Title: Verses for the Dead Pdf A Pendergast Novel
Preston & Child return with their number-one best-selling series, confronting FBI Special Agent Pendergast with the one challenge he never expected: a partner.
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 teammate, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to Miami Beach, where a rash of killings by a bloodthirsty psychopath are distinguished by a confounding M.O.: cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them - along with cryptic handwritten letters - at local gravestones, unconnected save in one bizarre way: all belonged 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.
Starts great, then goes off a cliff I really wanted to like this, I have been eagerly waiting for a new standalone Pendergast book for a long time. It initially seemed promising, gruesome unsolved case, interesting supporting characters, especially Coldmoon and Pickett, with the promise of more to be revealed about them. But about halfway through, it's like they lost interest in the story and their characters and ran over the same old ground with Pendergast again. Coldmoon's character gets reduced to a running joke about bad coffee, and Pickett loses all focus, going from intelligent boundary-setter to another reluctant Pendergast fanboy. Plot threads are started then dropped, only to be dismissed with an after-the-fact aside. The denouement is howlingly bad, with a Hail Mary rescue that would be hard to buy in a fanfic, let alone from such seasoned authors. Then, as if to acknowledge the resolution makes no sense at all, we are treated to Pendergast giving an exposition dump to a reporter, something highly out of character for him, but not possible for any other character at that point. What on earth happened? Were they not given enough time to properly finish the book? Did their editor not bother to do their job and let them know it was going off the rails? It started out good, and set up some intriguing places to go, and then just starts falling apart about half way through. I have never before been conscious in the moment that it was 2 separate authors writing a story, but in this one, I could not help but notice the story going in completely different directions. Maybe it's time to give the series a rest for a while.Top-Shelf Pendergast Verses for the Dead is something of a departure from the trajectory of recent entries in the series. There is no flirtation with the strange or supernatural. You won't encounter any diabolical criminal masterminds. Familiar accompanying characters largely sit this episode out. And while I have grown fond of these elements, I found that I didn't miss them because:This book is really freaking good.Over the course of binge-reading this book, I got the distinct impression that the authors had kept two thoughts front and center: 'What makes a great crime thriller?' and 'What made Agent Pendergast such an enjoyable character from the start?'The plot felt particularly well edited and executed in this novel. There's a sweet spot in murder mysteries where one wants to have the right amount of information to make one's own guesses as to the motive and identity of the killer. Too much, and one gets frustrated when the characters can't put the pieces together. Too little, and it feels like the author is stacking the deck against you. I thought Verses was as close to perfect as it gets. The final plot twist floored me without breaking the limits of credulity. Mister Brokenhearts will go down as one of my favorite antagonists of the series.Meeting Pendergast again from the perspective of Agent Coldmoon was enjoyable and refreshing. The two develop an interesting dynamic as partners, surprising both themselves and, I imagine, most readers. Coldmoon is a great sidekick, and I hope he makes a return.If you like Pendergast, buy this book. If you've never read a Pendergast novel but enjoy the genre, buy it anyway, because you could read it as a standalone and enjoy it just as much.Authors have lost their way. I have been a huge fan of these authors ever since I read Relic. Not so much a fan any more. Their stories have been deteriorating into the average crime story. What made them so unique, the supernatural elements, the beloved characters and plot twists that kept you involved and guessing until the end, are no longer present. This is probably the last book of theirs I will buy. From now on I will wait for the book sales and pickit up for a$1.
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