I personally found several of these crimes to be quite original, and yet the WAY they are performed is just as important as the actual crimes themselves. Aloysius admittedly does not have many friends, but those who have been close to him are now targets by a criminal who has had decades to plan a vile series of murders all to torment his brother. The fact of the matter is that this so-called Perfect Crime revolves around killing people close to his brother. Just exactly WHY does he hate his brother so much is something you wonder about for quite some time since Preston & Child feel we need to wonder for a long time. The pure anger that Diogenes has towards Aloysius borders on madness. It really was no surprise that Aloysius Pendergast wasn't really dead, but how he managed to escape DID come as an interesting wrinkle to this tale. Agent Pendergasts' estranged and quite insane brother, Diogenes is planning on committing the Perfect Crime. He suddenly receives a message seemingly sent from beyond the grave which places an investigation at his feet with precious few clues, but promises some very horrific crimes. A few months later, Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta is convinced Pendergast is dead and will not be coming back. At the end of that book, Special Agent Pendergast is captured, bound and left for dead behind a brick wall. ![]() 'Dance of Death' actually is book 2 in a series which began with 'Brimstone'. I have been a fan of theirs since just after they released 'Relic' the first novel they collaborated on (still my personal favorite, too). Why is this? Who cares, its just a simple fact of life and I consider myself VERY fortunate that I have discovered them. Though the Ice Limit did not involve Pendergast there is a scene in Dance of Death in which Pendergast and D'Agosta are at a scientific place that guarentees success (like the company in The Ice Limit) and there is a picture on the wall of an oil tanker with a blond haired woman captain (like The Ice Limit).įace it: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child writing at their worst are still better than most authors when they write at their best. This is the second book where the authors mention someone reading The Ice Limit III so you wonder if there will ever be a follow-up to that book. With tons tension throughout the book, this is probably one of the authors' best books. Therefore, nobody believes it is anyone but Pendergast who is commiting the murders. Pendergast is the only one who konws the killer is his evil brother Diogenes who had faked his own death 20 years earlier. Pendergast, having escaped his prison and in hiding (to avoid capture by the police) is trying to capture the killer before all his friends are wiped out. Additionally, there is DNA and other evidence to link Pendergast to the crime. As each murder occurs the one thing is clear, all the victims were friends of Pendergast. ![]() In the meantime a couple of mysterious deaths occur involving a college professor who gets poisoned by a rare spider venom and another man who is force to jump out of a window only to be hanged by a noose around his neck. In Dance of Death, Pendergast is presumed dead and policeman Vincent D'Agosta has gone back to live with his girfriend, police captain Hayward. The authors gave clues at the end of the book that he got out as they describe digging and a possible break in the wall. When we last saw Pendergast he was walled up and running out of oxygen. This book ties together all the previous works involving Special Agent Pendergast by bringing together all the characters that survived those stories. I really enjoyed this book as well as most of the prior works of the authors.
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