiosities
[BKL Je 1 & 15 02] bring back Special Agent Pendergast, the FBI man
whose slightly archaic dialogue, unique mode of dress, and seemingly
endless array of esoteric facts make him a fascinating lead character.
This time out Pendergast is in Medicine Creek, Kansas, a small town
that appears to be home to its very own serial killer. The novel begins
with a gruesome murder, after which we’re introduced to wily Sheriff
Dent Hazen, a man who doesn’t take kindly to out-of-towners investigating
crimes on his turf. Just as we’re getting to know Hazen, the pace kicks
into high gear, with more bodies and a full-tilt investigation. As usual,
Preston and Child deftly mix the real and the surreal, creating an atmosphere
in which everything, for reasons we can’t quite nail down, seems a tad
off-kilter. Call it creeping paranoia, perhaps, or the dreadful certainty
that something awful is about to happen. Whatever you call it, it’s
a recipe for success. David Pitt
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