Dr. Jeremy Logan specializing in investigations of strange and inexplicable happenings and having the title of the Enigmalogist makes a second appearance in a novel by Lincoln Child. Dr. Logan is called upon by the management of a large “Think Tank” named Lux and located in Newport, Rhode Island, to look at a very strange occurrence. One of the more eminent doctors working for Lux suddenly began behaving erratically attacking a colleague and then killing himself in a very shocking manner.
In the course of his investigation Dr. Logan discovers a hidden and actually lost room untouched for decades hidden in a wing of the institution which is not widely used. The room is filled with strange equipment that points to a top secret project known as Project S. What Project S was and if it led to the strange actions and subsequent suicide of the doctor forms the gist of the novel. What the project was and what it involved leads Dr Logan into the path of an unforeseen and unexpected danger.
The concept and the happenings are well conceived. A flaw encountered but not greatly detracting from an engrossing read are the lengths of descriptions used in the course of the writing. Child’s aim in these lengthy discourses must surely have been to set the scene in both the seashore of Newport Rhode Island and the size and age of the Think Tanks physical plant.
5/15 Paul Lane
THE FORGOTTEN ROOM by Lincoln Child. Doubleday (May 12, 2015). ISBN: 978-0385531405. 304p.
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