Fever Dream - Hardcover

Child, Lincoln

4.12

34,847 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446566853 ISBN 13: 9780446566858

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 2010

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At the old family manse in Louisiana, Special Agent Pendergast is putting to rest long-ignored possessions reminiscent of his wife Helen's tragic death, only to make a stunning-and dreadful-discovery. Helen had been mauled by an unusually large and vicious lion while they were big game hunting in Africa. But now, Pendergast learns that her rifle-her only protection from the beast-had been deliberately loaded with blanks. Who could have wanted Helen dead...and why?

With Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta's assistance, Pendergast embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of his wife's murder. It is a journey that sends him deep into her past where he learns much that Helen herself had wished to keep hidden. Helen Pendergast had nursed a secret obsession with the famed naturalist-painter John James Audubon, in particular a long-lost painting of his known as the Black Frame.

As Pendergast probes more deeply into the riddle-the answer to which is revealed in a night of shocking violence, deep in the Louisiana bayou-he finds himself faced with an even greater question: who was the woman he married?

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"Rene Auberjonois...lends the proper air of gravitas to his performance. With the underlying story featuring zombies and the undead, it takes the sober Auberjonois to help maintain the credibility of the plot. His sincere delivery is perfect for a strange story that is more than a little creepy." -- AudioFile Magazine on CEMETERY DANCE "[A] suspenseful tale of urban terror...this taut page-turner can only add to the authors' growing fan base." -- Publishers Weekly on CEMETERY DANCE "Narrator As Pendergast discovers that his beloved wife kept a myriad of secrets, Auberjonois's characterization dramatizes the special agent's confusion over his wife's loyalty." 20100101

Book Description:

The NYT bestselling authors deliver a stunning adventure featuring the FBI's most inscrutable agent, Aloysius Pendergast.

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