White Fire (Pendergast, #13)
Past and present collide in Preston and Child's most thrilling novel ever . . .WHITE FIRESpecial Agent Pendergast arrives at an exclusive Colorado ski resort to rescue his protégée, Corrie Swanson, from serious trouble with the law. His sudden appearance coincides with the first attack of a...
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Past and present collide in Preston and Child's most thrilling novel ever . . .WHITE FIRESpecial Agent Pendergast arrives at an exclusive Colorado ski resort to rescue his protégée, Corrie Swanson, from serious trouble with the law. His sudden appearance coincides with the first attack of a murderous arsonist who--with brutal precision--begins burning down multimillion-dollar mansions with the families locked inside. After springing Corrie from jail, Pendergast learns she made a discovery while examining the bones of several miners who were killed 150 years earlier by a rogue grizzly bear. Her finding is so astonishing that it, even more than the arsonist, threatens the resort's very existence.Drawn deeper into the investigation, Pendergast uncovers a mysterious connection between the dead miners and a fabled, long-lost Sherlock Holmes story--one that might just offer the key to the modern day killings as well.Now, with the ski resort snowed in and under savage attack--and Corrie's life suddenly in grave danger--Pendergast must solve the enigma of the past before the town of the present goes up in flames.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00BEK6Z7M
Publish date: November 12th 2013
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Series: Pendergast (#13)
I am an unabashed fan of the Preston/Child Aloysius Pendergast novels, and this one just reinforced it for me.The book begins at a dinner, where Oscar Wilde is telling a story to Arthur Conan Doyle ... a story that later proves crucial to the modern-day solving of a series of arson murders in the Co...
Unfortunately, Pendergast series is becoming more and more awful. Though this is a better effort than previous novel with Nazis, it's still too predictable, with characters doing things that couldn't be justified with any motive whatsoever. Only bright moment is (true) anecdote about Conan Doyle and...
I hate to admit it but I really disliked the heroine of this book. I wanted more Pendergast.
I think I have to start by saying that I’m a huge fan of Preston & Child’s writing. It’s no surprise that I enjoyed White Fire, as much as I did, because of that. I had some books in the Pendergast series to read first, in order to be able to read this one (though they stand alone in ways, I enjoy t...
I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Preston & Child do such an amazing job of drawing the reader into the story and keeping you guessing until the very end.The only reason I knocked half a star off was Corrie. Wow is she annoying, even for...