Book Excerpt for the Day

    “I won’t allow my husband to go in there alone,” said Helen.  “It would be too dangerous.  The poor dear might get mauled – or worse.”

    “Thank you, Helen, for your confidence,” said Pendergast.

    “Well, you know, Aloysius, you did miss that duiker at two hundred yards.  That was as easy as hitting a barn door from the inside.”

    “Come now, there was a strong cross-wind.  And the animal moved at the last moment.”

    “You spent too long setting up your shot.  You think too much, that’s your problem.”

    (from Fever Dream by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child)

  8½*/10.  The complete review is here.

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