Preston, Douglas J.

Pendergast : Angel of Vengeance - Book 22 Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. - First edition. - pages cm. - A Pendergast Novel ; book 22 .

"A desperate bargain is broken... Constance Greene confronts Manhattan's most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life - but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage. A clever trap is set... Unknown to Leng, Pendergast's brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help-for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York's notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng's every move...and awaiting his own chance to strike. A vengeful angel will not be deterred... Meanwhile, as Pendergast focuses on saving the unstable Constance in her fanatical quest for vengeance, she strikes out on her own: to rescue her beloved siblings from a tragic fate and take savage retribution on Leng. But Leng is one step ahead and has a surprise for them all..."--

9781538765708

2024002716


Thrillers (Fiction)


Detective and mystery fiction.
Novels.

PS3566.R3982 / A86 2024

813/.54