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The Dance of Death

Pendergast, Book 6

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The Dance of Death

By: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Narrated by: Rene Auberjonois
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 Praised as a "ruthless descendant of Holmes," agent Pendergast has become one of crime fiction's most endearing characters. His greatest enemy is one who has stalked him all of his life, his cunning and diabolical brother Diogenes. And Diogenes has thrown down the gauntlet. Now, several of the people closest to Pendergast are viciously murdered, and Pendergast is framed for the deeds. On the run from federal authorities, with only the help of his old friend NYPD Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta, Pendergast must stop his brother. But how can he stop a man that is his intellectual equal�one who has had 20 years to plan the world�s most horrendous crime?©2005 Splendide Mendax, Inc. and Lincoln Child. All Rights Reserved. (P)2005 Time Warner AudioBooks. All Rights Reserved. Mystery Psychological Thriller & Suspense Crime Suspense Fiction

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Critic reviews

"...Intriguing thriller..." ( Publishers Weekly)
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This story evenin better second time around - these books are surely going to be enduring classics in their genre ( what IS their genre? Pendergast seem to tick so many boxes, to satisfy on so many different levels.....)

Whatever, wherever, these are stories to revisit - surely the mark of works destined to be classics.

better!

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A fantastic introduction to another member of the Penderghast family.
Solidly plotted and mysterious.
However, the required level of menace and atmosphere is missing due to the fast clip that the book moves at.
This is obviously one of the issues with an unabridged book - we get the plot and story but lose the slowburn.
The abridging is fantastically done - bar for the atmosphere it's difficult to know what has been removed.
Recommended, but keep in mind the above points.
Looking forward to the next!

An unabridged shame.

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Loved that Pendergast background story came out more in this book.
Ready for the next book to start

Another good read

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why oh why was this abridged? I have all the series and whilst working through the unabridged versions very happily, I suddenly found a book missing.. this one. I searched and found it but it is abridged and with aa different narrator! After recording the rest so well I'm at a loss why omit this book?
it was enjoyable and you need it to keep the flow of the series but it felt disjointed and omitted so much. This book is needed to discover who saved our hero and to link the reaaon why he's on prison in the next book.
Please record this again and make it unabridged

an amazing story however being abridged spoilt it

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Big question: why an abridged version only and why a change of reader?

I am a big fan of the adventures of Agent Penderghast and have enjoyed the previous audio versions, all unabridged and read by the same narrator. Until now. why?

I'm not sure if the story was just ordinary or if it was let down by the fact it is an abridged version with loads of detail missing. I'm not sure if this was the reason it took longer to listen to than it did the others even though they are 10 hours longer. Was it because it seemed rushed? Was it because the reader was, well, boring?

Also, having the great John Lee introduce the book, only illustrated what we were missing.

I had to listen to this to continue the series but it was a chore, an anomaly in the series which usually is excellent entertainment. Hopefully the rest with revert back to the way it started.

Abridged! New reader! Why oh why?

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I really enjoy thus series as a whole, just a shame that i couldn't find an unabridged version of this title?!

Where's the unabridged??

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Very good read. Highly recommended. Try to read in order from Relic onwards. Looking forward to the next installment.

Tip top read.

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