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Publisher:
Time Warner Audio Books |
Release
Date: August 3, 2004 |
ISBN:
1-58621-657-0 |
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Format
Reviewed: Audiobook / Compact Disc |
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Genre:
Horror |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Jo Rogers |
Reviewer
Notes: contains graphic language and violence
Hardcover
review |
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2004 MyShelf.com |
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Brimstone
Agent
Pendergast Series, #5
By Douglas Preston
Lincoln Child
Read by René Auberjonois
Brimstone
is the latest chiller from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I
became a fan when I heard Still Life with Crows. Brimstone
only serves to deepen my admiration for their work.
Jeremy Grove,
wealthy art critic, is dead. He has destroyed the careers of painters
and critics alike. Death was what he deserved, some thought, but
did he deserve the horrible death he received? Jeremy Grove was
burned to death—cooked from the inside out. Vincent D'Agosta
and Special Agent Pendergast found his charred body in a bed in
the attic. At the foot of the bed was the print of a cloven hoof
burned into the floor.
Had the Devil truly come
for Jeremy Grove? Though the evidence pointed in that direction,
Pendergast was unconvinced. After all, the hoofprint had been burned
into the wood by something that had applied no pressure to the board.
Surely, if Satan had stood on that floor, his weight would have
left a mark of pressure. But it had not. Pendergast was inclined
to look for a human killer, but he was stymied by the method of
murder.
Jeremy Grove had given a
party the night of his death. All of the guests noted that he was
extremely nervous and seemed to be upset about something. He didn't
even drink as much as he usually did. He seemed reluctant for the
guests to go home. Then, when one of his guests died by the same
method, Pendergast began to wonder if there might be something supernatural
about these deaths. His quest for the truth would take him and D'Agosta
on their most perilous case ever. Would they survive?
Read by Rene
Auberjonois, who gives another sterling performance, this book is
best enjoyed in its audio form. The reading lends an air of reality
to the story. It makes an already good book even better.
Reviews of other titles in
this series
The Cabinet of Curiosities, #3
[audio]
Still Life With Crows, #4 [book]
[audio]
Brimstone, #5 [audio
1] [audio
2] [book]
Dance of Death, #6 [book]
Book of the Dead, #7 [audio]
Wheel Of Darkness, # 8 [book]
[audio]
Cemetery Dance, #9 [book]
[audio]
Fever Dream, #10 [book]
[audio]
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