The Cabinet of CuriositiesDouglas Preston & Lincoln ChildWarner BooksPaperback656 pagesJune 2003
This science thriller starts off the book with an intense discovery, of dozens of skeletons that were found in a tunnel at a construction site. The construction manager is eager to move the bodies so his site isn’t closed down. However, before all the bodies are moved and the evidence is destroyed, the main character, FBI Agent Pendergast enters the scene to investigate. He hires an archeologist to work with him and they discover some bizarre elements to the case. The bodies were the victims of a serial killer in the late 1800’s.
Now you are wondering how this case could be solved if it happened so long ago. But, unexpectedly murders of the same manner begin to happen in New York City. The victims were killed and tested on just like the victims from the past. Is this the same guy from the past? How is he going to be caught? He must be caught before more innocent people are killed.
Agent Pendergast is the Sherlock Holmes of today, but he has an edge to him that is not like Holmes. He is able to meditate, which allows him free his mind and focus on the case.
The mood that is created is serious and suspenseful. Agent Pedergast takes every piece of evidence and analyzes it to the tiniest detail.
This book is full excitement, thrill, and entertainment. I recommend it and hope you enjoy reading it.
Follow up: This book was recommended to me by A. Bellamy. I was intrigued by his review and was interested in a thrilling book. I agree with Bellamy’s review because it captured the important details of the book to get a reader to be interested in it.
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