Description

Crooked River

Agent Pendergast is confronted with a perplexing case involving dozens of severed human feet found in identical, ordinary-looking shoes washed up on a tropical beach in Sanibel Island, Florida. Despite being called away from his vacation, Pendergast is drawn in by the incomprehensible puzzle and the possibility that the victims may still be alive. As the investigation unfolds, Pendergast faces a complex and inexplicable challenge that spans seas and continents, leading him to a powerful adversary with a sadistic agenda. Through shocking twists and turns, Pendergast must unravel a tangled thread of evidence connected to one of the most baffling mysteries in modern medical science.

About The Authors

The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child “stand head and shoulders above their rivals” (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Child’s Relic and The Cabinet of Curiosities were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written. Relic was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series, and their recent novels include Old Bones, Verses for the Dead, City of Endless Night, The Obsidian Chamber, and Blue Labyrinth. In addition to his novels and nonfiction works (such as The Lost City of the Monkey God), Preston writes about archaeology for The New Yorker and National Geographic magazines.

Lincoln Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published seven novels of his own, including such bestsellers as Full Wolf Moon and Deep Storm. Readers can sign up for The Pendergast File, a “strangely entertaining” newsletter from the authors, at their website, PrestonChild.com. The Authors welcome visitors to their Facebook page, where they post regularly.