In downtown Manhattan, workers on a construction site breach a long-forgotten basement, unearthing a charnel house: thirty-six bodies, systematically dismembered and carefully immured at least 130 years ago. It's just the kind of case to intrigue the unorthodox and enigmatic FBI agent Aloysius X.L. Pendergast. But he's not the only interested party. Soon after the bodies are discovered a killer strikes. Their victim's corpse bears the same precise mutilations as the bodies in the basement. The nightmare has begun. Again. 'Fast-moving, sophisticated and bursting with surprises... There's nothing else like them' WASHINGTON POST. 'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life' DAVID BALDACCI.

Pendergast is drawn to the remains of a 19th-century charnel house, unearthed at a construction site in New York and finds himself investigating a copycat killer.

About the Author
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are the number one bestselling co-authors of the celebrated Pendergast novels, as well as the Gideon Crew books.

Reviews
PRAISE FOR PRESTON & CHILD: 'Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life' David Baldacci. 'A collision between past and present that will leave you breathless' Lee Child. 'White-hot bestselling suspense. Simply brilliant!' Lisa Gardner. 'A positively delicious serving. Great fun to the last page' -- Anne Rice



Book Information
ISBN 9781788547048
Author Douglas Preston
Format Paperback
Page Count 576
Imprint Head of Zeus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC