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| Still Life with Crows | 
 enlarge | Authors: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Publisher: Time Warner International
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 9258
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: New edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 592
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0446612766
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446612760
ASIN: 0446612766
Publication Date: July 30, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Ships from the USA - please expect 7 - 21 business days for delivery. bent corners
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 Pendergast visits the countryside... June 16, 2008
Special Agent Pendergast is on a well-deserved holiday after his perilous adventures in "The Cabinet of Curiosities." He ends up in a small, obscure village in Kansas called Medicine Creek, where a horrible murder has just been committed. Soon after his arrival another, similarly mutilated body is found and Pendergast decides to lend a helping hand. The local sheriff is not altogether pleased with the uninvited assistance and he requests the FBI Bureau in Boston to officially withdraw Pendergast from the case. Pendergast, however, continues to investigate the horrible killings in his own, unorthodox manner, rubbing a lot of people up the wrong way as usual. He finds a loyal and dedicated assistant in Corrie Swanson, a local outcast, who has an unremitting faith in him. A mysterious Indian burial cave, a few well-kept family secrets and a local legend put Pendergast eventually on the right track, and the hunt for the relentless killer begins.
The story doesn't reveal why exactly Pendergast turns up in such a hole as Medicine Creek. You'd say he could find better and more interesting places to spend his holidays. But apart from that, it is an entertaining and thrilling story, and the eventual denouement certainly gives you something to think about.
 Creepy! June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While every P&C book I've read I have enjoyed, none have actually spooked me like this one. Loved it!
One of their best March 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've read a few books by Preston and Child now and this is one of the best. Well plotted, well set and with some interesting characters other than Pendergast, the FBI agent. Pendergast felt a little less infallible in this book than some of the others, which makes him feel more human which is no bad thing. Introducing a young female assistant for him worked well too. As with all their books the plot rattles along at a breathless pace and their are some genuinely creepy moments.
Outstanding! December 12, 2007
Never has the saying 'Don't judge a book by it's cover' been more appropriate than it is with Still Life with Crows.
After reading Thunderhead and Cabinet of curiosities, which impressed me immensely, i wasn't overly looking forward to reading this story as the description and title didn't stand out and grab me. How wrong can a person be!
From the first paragraph Still life had me engulfed and i ended reading night/day until the book was finished. I would go as far as saying that this book is my Preston/Child favourite.
Another excellent installment of the Pendergast adventures. Read it and you won't regret it!
 One big Dissapointment August 18, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having read other books by these authors I looked forward to reading this one. What a huge let down. Not in the same class as any of the others. A huge bore. Dead slow with lots of pages with nothing to get excited about. Read two hundred or so pages then gave it to the local charity shop. More excitment reading the adverts in the local press.
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