The Forgotten Room - Hardcover

Child, Lincoln

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385531400 ISBN 13: 9780385531405

Publisher: Doubleday, 2015

Synopsis

A LONG-LOST EXPERIMENT OF UNGUESSABLE INTENT

A SECRET ROOM, INGENIOUSLY HIDDEN INSIDE A VAST SEACOAST MANSION

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR LINCOLN CHILD AT HIS RIVETING BEST

Professor Jeremy Logan (the quirky and charismatic "enigmalogist" who specializes in solving problems of the strange or seemingly supernatural variety) receives an urgent summons from the director of Lux, one of the oldest and most respected think tanks in America. An unexplainable tragedy has taken place in the sprawling compound located on the coastline of Newport, Rhode Island. One of Lux's most distinguished doctors, overcome by erratic behavior, violently attacked his assistant before meeting with a gruesome self-inflflflffllflicted end. Deeply shaken by the incident and the bizarre evidence left behind from the doctor's final project--as well as recent troubling behavior among several of the think tank's other scientists--Lux fears there is something more sinister occurring within its walls and looks to Jeremy Logan to investigate.
Logan quickly makes a surprising discovery. In a long-dormant wing of the estate, he uncovers an ingeniously hidden secret room, unknown and untouched for decades. The room is essentially a time capsule, fiffiilled with eerie machinery and obscure references to a top-secret experiment known as "Project S." As Logan attempts to unravel its meaning, he begins to discern what transpired in that room--and why the frightening project was suddenly abandoned and sealed off many years before. As his work draws him ever deeper into harm's way, Logan soon unleashes a series of catastrophic events upon the rest of Lux . . . and himself.
One of Lincoln Child's most thrilling novels to date, The Forgotten Room is replete with exhilarating action, veiled history, and mesmerizing science--making for a truly intelligent page-turner.

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Review:

Praise for Lincoln Child and The Forgotten Room

"Intriguing. . . . Lincoln Child is a master at mystery plots." --The Florida Times-Union

"Electrifying . . . One of Child's best yet." --Library Journal (starred review)

"Reflects the best of the 'mad scientist and locked room' mysteries of the early twentieth century . . . Fun and intriguing." --Associated Press

"Chilling. . . . Child makes the most of the creepy setting, his unusual lead character, and an intricate plot." --Publishers Weekly

"[A] very imaginative story for those who prefer a soft blending of mystery and paranormal." --Booklist

"Lincoln Child's novels are thrilling and tantalizing." --Vince Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Man

"Child's characters are first-rate, as is his writing."--The Washington Post Book World

"The genius-touched Child writes paragraphs of polymathic detail. . . . Terrific." --Kirkus Reviews

Book Description:

New York Times bestseller Lincoln Child returns with a riveting new thriller featuring the charismatic and quirky Professor Jeremy Logan, renowned investigator of the strange and the inexplicable, as he uncovers a long-lost secret experiment only rumored to have existed.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0385531400
• ISBN 13: 9780385531405
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 290