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City of Endless Night

par Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

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Séries: Pendergast (17)

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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

"FOR GOD'S SAKE, TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENED!" "VENGEANCE. VENGEANCE IS WHAT'S HAPPENED."

It begins as a manhunt for Grace Ozmian, the missing daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire. At first, the NYPD assumes Grace, beautiful, reckless, and a regular feature of the local tabloids, has simply sped off on another wild adventure. But the case becomes something altogether different when the young woman's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Queens, the head nowhere to be found.

Lieutenant CDS Vincent D'Agosta quickly takes the lead. He knows his investigation will attract fierce scrutiny, so D'Agosta is delighted when FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast shows up at the crime scene also assigned to the case. "I feel rather like Brer Rabbit being thrown into the briar patch," Pendergast tells D'Agota, "because I have found you here, in charge. Just like when we first met, back at the Museum of Natural History."

D'Agosta hopes the case will give Pendergast an opportunity to demonstrate his considerable abilities back in the city he has made home. But neither Pendergast nor D'Agosta are prepared for what lies ahead. It quickly becomes clear that a diabolical presence is haunting the greater metropolitan area, and Grace Ozmian was only the first of many victims to be murdered...and decapitated. Worse still, there's something unique to the city itself that has attracted its evil eye of the killer-or killers.

As mass hysteria sets in, Pendergast and D'Agosta find themselves in the crosshairs of an opponent who has threatened the very lifeblood of the city. It'll take all of Pendergast's skill to unmask this most dangerous foe-let alone survive to tell the tale.

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This was only the second book I have read in the series. This was a more straight forward murder mystery.
One thing that was somewhat unique was. Oftentimes the reader will be lead to who the killer is and then the story is about how the authorities figure it out. In this case that does not happen. The killer isn’t revealed until the last 30 pages.
This is so far a great series. ( )
  zmagic69 | Mar 31, 2023 |
After reading "Relic" I thought I'd try another story by Preston and while I'd love to say, it was terrific, it's not. At least not for my tastes. The pacing is well done, chapters short and characters similar in ways to modern day Sherlock Holmes. Half way through I had the antagonist/murderer figured out which for someone that rarely reads suspense/detective stories seemed remarkable. It's too gory for my tastes and the characters while interesting lack depth. Regardless if you like detective stories with lots of violence, murder etc. you'll like this one. ( )
  Jonathan5 | Feb 20, 2023 |
City of Endless Night is the seventeen book in the Pendergast series, and I have read every single one of them. My personal favorite is the ones that have a slight supernatural element to the story like the first book Relic with the monster in the New York Museum of Natural History, which is why I felt a bit disappointed while reading this one. Don't take me wrong, it's a great thriller, and it's nice to have D'Agosta and Pendergast working together to catch a murderer.

However, it feels just like an ordinary thriller. Sure, the killings and beheadings is an interesting mystery especially since there seems to be no link to the people killed. I just wished that the book had been a bit more extraordinary. Instead, we get a straight-forward thriller, with not a very memorable killer. Well, besides the fact that this is one of the first times that Pendergast goes up against an enemy that seriously could outsmart him. The best part of the book is the end part when the killer and Pendergast face-off and Pendergast truly has to fight for his life against an enemy that is better than him. And, yes that is a very unusual scene since Pendergast is someone that often seems more than human.

City of Endless Night is a good thriller, as always is the writing great and, despite my reservations about the story, did I enjoy reading the book. It's only that I really enjoy when the stories take a more suspenseful feeling when Pendergast is up against something beastly and since the killer in this book is an ordinary killer (well he was psycho, but still very much human) did I get a bit disappointed.

Nevertheless, it's not a bad book, never boring and I enjoyed both the main story and the side stories.

I want to thank Grand Central Publishing for providing me with a free copy through NetGalley for an honest review! ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
As usual, Pendergast rocks and the twist is amazing. ( )
  FDKreader | Jul 12, 2021 |
Probably more like a 3.5-3.75. The spoiled daughter of a technology tycoon is killed, and her body is found in an abandoned warehouse ... without a head. NYPD Lt. Vincent D'Agosta catches the case. The case is sufficiently interesting to pique Agent Pendergast's fancy. When more headless bodies show up, it's clear that their foe is smart, organized, methodical, and pressure mounts to find the killer; however, the pair are stymied with the lack of evidence. Just as Pendergast figures out the identity of the killer, his FBI boss and D'Agosta are kidnapped, setting up a mano-a-mano showdown is an abandoned psychiatric ward in Suffolk County. Shame on DP/LC for calling it Sussex County. Also, the book was a little "preachy" about the excesses of the rich. ( )
  skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |
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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

"FOR GOD'S SAKE, TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENED!" "VENGEANCE. VENGEANCE IS WHAT'S HAPPENED."

It begins as a manhunt for Grace Ozmian, the missing daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire. At first, the NYPD assumes Grace, beautiful, reckless, and a regular feature of the local tabloids, has simply sped off on another wild adventure. But the case becomes something altogether different when the young woman's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Queens, the head nowhere to be found.

Lieutenant CDS Vincent D'Agosta quickly takes the lead. He knows his investigation will attract fierce scrutiny, so D'Agosta is delighted when FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast shows up at the crime scene also assigned to the case. "I feel rather like Brer Rabbit being thrown into the briar patch," Pendergast tells D'Agota, "because I have found you here, in charge. Just like when we first met, back at the Museum of Natural History."

D'Agosta hopes the case will give Pendergast an opportunity to demonstrate his considerable abilities back in the city he has made home. But neither Pendergast nor D'Agosta are prepared for what lies ahead. It quickly becomes clear that a diabolical presence is haunting the greater metropolitan area, and Grace Ozmian was only the first of many victims to be murdered...and decapitated. Worse still, there's something unique to the city itself that has attracted its evil eye of the killer-or killers.

As mass hysteria sets in, Pendergast and D'Agosta find themselves in the crosshairs of an opponent who has threatened the very lifeblood of the city. It'll take all of Pendergast's skill to unmask this most dangerous foe-let alone survive to tell the tale.

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