Resumo de The Cabinet Of Curiosities - DOUGLAS PRESTON ,LINCOLN CHILD

At a Manhattan construction
site, workers make a startling find: a 19th century tunnel network and the
dismembered remains of thirty-six murder victims.

FBI Special
Agent Pendergrast is on the scene almost immediately. He wants to treat the
site as a crime scene of archaeological significance. The builder prefers to
bury the bodies properly and resume construction immediately.

Pendergrast
utilizes the assistance of Nora Kelly, accomplished New York Museum of Natural
History archaeologist, to investigate the gruesome crimes. The construction
site is the former home of one of the 19th century cabinets of
curiosities. These collections combined the oddities of science with a
freak show-type atmosphere which attracted large audiences.

The
investigation leads to the identification of a reclusive scientist who rented
rooms at this particular cabinet of curiosity. As Pendergrast and Kelly are
researching the past, a string of copycat murders are being committed in the
present. How are the homicides related? The chilling answer is revealed in The
Cabinet of Curiosities.

The story is
divided between two equally haunting settings. Preston
and Child allow readers to discover the dark, disturbing innards of the museum.
Never has natural history been so frightening and fun. The Cabinet of
Curiosities ranks high on the blood-and-guts meter. Be prepared for
memorable scenes of tortuous murder and mutilation executed by a man dubbed The Surgeon.

Pendergrast
and Kelly are billed as a team, though they actually work independently of each
other. Preston and Child prefer to drive story instead of letting the
characters do so, resulting in four people conducting four different
investigations while only coming together occasionally to compare notes.
Personally, I prefer a tighter plot where the players steer the tale.

Devoted Preston and Child fans may recognize Agent Pendergrast
from The Relic. Nora Kelly and boyfriend William Smithback were part of Thunderhead.
Virtually no background information from these two novels is given in The
Cabinet of Curiosities. New readers are left in the dark regarding
Pendergrast''s history with the museum and the pre-established relationship
between Kelly and Smithback. You may want to read The Relic and Thunderhead
first so the characters'' relationships and development are explained in
preparation for this title.

The
Cabinet of Curiosities
combines chilling suspense, unspeakable crimes and the oddities of science in
an unforgettable tale. The most discerning critics will be drawn into the dark
secret passageways of The Surgeon. Preston and
Child have created their own gruesome and entertaining cabinet of curiosity to
which seasoned readers will certainly flock.

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