Review of “CROOKED RIVER” By Preston & Child

This is the 19^th (yes, 19^th!) in the Pendergast series, and this character still remains the most charming, intelligent, cool, and creepy agent ever written.

This time out, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is looking forward to returning to New York. He and his ward, Constance Green, have been enjoying a vacation on a secluded island but are now ready to go home. Unfortunately, their plans fall apart when Pendergast’s supervisor, Assistant Director in Charge Pickett, appears on the island to ask for his help.

Something very odd has been found and he needs the “King of Oddities,” so to speak, to investigate. (Now, every reviewer wants to pause here to make others wonder what on earth could be left that’s odd enough for Pendergast….) Well, it seems that dozens of severed human feet have washed ashore, and they are still fresh. The Coast Guard as well as other local agencies have no idea where they came from, nor do they know where the rest of the body parts could possibly be.

More than a little reluctant to dive into the case, Pendergast does eventually agree. Reaching the barrier islands off South Florida, he’s almost immediately drawn into the more than disturbing mystery. When a preliminary pathology report shows that the feet were torn from bodies in the cruelest of ways, Pendergast and others are shocked—not only by the news, but also when more feet wash in every day until the number is over a hundred.

Readers will hold their breath as Pendergast calls in a former partner, Special Agent Armstrong Coldmoon, to help him in an extremely dangerous undercover assignment. When the truth comes closer, an enemy from their past is unveiled. There is SO much to say here…but it can’t be said. So, read this. As fast as possible. Preston & Child have once again created the unimaginable and you just can’t miss it!

Review of “Crooked River” by Preston & Child

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