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The Wheel of Darkness

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To my great surprise and wonder, my son was able to get me an advance copy of Preston and Child's newest book! What a treat! I had been eagerly waiting the release of the "Wheel of Darkness" since I finished The Book of the Dead. Its time for Pendergast and Constant Green to take a break so they travel to a Tibetan monastery in search of a peaceful recharge. But of course no peace awaits them as they are soon embroiled in another adventure! The abbot of the monastery asks them to try and recover a lost relic that could be used to wipe out humanity. I won't go further as I don't want to ruin the surprises. This may not have fear factor of the earlier books but there are plenty of thrills along with not to be missed subplots carried on from the earlier novels. Fans of these two great authors will be more than satisfied with this addition to the series!

I waited with anticipation for the most recent Pendergast saga (one of my favourite characters ever)and, of course, gobbled Wheel of Darkness down as soon as it was released. However, I was a little disappointed. The beginning of the novel when Pendergast and Constance Green are in the Tibetan monastery is wonderful - full of atmosphere, intrigue, and interesting information. As well, the last third of the book satisfied my Pendergast fix (I won't give away the ending, of course). But, the middle third (on the ship) seemed to go on and on with few thrills. I was hoping to find out more about Pendergast and Constance (the authors seem to be keeping them quite mysterious still but not in a good way!)and I wanted to be updated on the rest of the characters that have occupied the earlier Pendergast novels. Other than the evil brother, where have they gone? Nevertheless, a good read and I am awaiting the next Pendergast saga.

I am a HUGE mystery buff...I love Deaver, Patterson, Reich, etc...and this is the first time I've read Preston/Child...and it is a FABULOUS mystery...in fact, there are three mysteries going on at the same time. I so loved this book, I've ordered twelve more of their books...cannot wait to get into them! I'm VERY impressed!