Spoiler alert - - This book has a cliff hanger ending, for which the authors apologize in the afterword. Who cares. This is a terrific and fun Pendergast novel featuring his ward, Constance Greene, and most of the usual cast of characters. It is not a mystery story so much as a sci-fi/thriller incorporating time travel.
I have always thought Constance was the most interesting of all the supporting characters in this series. While Bloodless, the preceding novel, gave us some insight into her mysterious background, this book tells her whole story and it's a good one. She remains the most interesting of the supporting cast.
Dr. Leng is a well drawn truly evil villain. He has a mind equal to or better than Pendergast and is able to manipulate all the players to unwittingly do or fall victim to his will. To tell too much more of the story would spoil the fun for those who have not yet read the book.
The Cabinet of Curiosities has always been my favorite of the Pendergast books and I didn't realize is the first in the Dr. Leng series. This book is the third of four in the Dr. Leng series with Bloodless being the second. The authors promise a quick release of the fourth and final book which I am anxiously awaiting. In the meantime I will reread the other two. There have been some highs and lows in the 21 Pendergast novels. The three in the Dr. Leng series have been the best, in my opinion, and I highly recommend reading them if you have not already.
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One of the best Pendergast stories!
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2023
One of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's most popular novels is The Cabinet of Curiosities. This introduced us to Dr. Enoch Leng, one of the evilest and most brilliant villains Pendergast has ever encountered. Now he returns in their latest book, The Cabinet of Dr. Leng.Pendergast's ward, Constance, has found her way back to where she came from, New York in the late 1800s. She is determined to save the lives of her brother and sister. Lurking in the way, however, is Dr. Leng.Pendergast, not fully recovered from his injuries suffered in the last book, is desperate and determined to find a way to reach Constance. Meanwhile, Agent Coldmoon is finally able to get to the Denver office where he is assigned a case involving the death of Lakota on reservation land in South Dakota.Amazingly, all these events circle back to New York and a crime at the New York Museum of Natural History. Now the real question is will Pendergast find a way back to Constance, and will he be in time. Or will Dr. Leng add another name to his long list of murders?Every great detective is at his best when matched with a villain whose intellect matches his own. Holmes had Moriarity, Nero Wolfe had Arnold Zeck, and Pendergast has Enoch Leng. For much of the novel, it is Constance matching wits with Leng and hatching schemes to save her siblings.Preston and Child vividly create an 1880s New York that richly portrays both the desperate state of the poor and the trappings of the very wealthy. The story bounces between this setting and the present day, where a pair of interesting mysteries, involving murder and theft leave you wondering how everything connects. You won't really get an answer here as the book ends on a cliffhanger. A cliffhanger that does include one shocking revelation.This book is enthralling from beginning to end and the authors promise the story will be wrapped up in the next book. The action is exciting, the mysteries intriguing, and the battle of wits is extremely suspenseful. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng is one of the better entries in the series, although seeing how the story concludes in the next book will give a better idea of where it ranks.While it is possible to pick up the story beginning with this book, you will have a much better understanding of Dr. Leng if you first read Cabinet of Curiosities. It is also helpful to read Bloodless to gain a better understanding of how and why Constance ends up back in 1880.This book is thoroughly enjoyable, despite the open ending. I can't wait to see how it all concludes!I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher.
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