Verses for the Dead, Douglas Preston
Verses for the Dead, Douglas Preston
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Verses for the Dead

Bestseller

Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrator: Rene Auberjonois

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/31/2018

Synopsis

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPreston & Child return with their bestselling 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 colleague, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to investigate a rash of killings in Miami Beach, where a bloodthirsty psychopath is cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them with cryptic handwritten letters at local gravestones. The graves are unconnected save in one bizarre way: all belong 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.

About Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston is the author of more than thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction, more than twenty of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He has worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. His first novel, Relic, coauthored with Lincoln Child, was made into a movie, and launched the famed Pendergast series of novels. His recent nonfiction book, The Monster of Florence, is also being made into a film. In addition to books, Preston writes about archaeology and paleontology for the New Yorker, National Geographic, and Smithsonian.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on March 27, 2019

Recently I saw this come across my Facebook feed: "Google 'Florida man' followed by your birthday and post the title of an article that comes up" Some examples of results: - Florida Man Faked Robbery To Get Out Of Work (March 27th) - Jury finds Florida man guilty of dismembering father, but not murder (......more

Goodreads review by James on January 10, 2025

Verses for the Dead is the 18th FBI thriller in the Pendergast series written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. If you've read my reviews before, you know I am obsessed with series, so of course I had to read one set in NYC with an eccentric investigator. I prefer the ones that dig into the nefa......more

Goodreads review by Liz on January 02, 2019

While this was a good mystery with some great new characters, it lacked the depth and atmosphere that has been such a part of the rest of the series. The setup was fantastic and the mystery compelling, but the ending felt rather rushed. Still, it is always great to spend time with Pendergast. I’m lo......more

Goodreads review by Peter on February 26, 2025

Were those nine women murdered or did they die by suicide? What about the cut out hearts upon their graves and the literary notes? Special Agent Pendergast and his sidekick Agent Coldmoon have a very intriguing case set in Miami with a great final and surprising denouement. What a Pendergast it was!......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on January 29, 2021

I love the Pendergast series. And they haven’t let me down yet. The addition of Agent Coldmoon was intriguing and Pendergast continued to be his inscrutable self. The ending had me on the edge of my seat and had the usual twist knocking me back. I began reading this book while on my way to Key West......more

Quotes

"Multifaceted and complex. Legendary. Working together, Preston and Child are masters at crafting a story that goes beyond a simple mystery or thriller ... Readers unfamiliar with Pendergast will find this novel a fantastic launch point. He's a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, and the story reads like classic literature."—Associated Press

"Doug Preston and Lincoln Child's master detective A.X.L. Pendergast is every bit the modern equivalent of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. And his investigative skills have never been sharper than in the altogether brilliant VERSES FOR THE DEAD.... A throwback to classic crime fiction while maintaining a sharp, postmodern edge."—Providence Journal

"The 18th installment in the Pendergast series by Preston and Child gives the hero a partner in the hunt for a strange killer... Pendergast is highly successful in closing cases on his own but 'was about as rogue as they came,' and suspects tend not to survive his investigations. Agent Coldmoon's secret assignment is to keep a close eye on his partner, 'a bomb waiting to go off' ... [VERSES FOR THE DEAD has] a nerve-wracking finish. Readers will love the quirky characters in this clever yarn. Pendergast and Coldmoon make an excellent pair. "—Kirkus (starred review)

"This is mystery thriller writing of the highest order."—Providence Journal, on CITY OF ENDLESS NIGHT

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