MAY 2015 - AudioFile
It’s tough on narrator Jonathan McClain that this third outing for Professor Jeremy Logan, “enigmalogist,” begins in Scotland. McClain makes a valiant attempt at the Scottish accents, but it’s a great relief when Logan leaves the Loch Ness Monster behind and heads back to the U.S. At a prestigious think tank in Newport, Rhode Island, a researcher has killed himself in a bizarre fashion.The decision to bring Logan in to investigate divides the staff. McClain gives convincing voices to academics old and young, male and female. It seems almost cruel that Child throws in a Cockney maintenance man to keep his narrator off-kilter. Nonetheless, this is a solid thriller. C.A.T. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
Publishers Weekly
03/23/2015
In bestseller Child’s chilling sequel to 2012’s The Third Gate, Gregory Olafson, the director of Lux, “the nation’s oldest and most prestigious policy institute,” summons “enigmalogist” Jeremy Logan to the group’s headquarters, a mansion in Newport, R.I. Ten years earlier, Logan was expelled from Lux for his unconventional methods, but now Olafson needs his help on a case: computer scientist Willard Strachey inexplicably attacked his assistant before committing suicide in a particularly gruesome way. In a recording of Strachey’s last words, he complains about voices that “taste like poison.” Logan suspects that Strachey’s behavior may be connected to his overseeing renovation work on an abandoned wing of the mansion. The paranormal investigator subsequently discovers a hidden room containing some odd equipment. Near the fireplace is a burned scrap of paper bearing the words Project Sin; the sound of disturbing music adds to the room’s eeriness. Child makes the most of the creepy setting, his unusual lead character, and an intricate plot. Agent: Eric Simonoff, William Morris Endeavor. (May)
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Praise for Lincoln Child and The Forgotten Room
“Intriguing. . . . Lincoln Child is a master at mystery plots.” —The Florida Times-Union
“Electrifying . . . One of Child’s best yet.” —Library Journal (starred review)
“Reflects the best of the ‘mad scientist and locked room’ mysteries of the early twentieth century . . . Fun and intriguing.” —Associated Press
“Chilling. . . . Child makes the most of the creepy setting, his unusual lead character, and an intricate plot.” —Publishers Weekly
“[A] very imaginative story for those who prefer a soft blending of mystery and paranormal.” —Booklist
“Lincoln Child’s novels are thrilling and tantalizing.” —Vince Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Man
“Child’s characters are first-rate, as is his writing.”—The Washington Post Book World
“The genius-touched Child writes paragraphs of polymathic detail. . . . Terrific.” —Kirkus Reviews
Library Journal
★ 04/15/2015
Yale professor Jeremy Logan, an "enigmalogist" specializing in solving problems of a seemingly inexplicable or supernatural origin, receives an urgent invitation to a Newport, RI, mansion where a distinguished member of a respected think tank has committed a highly bizarre suicide after days of increasingly erratic and even violent behavior. Hints of a research project, "Project S," which was mothballed in the 1930s, and a "forgotten" room in the complex indicate connections to the death. But before Jeremy can identify the link, the institute is rocked by violent catastrophic incidents that revolve around the room and the project. Jeremy wonders whether the mysterious venture has started up again. VERDICT Successfully mingling science and history with the potentially paranormal, Child's latest solo thriller shows off the author's skill at immediately grabbing and holding the reader's attention. Jeremy, who appeared in The Third Gate and Deep Storm, is a quirky but believable character. He develops into an intriguing protagonist as he works through an electrifying plot that is one of Child's best yet. Fans of James Rollins, Steve Berry, and Matthew Reilly will love this book. [See Prepub Alert, 11/3/14.]—Vicki Gregory, Sch. of Information, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa
MAY 2015 - AudioFile
It’s tough on narrator Jonathan McClain that this third outing for Professor Jeremy Logan, “enigmalogist,” begins in Scotland. McClain makes a valiant attempt at the Scottish accents, but it’s a great relief when Logan leaves the Loch Ness Monster behind and heads back to the U.S. At a prestigious think tank in Newport, Rhode Island, a researcher has killed himself in a bizarre fashion.The decision to bring Logan in to investigate divides the staff. McClain gives convincing voices to academics old and young, male and female. It seems almost cruel that Child throws in a Cockney maintenance man to keep his narrator off-kilter. Nonetheless, this is a solid thriller. C.A.T. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine
