Cold Vengeance
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
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42%
Critic Reviews: 13
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Synopsis
Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, Special Agent Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As he stalks his wife's betrayers-a chase that takes him from the wild moors of Scotland to the bustling streets of New York City and the darkest bayous of Louisiana-he is also forced to dig further into Helen's past. And he is stunned to learn that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own murder. Peeling back the... more
About Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- All Critics: 13
- Positive: 7
- Negative: 6
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Fantasy Book Critic | 9 Nov 2011
Preston & Child have written a fiendishly clever book and inserted enough surprises in it to flummox the most veteran readers and with an ending even more devious than all their previous ones...
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My Bookish Ways | 11 Nov 2011
Cold Vengeance is like a big onion, and I had a hell of a time peeling back the layers!
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A Walrus Darkly | 5 Aug 2011
The authors keep everything hurtling forward at a breathless pace, making this yet another of their books to keep you reading late into the night.
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The Mystery Reader
Written in typical Sherlockian style, this fast paced series continues to provide the reader with many twists.
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The Incurable Bluestocking | 16 Mar 2012
I know Preston and Child are heightening the cliffhanger, but in this case, I found it more annoying than pleasingly suspenseful.
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Book Reporter | 4 Aug 2011
The characters are finely honed and believable, and the writing style is consistent with the authors’ large body of work.
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Genre Go Round Reviews | 16 Jul 2011
The taut story line is fast-paced and filled with twists that hook the audience.
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Megalith | 7 Sep 2011
I sometimes felt the heroics and cleverness were just a bit too much.
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Publishers Weekly | 22 Aug 2011
By picking up the action right where Fever Dream ends off, bestsellers Preston and Child sacrifice some accessibility in their 11th thriller ...
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The Gypsy Art Show | 12 Oct 2011
The book is filled with brilliant and eccentric characters, and the authors, show, in my opinion, that they have few peers in creating taut scenes of suspense, and at times, downright horror.
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The Christian Manifesto | 6 Feb 2012
I felt like I stuck with Pendergast for all these hours only to find, at the last chapter, that we had accomplished basically nothing, and the story still hadn’t ended.
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The Advocate
Preston and Child are an acquired taste... The prose is often ornate and overblown.
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The Speed of Write | 11 Aug 2011
The only thing I didn’t like about this book was that it was left feeling far more unfinished than previous installments.
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