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Aloysius Pendergast Series

21 primary works • 24 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
Books 3, 20 & 2…

Book 1

Relic
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4.05 · 105948 Ratings · 4314 Reviews · published 1995 · 169 editions
Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the…

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    Book 2

    Reliquary
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    4.03     · 45566 Ratings · 1824 Reviews · published 1997 · 119 editions
    Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tun…

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    Book 3

    The Cabinet of Curiosities
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    4.26     · 49652 Ratings · 2740 Reviews · published 2002 · 123 editions
    In downtown Manhattan, a gruesome discovery has ju…

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    Book 4

    Still Life With Crows
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    4.21     · 37644 Ratings · 1958 Reviews · published 2003 · 108 editions
    A small Kansas town has turned into a killing grou…

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    Book 5

    Brimstone
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    4.15     · 39632 Ratings · 1519 Reviews · published 2004 · 11 editions
    Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face fr…

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    Book 6

    Dance of Death
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    4.19     · 32342 Ratings · 1175 Reviews · published 2005 · 19 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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    4.16     · 36023 Ratings · 1420 Reviews · published 2006 · 104 editions
    Can FBI Special Agent Pendergast stop a cursed Egy…

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    Book 8

    The Wheel of Darkness
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    3.96     · 29866 Ratings · 1426 Reviews · published 2007 · 108 editions
    At a remote monastery in Tibet, a rare and dangero…

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    Book 9

    Cemetery Dance
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    4.03     · 27645 Ratings · 1450 Reviews · published 2009 · 2 editions
    Pendergast-the world's most enigmatic FBI Special …

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    Book 10

    Fever Dream
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    4.12     · 34078 Ratings · 1725 Reviews · published 2010 · 82 editions
    Yesterday, Special Agent Pendergast still mourned …

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    Book 11

    Cold Vengeance
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    4.11     · 25471 Ratings · 1572 Reviews · published 2011 · 69 editions
    Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, …

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    Book 12

    Two Graves
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    4.06     · 24385 Ratings · 1841 Reviews · published 2012 · 7 editions
    After his wife, Helen, is brazenly abducted before…

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    Book 12.5

    Extraction
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    3.98     · 7674 Ratings · 416 Reviews · published 2012 · 25 editions
    From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston…

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    Book 13

    White Fire
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    4.11     · 26125 Ratings · 2329 Reviews · published 2013 · 75 editions
    Special Agent Pendergast arrives at an exclusive C…

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    Book 14

    Blue Labyrinth
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    4.12     · 22315 Ratings · 1700 Reviews · published 2014 · 72 editions
    Special Agent Pendergast-one of the most original,…

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    Book 15

    Crimson Shore
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    4.02     · 19828 Ratings · 1880 Reviews · published 2015 · 2 editions

    A secret chamber.

    A mysterious shipwreck.

    A murder…

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    Book 16

    The Obsidian Chamber
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    3.98     · 17414 Ratings · 1505 Reviews · published 2016 · 1 edition
    A TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE
    After a harrowing, otherworl…

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    Book 17

    City of Endless Night
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    4.07     · 19266 Ratings · 1737 Reviews · published 2018 · 49 editions
    In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Special Agen…

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    Book 18

    Verses for the Dead
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    4.22     · 16247 Ratings · 1494 Reviews · published 2018 · 51 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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    4.03     · 651 Ratings · 74 Reviews · published 2019 · 4 editions
    Unpublished news from Preston & Child, accompanied…

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    Book 19

    Crooked River
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    4.26     · 16794 Ratings · 1516 Reviews · published 2020 · 45 editions
    #1 New York Times bestselling authors Doug Preston…

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    Book 20

    Bloodless
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    4.02     · 15396 Ratings · 1633 Reviews · published 2021 · 43 editions
    In this latest installment of the #1 New York Time…

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    Book 21

    The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
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    4.30     · 10668 Ratings · 1258 Reviews · published 2023 · 23 editions
    Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling seri…

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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     · 1292 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 2012 · 16 editions
    Now, available for the first time together in a si…

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