Two Graves (Pendergast, #12) in Pendergast Task Force

Dec 22, 2012 Mark rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: preston-child, 2013, dark-tales, pendergast, thriller

This is a highly anticipated book by me and yet I left it lying on the bookstack (I am at best times always 40 books behind)simply because of the reviews I had skimmed over and any mention of Nazis without Indiana Jones being around fills my shoes with utter dread. But I guess curiosity won in this case.

The opening is rather surprising and kickstarts the novel, with a furious Pendergast hot on the heels of the kidnappers of his wife who he thought dead for quite a few years. Those German baddies ...more

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Dec 15, 2012 Leah rated it it was amazing

Shelves: pendergast

This is the third book in the Helen trilogy so of you haven't read the others, definitely read them first. Better yet, start at the very beginning with Relic so you'll appreciate all of the references and characters in later books.

This was an excellent finale to the Helen trilogy! I absolutely loved it. I read the whole book out loud to my boyfriend over the past few days which forced me to slow down and really enjoy it, rather than blazing through it in one long night. It was fantastic. There' ...more

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Sep 12, 2012 TJ rated it liked it

As a long-time reader and fan of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, I wasn't disappointed with their latest entry in the Pendergast series (#12), but didn't have the same feeling at the end of it as I have with most of the others. This book brings back all of the recurring characters in the long running series and each get their moment in the spotlight. Pendergast rightly takes center stage as he should, but also appearing are his friend and ally, Vincent D'Agosta, his ward Constance Greene, Cor As a long-time reader and fan of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, I wasn't disappointed with their latest entry in the Pendergast series (#12), but didn't have the same feeling at the end of it as I have with most of the others. This book brings back all of the recurring characters in the long running series and each get their moment in the spotlight. Pendergast rightly takes center stage as he should, but also appearing are his friend and ally, Vincent D'Agosta, his ward Constance Greene, Corrie Swanson, Pendergast's wife, Helen, and cameos by some other minor characters.

In this novel, Pendergast frees his wife from the clutches of Nazi kidnappers only to see her taken again. As he deals with this situation, Preston and Child creates sub-plots for the aforementioned recurring characters. Some of these sidebars feed the main plot that Pendergast is part of, some are head shakers that may the reader to wonder why they are included in this book (as I did). I know that fans of the series want to see these characters in each Pendergast novel, I just wish that the authors could have tied them all more closely to the plot.

Preston and Child's writing is brilliant, as always, and the book moves swiftly along. I really enjoy their descriptive scenes and wonderful vocabulary. I really have only two complaints, though, about the book. 1) Some of the later scenes involving Pendergast and the Nazis were really overdone and in need of an editor's red pen. Perhaps, the duo was told to provide so many thousand words and had to stick to the plan. And, 2) those unfamiliar with the series will have little clue about the back story and history between Pendergast and the characters mentioned earlier. Not that this is all bad though, because it may cause the new reader to the series to go back and start with "Relic".

Fans of the series won't be disappointed and should rush out and grab a copy. Those new to the world of Pendergast will hopefully start looking for copies of the first 11 books and prepare for some great reading. ...more

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Dec 20, 2012 Chris rated it really liked it

A good read, as books by these authors often are. However the ending was a bit cliche. I can't really go into it without spoilers however.
Also, the B and C plots with Corrie and her father, and the search for Constance's piece of hair were pretty dull. ...more

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Jan 22, 2013 Hope Rippy rated it it was amazing

I really really liked it.
If your going to read it, but haven't don't read the rest of this comment.

(possible)SPOILER ALERT

The ending with Tristram and Constance suggested the end of the series (a good ending at that), If that is the case...well then I'll miss you Pendergast (and friends). ...more

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Dec 04, 2012 Katrina rated it it was amazing

Awesome Pendergast novel. The authors never seem to disappoint. Pendergast jumps off the page and I must admit, I was truly saddened when I finished this book. Ahhh I have to wait a year abouts to visit with dear old Aloysius again!!

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Dec 31, 2012 Sheila rated it really liked it

Latest installment of the Pendergast series does not disappoint! We see a more introspective side to AP. Corrie is an interesting addition, but her part does not contribute to the plot, just a diversion.

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