C. Iannaggi, Mrs. Brown, The Cabinet of Curiosities
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The Cabinet of Curiosities. Warner Books: New York, 2002.
The Cabinet of Curiosities is the third novel in the series about Special Agent Pendergast. A mysterious, yet charming FBI detective interested in finding a serial killer copying a murderer from the 1800's. What's interesting about these murders is that it looks like the killer was performing some sort of operation on all the victims. To completely understand how the new copycat killer works, Pendergast teams up with Nora Kelly, an archaeologists at New York's Natural History Museum to try and find out more about the old murders, and how the killer operated. Also helping with the case Nora's boyfriend William Smithback Jr. Although he can be slightly obnoxious at times, everything he does is for Nora even if it only seems like a good idea in his head. Preston and Child's page turner while entertaining also enlightens the reader about what Cabinet's of Curiosities actually are, and how these murder's are also connected with the Natural History Museum itself and the people working there.
Preston and Child's writing style keeps the reader entranced in the book the whole time. At certain points in the novel it can be tricky to follow because of the forensic terms, but both author's make sure that reader's can still follow what's going on. Also, I thought the author's did a great job with character development. Pendergast can come of at first as a creepy mysterious person to be around, but once you start to get into the story it all becomes apart of his charm. Nora Kelly is a very strong female character. She always stands up for herself, and although she is described as a very beautiful woman she uses her wit and intelligence to get what she wants.. I highly recommend The Cabinet of Curiosities to anyone interested in a good crime/suspense novel.
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This series of book sounds really interesting and exciting. I like how suspenseful it sounds. Usually I don't like mystery books because I am a 'scardy cat' and hate scary, horror things. However this sounds like it is more focused on the story of who did it and why it happened rather than what happened.
I also highly recommend this series. But, be prepared for some gore!
This book is a very high recommendation if you love the suspenseful, horrific gory books. The beginning was a little awkard simple because you're wondering how it's starting off like that and what they're talking about but I think the story simple progresses the more you read and becomes more interesting and intriguing the farther you get into it. If you do like it then Still Life With Crows is another great read, perhaps a little more gory but with a hint less of mystery. Mount Dragon in the series was also a great read, because if you think it sounds interesting but too horror-filled then Mount Dragon, which has nothing to do with dragons, is better. It's more scientific-words and chemicals than mass-serial killers and murders.
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