Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Crimson Shore

By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
(Special Agent Pendergast series #15)
Audiobook CD format
Read by Rene Auberjonois

Set in the murky marshes near Salem, Massachusetts, FBI Special agent Pendergast finds an antique medallion of Morax, a demon. There is a forgotten community of Salem witches, a sunken cargo ship from 1884, and hidden burial chamber. Rene Auberjonois does a fantastic job of narrating these stories.

The first two-thirds of this mystery possess the dark humor and awkwardness between the characters of Pendergast and his ward Constance Greene that I have grown to love, but the last third feels as if the authors wanted to lengthen the book after the"real" conclusion resulting in an unbelievable and contrived ending. I will keep reading, or listening, to this series in the hopes that the next installment will be better!

~ Paula

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