Preston, Douglas J. creator author Child, Lincoln author. text Detective and mystery fiction. Novels. nyu 2024 2024 First edition. monographic eng

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333 pages, 24 cm. "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..."-- Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. Thrillers (Fiction) PS3566.R3982 A86 2024 813/.54 9781538765708 2024002716 DLC 240118 20240919163708.0 23523432 eng