Bloodless- A Candy for Thriller Lovers
No matter if they write separately or in combination, Lincoln Child and Douglas
Preston are among my favorite authors. Agent Aloysius Pendergast is the protagonist of
their 20th novel, BLOODLESS, and it may be one of their best.
An unidentified guy named D.B. Cooper aka Dan Cooper took control of a Boeing 727 on
November 23, 1971, as it was traveling between Seattle and Portland in the Pacific
Northwest. Armed with over $200,000 in ransom money and four handmade parachutes,
he jumped out of the plane and into the ocean. His disappearance was a mystery. Was this
unsolved case connected to Preston and Child’s novel set in Savannah, Georgia
today? Pair of Hollywood’s most creative minds have created a major narrative surprise.
Plot
It begins with a flashback when a guy hijacks a plane in 1971. To get out, he allows the
passengers to deplane, collects a ransom payment, and then commands the craft to take off
with only a skeleton crew.
A different sort of hijacking takes place in the modern day. After wrapping off a case in
Florida, Special Agent Pendergast’s chopper is redirected from Miami to Savannah where
a peculiar mystery has been brewing.
A man was found lifeless, his corpse devoid of any blood, and he was pronounced dead.
Next to it, there is a completely unrelated corpse that was also killed by the same method.
Little information is available when they investigate Savannah’s strange stories, which
include a vampire known as The Savannah Vampire.
Some people get in the way of their attempts, such as the paranormal “documentary”
director and the team he’s brought along, the competing debunker who has his own
agenda, and a conceited politician who wants the murders to be solved before his rally in
the city.
In order to solve the suspense, Pendergast and his team will have no choice but to travel to
Savannah, where they will discover that the culprit may not be of this world and that the
mystery may intertwine with D.B. Cooper.
Analysis
It was on the evening of 24th November 1971 when Flight 305, en route from Portland to
Seattle, was hijacked by D. B. Cooper who demanded $200,000. He then choppered out
of the plane and disappeared into the dark and history.
On a weird and grisly case fifty years later, Agent Pendergast is tasked with solving the
mystery of a corpse found with no blood left in its veins. This has caused fear and revived
whispered legends of the Savannah Vampire.
Pendergast and his colleague, Coldmoon, are racing to figure out how—or if—these
killings are related to the only unresolved plane hijacking in American history, as the
mystery grows and the death count grows. They team up and embark on the journey to
solve the unsolved.
After a while, it takes a long time to get acclimated to the speed. Many of the red herrings
and discussions between Pendergast and Constance make more sense if you’ve already
read the earlier novels in this series. Red herrings dot the landscape. As the story
progressed, a sci-fi twist helped me sympathize with the storyline and the characters even
more. What happened next had me spellbound.
A paranormal-filming organization and a guy who wants to uncover the gang are also
involved. When it comes to Pendergast’s inquiry, a few blood-let corpses can either help
or hurt their cause. Pendergast and crew have their work cut out for them with the addition
of a few more bloodless victims, a scary cemetery, along with some futuristic technology.
This book presents Pendergast in all his glory. Among the mysteries are a historical
mystery and a more current, horrific mystery. There are also secrets, deceit, and a lot of
gloom.
Constance, Coldmoon & Pendergast create a great trio. They have great chemistry
together. They make up some of the best characters (quite obviously) that make the book
worth the read. The revelations and the methods they undertake for the same are brilliant
as well. Some may not be in favor of the character of Constance. However, the character
remains an integral (and pivotal) part of the plot and some may even end up liking the
character eventually.
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