I am Pilgrim
"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 run-down New York hotel room where the body of a woman is found face down 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."
I am Pilgrim is awesome, no other way to put it. It contains everything a good thriller should; murder, espionage, action and drama. The character Pilgrim is characterized as a lone wolf detective with a interesting past. A lot of the book retells his story of his time with 'the division'. Many stories are told in I am Pilgrim though and through he the eyes of Pilgrim it is possible to become ravelled in the lives of other characters. Currently, I am only on page 141 of the book, therefore I can't give a complete opinion, however I will keep you updated on how it goes.
Rating: 4/5
Author: Terry Hayes
Genre: Thriller, espionage, crime, drama, detective
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Well I am now about 150 chapters into the book! Ugh, it is so good. It has been forever since I have felt so completely wrapped up in a story. There are some many different plot lines all leading down one road, Pilgrim's attempt to stop one of the worst possible threats to America. There are so many tense scenes and twists and turns. It is the perfect detective novel because it gives you the ability to guess the next step in the crime and actually work out the story as Pilgrim does.
Rating: 5/5
Best feature: Short chapters, backlashes, character development and tension
Worst feature: It's a very long book and sometimes this means you can forget things that have happened in it which are relevant to the part you are reading
Rating: 4/5
Author: Terry Hayes
Genre: Thriller, espionage, crime, drama, detective
Waterstones price:
Well I am now about 150 chapters into the book! Ugh, it is so good. It has been forever since I have felt so completely wrapped up in a story. There are some many different plot lines all leading down one road, Pilgrim's attempt to stop one of the worst possible threats to America. There are so many tense scenes and twists and turns. It is the perfect detective novel because it gives you the ability to guess the next step in the crime and actually work out the story as Pilgrim does.
Rating: 5/5
Best feature: Short chapters, backlashes, character development and tension
Worst feature: It's a very long book and sometimes this means you can forget things that have happened in it which are relevant to the part you are reading
