Type of bind: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Amazon Remainders Account
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 512
Printing Date: August 03, 2004
Publishing house: Amazon Remainders Account
Sale Popularity Level: 180097
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Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face frozen in a mask of terror. His body temperature is grotesquely high; he is discovered in a room barricaded from the inside; the smell of brimstone is everywhere...and the unmistakable imprint of a claw is burned into the wall. As more bodies are discovered - their only connection the bizarre but identical manner of death-the world begins to wonder if the Devil has, in fact, come to collect his due. Teaming with Police Officer Vincent D'Agosta (The Relic), Agent Pendergast is determined to solve this case that appears to defy everything except supernatural logic. Their investigation takes them from the luxury estates of Long Island to the crumbling, legend-shrouded castles of the Italian countryside, where Pendergast faces the most treacherous and dangerous adversary of his career.
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Well done murder mystery in the fashion of Sir Conan Doyle. I enjoy this genre very much as it allows escapism from travails of a busy and frustrating day. the characters are alive with description, the action just enough, and the solution to the mystery fascinating.
great read.
lsg
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These two authors are fantastic. I can't recommend their books too highly. Fantastic read, all of them.
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I've read most of their work and Pendergast is one of my favorite modern day literary characters, but this was one of their weaker efforts. It dragged in the middle and seemed to sidetrack a bit too much and lacked the punch I usually expect. The end was very good reading and a setup for their subsequent book Dance of Death which I have already picked up and will start on right away.
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Brimstone was a fabulous, easy to read tale that is exactly what we've all come to expect from Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I haven't read a Preston/Child book since Riptide and had forgotten how great their work is. Brimstone is a great tale that lets the supernatural-leaning part of your mind run wild with suspicions and a little bit of fear as the book reintroduces Agent Pendergast and Vincent DaGosta to us all over again.
Brimstone takes who from the frenzy of New York City to the charm of Italy. Our heroes are again pitted against some vile enemies as they endeavor to solve two bizarre murders in New York and another in Italy. Brimstone allowed my imagination to run rampant as it led me skillfully through the story. With the back story always running, keeping my hooked, I have now picked up the books that follow Brimstone so that I can find out what happens.--That's it though, no more spoiler!
Brimstone is a great book, not only for fans of Preston/Child, but also for anyone who enjoys a good read and wants to get their head into a book and away from the world for a few hours.
Timothy Lassiter, author of Three Degrees of Separation and The Devil You Know
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I took this book with me on a trip for a beach read. Being a Preston and Child fan, I looked forward to reading another Pendergast mystery. However, unusual for me, I had a hard time getting into this book. There was the initial hook of the very first murder, but after that the book lost me for a bit and I found myself re-reading pages that I seemed to have skimmed over and not comprehended (I thought from boredom). But, I have to truthfully admit that the lure of the landscapes in Costa Rica probably played a large role in that boredom with a book! Once I knuckled down and paid attention to the storyline, it was a standard P&C effort, though in my opinion, not their best.
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