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The Cabinet of Curiosities

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 In one of NPR's 100 Best Thrillers Ever, FBI agent Pendergast discovers thirty-six murdered bodies in a New York City charnel house . . . and now, more than a century later, a killer strikes again.

In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City, a charnel house is discovered.

Inside are thirty-six bodies—all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago.

While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start to terrorize the city.

The nightmare has begun.

Again.
 Action & Adventure Crime Thrillers Horror Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense New York

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"This is an intense and interesting story, entwining the quest for eternal life with the history of America, New York, and present-day politics and influence. Rene Auberjonois crafts his narration with great care; each word is voiced with perfect tone, pitch, and emotion, and each character is provided with a fitting personality. The result is narration that flows beautifully while providing insight into the story and those who inhabit it. Satisfyingly imbued with thrills and suspense, the prose is fully realized in Auberjonois's performance, and he even manages to make some of the more fantastic aspects seem reasonable. A totally engrossing experience."—AudioFile Magazine
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In this, the third Pendergast book, he takes centre stage in a dark and grisly tale.
He's developed into a powerful, yet vulnerable character, dealing with issues from his past.
The story is riveting and fast paced with a suitably evil bad guy, and a couple of twists for good measure!
Great book, and so far, great series.

Sherlock Pendergast!

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Super creepy and horrid, but also fascinating, great progress with the characters, very enjoyable, recommended.

Fabulously creepy

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...not so great narrating. His pronunciation was off on a few key words which was a distraction, and lack of pauses between new paragraphs made it a little confusing to follow at times. But overall I still enjoyed it

Great story!

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Excellent story once you can get beyond the narration. the narrator's accent would be better suited to perhaps an Anne Rice book. Narrator did accents and voices but he general reading accent was quite off putting. bought the Kindle version of the book as I couldn't handle the audio but couldn't put down the book! page turner with a few genuinely scary sections which made me very scared!

excellent story.Bad narration

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there are many instances of repetition of the text throughout the audio, very distracting at times.

repeats

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