Bryan L. (bjlowe) - , reviewed on 3/18/2013 + 103 more book reviews

Preston and Child have done it again in this second installment of the Gideon Crew series. At first, I questioned the vaibility of a series featuring a hero with less than a year to live but I am confident this unsurpassed writing duo will squeeze many year's worth of adventure from this poor fellow.

"Gideon"s Corpse" is not a really original story line. There have been many books featuring a massive misdirection in order to carry out a sinister terrorist plot. But, as usual, these writers have some new slants to throw at you. You really have no idea what's going on until you get into the boiling-pot-of-spagetti twisted final quarter of the book.

Gideon's character is interesting and believable...as well as fallable, and that makes him even more human. He is never sure of the right thing to do but he does what he thinks is right, regardless of the personal cost. I really hope that sometime in the future a cure will magically appear, but, knowing Preston and Child, I kind of doubt it.

Yet another winner from my favorite authors. I love these guys and sincerely hope they write a hundred more books!

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