This is the second book
in the Gideon Crew series (following Gideon's Sword) and I liked it as much
as the first one.
Gideon’s Corpse picks up
almost where the previous book left off. Eli Glinn convinces Gideon to help the
FBI when a former colleague of his from Los Alamos, Reed Chalker, has
gone insane and is holding a family hostage for a ransom. Gideon tries to talk him down
but is unsuccessful in ending the situation without someone getting killed. In
the aftermath of the investigation, as the CSI crew are processing the crime
scene, it is discovered that Chalker had been irradiated with a high dose
of uranium. It looks like he was attempting to put together a nuclear bomb.
Suddenly it is alphabet soup as member of the FBI, CIA, NEST, ATF, DOE, NYPD
and others try to stop an attack against the United States. Gideon is right in
the middle of things, helping his FBI partner Stone Fordyce, until he suddenly becomes a prime suspect in the plot he was investigating! Now he really has to
find the mastermind behind this scheme.
This new novel has
everything the first in the series did, and more. Fast paced, with lots of
action, shoot outs, love affairs and bombs! It kept me reading late into the
night as I navigated all the twists and turns in the story.
On the down side, if you
are expecting a Pendergast type hero or story, this will be disappointing. The
Gideon Crew series is more like Clive Cussler and Ted Bell than Preston &
Child’s series with Pendergast. That said this is an excellent series so far
and it’s another entertaining instalment!
review by L'Étranger
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