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The Cabinet of Curiosities

By Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

(22)

| Audio Cassette | 9781586212803

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In downtown Manhattan, a gruesome discovery has just been made -- an underground charnel house containing the bones of dozens of murder victims. Research reveals that a serial killer was at work in New York's notorious Five Points neighborhood in the 1880s, bent on prolonging his lifespan by any meaContinue

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"Good horror thriller" In lower Manhattan, the construction crew is excavating the site so that a high rise could be built. As the team digs deeper, they uncover something macabre. The location once held a nineteenth century CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, b ... (read full critics)

thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

The Cabinet of Curiosities

It's been a while since I've visited the Preston-Child collaboration corporation. I enjoyed 'The Relic' and "Reliquary', both for their guaranteed monster and the character of FBI Special Agent Pendergast. While I found ' Mount Dragon' an enjoyable s ... (read full critics)

bookotron published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

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When the groundbreaking for an apartment complex reveals a charnel house of murder victims, Agent Pendergast brings in Nora Kelly to study the remains. Then killings start that duplicate the earlier murders where the spinal cords are taken. Clues point to a 19th century scientist who is looking for ... (continue)

When the groundbreaking for an apartment complex reveals a charnel house of murder victims, Agent Pendergast brings in Nora Kelly to study the remains. Then killings start that duplicate the earlier murders where the spinal cords are taken. Clues point to a 19th century scientist who is looking for immortality. The closer Pendergast gets to the killer, the closer the killer gets to Pendergast.

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Lucca Ita said on May 19, 2009 about the Unbound edition | Add your feedback

Quite good plus

Not quite 4 stars, but I do like the protagonist, Pendergast, very much. The plot is convoluted, though not brilliant. The characters are rich and the series keeps developing them further.

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kensington said on Nov 24, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback