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Pendergast Series

19 primary works • 22 total works
Aloysius X. L. Pendergast is an FBI agent. Praised as a “ruthless descendant of Holmes” (Publishers Weekly), Agent Pendergast has become one of crime fiction’s most endearing characters

Book # 2 (Reliquary) is the sequel of book # 1 (Relic)
Books 5, 6 & 7 are part of the Diogenes trilogy
Books 10, 11 & 12 are part of the Helen's trilogy

The standalone …

Book 1

Relic
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4.03 · 90322 Ratings · 3324 Reviews · published 1995 · 3 editions
Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the…

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    Book 2

    Reliquary
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    4.01     · 37979 Ratings · 1415 Reviews · published 1997 · 81 editions
    Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tun…

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    Book 3

    The Cabinet of Curiosities
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    4.25     · 40304 Ratings · 2167 Reviews · published 2002 · 86 editions
    In downtown Manhattan, a gruesome discovery has ju…

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    Book 4

    Still Life With Crows
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    4.18     · 30973 Ratings · 1536 Reviews · published 2003 · 80 editions
    A small Kansas town has turned into a killing grou…

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    Book 5

    Brimstone
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    4.13     · 33565 Ratings · 1231 Reviews · published 2004 · 83 editions
    Behind the gates of a fabulous Hamptons estate, FB…

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    Book 6

    Dance of Death
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    4.16     · 27106 Ratings · 925 Reviews · published 2005 · 80 editions
    Two brothers on opposite sides of the law battle i…

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    Book 7

    The Book of the Dead
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    4.14     · 30811 Ratings · 1177 Reviews · published 2006 · 75 editions
    An FBI agent, rotting away in a high-security pris…

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    Book 8

    The Wheel of Darkness
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    3.93     · 25061 Ratings · 1205 Reviews · published 2007 · 78 editions
    At a remote monastery in Tibet, a rare and dangero…

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    Book 9

    Cemetery Dance
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    4.00     · 22980 Ratings · 1237 Reviews · published 2009 · 65 editions
    Pendergast-the world's most enigmatic FBI Special …

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    Book 10

    Fever Dream
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    4.09     · 29422 Ratings · 1555 Reviews · published 2010 · 57 editions
    Yesterday, Special Agent Pendergast still mourned …

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    Book 11

    Cold Vengeance
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    4.08     · 21403 Ratings · 1423 Reviews · published 2011 · 57 editions
    Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, …

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    Book 12

    Two Graves
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    4.03     · 20239 Ratings · 1673 Reviews · published 2012 · 52 editions

    After his wife, Helen, is brazenly abducted before…

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    Book 12.5

    Extraction
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    3.98     · 6282 Ratings · 346 Reviews · published 2012 · 19 editions
    From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston…

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    Book 13

    White Fire
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    4.07     · 21257 Ratings · 2092 Reviews · published 2013 · 52 editions
    Special Agent Pendergast arrives at an exclusive C…

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    Book 14

    Blue Labyrinth
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    4.10     · 17848 Ratings · 1514 Reviews · published 2014 · 51 editions
    Special Agent Pendergast-one of the most original,…

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    Book 15

    Crimson Shore
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    4.00     · 15666 Ratings · 1670 Reviews · published 2015 · 49 editions

    A secret chamber.

    A mysterious shipwreck.

    A murder…

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    Book 16

    The Obsidian Chamber
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    3.96     · 13256 Ratings · 1287 Reviews · published 2016 · 46 editions
    A TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE
    After a harrowing, otherworl…

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    Book 17

    City of Endless Night
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    4.06     · 14047 Ratings · 1441 Reviews · published 2018 · 44 editions
    What begins as a manhunt for the missing daughter …

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    Book 18

    Verses for the Dead
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    4.21     · 10368 Ratings · 1132 Reviews · published 2018 · 31 editions
    Preston & Child return with their #1 bestselling s…

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    Book 18.5

    The Strange Case of Monsieur Bertin
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    4.13     · 348 Ratings · 50 Reviews · 3 editions

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    Book 19

    Crooked River
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    4.34     · 6452 Ratings · 705 Reviews · published 2020 · 16 editions

    Before he can return to New York from Miami, Speci…

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    Book 5-7

    The Diogenes Trilogy: Brimstone, Dance of Death, and The Book of the Dead
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    4.59     · 997 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2012 · 12 editions
    Now, available for the first time together in a si…

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