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The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast #8)

July 16, 2014 by Drew

The Short Version: In the aftermath of Diogenes Pendergast’s machinations, Agent Pendergast and his ward Constance set off around the world and end up at the monastery where Pendergast learned the Chongg Ran meditation.  But a mysterious and possibly apocalyptic artifact has been stolen from the monastery and so Pendergast takes off in pursuit, leading him onto an ocean liner headed for New York – but will they make it there alive? The Review: It’s hard to say that I didn’t, on […]

Categories: Fiction, Horror, Literature, Mystery • Tags: Aloysius Pendergast, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Chongg Ran, Constance Green, Douglas Preston, Fiction, Horror, India, Lincoln Child, Literature, Mystery, Ocean Travel, Preston & Child, Reviews, Special Agent Pendergast, The Wheel of Darkness

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Last Man In Tower

December 28, 2011 by Drew

The Short Version: The Vishram Society is a somewhat falling-down but still rather decent block of flats in Mumbai.  The tenants all know one another and it is a happy, if not quite wonderful, life.  After a developer comes to them with a stunning buy-out offer and the buy-out is held up by one stubborn individual, greed begins to win out and the once-harmonious Society devolves into the very worst that humanity has to offer. The Review: I read The White Tiger a […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: 5+, Aravind Adiga, Fiction, India, Last Man In Tower, Literature

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