Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 11/21/2015 + 1223 more book reviews

Another great outing from Preston/Childs. This is book 4 in the Pendergast saga and it was a real thrill! Pendergast goes to a small town in Kansas, Medicine Creek, after a brutal murder is committed...a woman is killed and mutilated and left in a ritualized tableau in a corn field surrounded by dead crows and native american arrows. Even though this is only one murder, Pendergast knows that others are coming. And come they do! But who is committing the murders? The sheriff feels they are being committed to scare away a group from KSU who want to plant an experimental field of genetically modified corn near Medicine Creek. This would potentially bring much-needed capital and jobs to the area but another town is also vying for the project. Of course Pendergast is following another track and enlists a young local girl as his assistant who knows everyone in the town. The girl, Corrie, is a great character who I hope may turn up in some of the future novels in the series. The last part of the novel was a real thrill ride with Pendergast, as well as the sheriff and several others, hunting the killer through an immense cave system or is the killer hunting them? High recommendation for this and I will be looking forward to the rest of the series.

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