Blue Labyrinth: 14 (Agent Pendergast) - Softcover

Preston, Douglas; Child, Lincoln

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1455558613 ISBN 13: 9781455558612

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Special Agent Pendergast--one of the most original, compelling characters in all of contemporary fiction--returns in Preston and Child's new exhilarating novel:

BLUE LABYRINTH

A long-buried family secret has come back to haunt Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast.
It begins with murder. One of Pendergast's most implacable, most feared enemies is found on his doorstep, dead. Pendergast has no idea who is responsible for the killing, or why the body was brought to his home. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect crime, save for an enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased.
The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's Salton Sea, which in turn propels him on a journey of discovery deep into his own family's sinister past. But Pendergast learns there is more at work than a ghastly episode of family history: he is being stalked by a subtle killer bent on vengeance over an ancient transgression. And he soon becomes caught in a wickedly clever plot, which leaves him stricken in mind and body, and propels him toward a reckoning beyond anything he could ever have imagined....

About this title

Review:

"Sherlock Holmes fans will relish Preston and Child's 13th novel featuring eccentric FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast (after 2012's Two Graves), one of their best in this popular series...easily stands on its own with only passing references to Pendergast's complex backstory."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) on White Fire

"Another highly entertaining and genuinely thrilling story from Preston & Child starring their romantic, faintly gothic, and always mysterious FBI agent, Aloysius Pendergast. As always the prose is elegant, replete with exquisite descriptions, and this time we're treated to dashes of historic characters Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde, as well as a positively delicious serving of the great Sherlock Holmes. Through myriad shocks, surprises, twists and turns, the suspense never lets up. Great fun to the last page."--Anne Rice on White Fire

"The best Pendergast book yet - a collision between past and present that will leave you breathless."--Lee Child on White Fire

About the Author:

Gillian Preston, nee Coltart, trained as a primary school teacher. She established a branch of the Preschool Play Group Movement in Bournemouth and, in the early 1980s, joined the newly formed Adult Literacy Scheme. She worked for many years as a Welfare Officer for the Donkey Sanctuary, Sidmouth, Devon and is currently involved with local groups of Friends of the Earth and Amnesty International.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1455558613
• ISBN 13: 9781455558612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416