Fever Dream-- Book review

At the old family manse in Louisiana, Special Agent Pendergast is putting to rest long-ignored possessions reminiscent of his wife Helen's tragic death, only to make a stunning-and dreadful-discovery. Helen had been mauled by an unusually large and vicious lion while they were big game hunting in Africa. But now, Pendergast learns that her rifle-her only protection from the beast-had been deliberately loaded with blanks. Who could have wanted Helen dead...and why?

With Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta's assistance, Pendergast embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of his wife's murder. It is a journey that sends him deep into her past where he learns much that Helen herself had wished to keep hidden. Helen Pendergast had nursed a secret obsession with the famed naturalist-painter John James Audubon, in particular a long-lost painting of his known as the Black Frame.


As Pendergast probes more deeply into the riddle-the answer to which is revealed in a night of shocking violence, deep in the Louisiana bayou-he finds himself faced with an even greater question: who was the woman he married? ( Good reads.com)

This was a another aspect to Pendergast and learning more about the proper FBI agent who lost his wife. There was also another story about his ward and a mental institution.

This book did keep me on my toes on wondering all these thing about his wife Helen...Did he really know her at all ? They had only been married for 2 years before she was killed in Africa.

It was great to see the Detective and his girl friend who is also a cop trying to solve the mystery with Pendergast..made me wonder even about this FBI agent who seems to have some weird hobbies. The book did end suddenly so there has to be another book , because  I want to find out more about Pendergast/Vinnie.

Book Review=3

Thanks to Grand Central for the book this is my Honest Review.