The Cabinet of Dr. Leng: A Pendergast Novel by Douglas J. Preston & Lincoln Child 400 pp.
This latest from the Preston/Child duo sees the enigmatic Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast in an uncharacteristically low state of being. His ward, Constance, has undertaken a dangerous mission involving time travel to find her lost siblings and deal with the evil Dr. Leng who killed her sister and sentenced her to a life of immortality. Pendergast undertakes his own mission to retrieve Constance. The second storyline involves the murder of a curator at the Museum of Natural History in New York, the site of many strange and dangerous episodes in previous Pendergast novels. Pendergast's old friend Detective D'Agosta is once again investigating. A third storyline sees the return of FBI agent Coldmoon who is investigating the murder of a Native American artisan and the disappearance of an important Native artifact. This 21st volume in the series is not my favorite which is not to say it is bad. It's just that all the different stories seem crowded together.
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