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2014 | Fiction & Poetry
Can you commit the perfect crime? Pilgrim is the codename for a man who doesn't exist. The adopted son of a wealthy American family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for US intelligence. Before he disappeared into anonymous retirement, he wrote the definitive book on forensic criminal investigation. But that book will come back to haunt him. It will help NYPD detective Ben Bradley track him down. And it will take him to a rundown New York hotel room where the body of a woman is found facedown in a bath of acid, her features erased, her teeth missing, her fingerprints gone. It is a textbook murder - and Pilgrim wrote the book. What begins as an unusual and challenging investigation will become a terrifying race-against-time to save America from oblivion. Pilgrim will have to make a journey from a public beheading in Mecca to a deserted ruins on the Turkish coast via a Nazi death camp in Alsace and the barren wilderness of the Hindu Kush in search of the faceless man who would commit an appalling act of mass murder in the name of his God.
Terry Hayes
(Author)
| Published by | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Edition | Unknown |
| ISBN | 9780552160964 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781439177723 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9788378182771 |
| Language | Polish |
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It starts off fairly slowly, but a part of the way in I was hooked. Its a gripping and truly thrilling tale of espionage, terrorism and with a little bit of murder mystery thrown in too. Its well written for the most part and Scott/Brodie/Pilgrim is an interesting and likeable main character. The story itself is so detailed and descriptive, you can't doubt any of it and once it gets going, it really progresses at a very quick pace. The fact that it has links to 9/11 too was also very well done and quite emotional.
My only criticisms are some of the actions of Pilgrim are a little dumb or unbelievable at times, especially considering he's meant to be one of the best. But other than that, this is a fantastic, albeit maybe slightly too long, thriller that really keeps you hooked.
Rachael Ray recommended (curated)
Sean Farrell (9 KP) rated
Mar 15, 2018
BookCritics (259 KP) rated
Jul 4, 2017
Original Score: 5 out of 5
Read Review: https://theprettygoodgatsby.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/i-am-pilgrim-by-terry-hayes/
