The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, #3)

by Douglas Preston

It was perhaps the clearest, most methodical set of scientific notes it has been my eternal misfortune to come across.

Spreadeagled against the side of the house, he felt ridiculously exposed. There must be an easier way to win a Pulitzer, he thought.

He gazed into her dark, strange eyes, so full of wisdom, insight, and the most profound insanity.