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Tech thriller doesn’t let pesky details like characterization get in the way of a foot-on-the-floor storyline

Chrysalis by Lincoln Child

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Enigmalogist Jeremy Logan is back in Lincoln Child’s newest thriller, Chrysalis. Three high-profile board members of the Chrysalis corporation have been found dead in as many days. Before each death, an email was sent to the company appearing to take responsibility. Jeremy Logan is discreetly hired to determine if these deaths are connected and if so, how. Soon Logan and Chrysalis will be reeling as more deaths occur, all seemingly tied to the launch of a revolutionary VR platform in less than a week. It […]

Secret government operatives trying to kill Nora and Corrie? Must be Tuesday.

Diablo Mesa (Nora Kelly #3) by Preston & Child

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Shortly after the events of The Scorpion’s Tail, archeologist Nora Kelly is approached to lead a dig at the purported UFO crash site in Roswell, New Mexico by driven billionaire Lucas Tappan. Tappan wants to prove once and for all a UFO crashed at Roswell, and not a weather balloon. No sooner does she start work than a pair of dead bodies are found. Not little green men, but a man and a woman shot in the head and dating back to the 1940’s. Nora […]

Second verse, not as good as the first!

The Scorpion's Tail (Nora Kelly #2) by Preston & Child

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The man’s demise was clearly written in his expression: the mouth open as if screaming, protruding tongue brown and mottled as a dried morel, desiccated lips drawn back from brown teeth in a rictus of pain and horror. – The Scorpion’s Tail Note: This book is the second in a spinoff series connected to the 20+ volume Agent Pendergast novels. No knowledge of either series is needed to enjoy this but the main characters featured in The Scorpion’s Tail, archeologist Nora Kelly, and Special Agent […]

The start of a new creepy series

Relic (Pendergast #1) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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The idea of this book is just so fantastical.  There’s a beast killing people in the Museum of Natural History in NYC.  Like come on.  But it totally works (at least for me)!  I read this book because I love Douglas Preston.  He made me scared of bats in the wild and bleeding through my eyes (reasonable fears I think). This is apparently the debut novel for the Pendergast series.  I had no idea it existed, but I’m so glad I found it.  I have […]

Episode 2-02: 1/16th Choctaw

Ex-Communication by Peter Clines

Verses for the Dead by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

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https://killingmykindle.com/2019/01/19/episode-2-02-1-6th-choctaw/ Wherein I read: 4. Ex-Communication (Ex-Heroes #3) by Peter Clines 5. Verses for the Dead (Agent Pendergast #18) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child As I type this sentence, I wonder why Peter Clines amazing superheroes battling zombies series hasn’t already been optioned and turned into your favorite series yet. As I type THIS sentence, I wonder if Preston & Child got notes from some marketing douche and wrote this book like “Is this what you wanted, you f**kface?”

Episode 1-03: Strutting and Fretting His Hour Upon the Stage

Odd Interlude (#1-3), Back Story, City of Endless Night by Dean Koontz, David Mitchell, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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http://neozaz.com/strutting-and-fretting-his-hour-upon-the-stage/ Wherein I review: 6. Odd Interlude #1 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 7. Odd Interlude #2 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 8. Odd Interlude #3 (Odd Thomas series) by Dean Koontz 9. Back Story by David Mitchell 10. City of Endless Night (Agent Pendergast #17) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Releases I’m Stoked About This Week: Ms. Ice Sandwich by Meiko Kawakami The Sky is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith The Raptor & The Wren by Chuck Wendig



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