Serial murders in the corn. Monstrous crime scenes. Sounds good enough. Gore was quite high, but not gross. Body count - satisfactory. Even Pendergast reigned in his superhuman capabilities; there was even one thing that could be counted as his personal failure of sorts.

I liked this book, despite several laughable scenes and cliche plot devices. It wasn't as creepy as Relic, but at least included a nice chase sequence. I was mildly uneasy, but not spooked out - the best combination for coward me.

The ending was the weakest part, facepalm-worthy, unfortunately. There were also some poor bits, barely believable. Of course, this is a book where the reader is supposed not to think and just enjoy themselves, but still several things were hardly realistic.

It's my favorite after Relic, though.