New Releases by Lincoln Child

From the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Preston and Child comes the Agent Pendergast origin story—a golden opportunity for longtime fans and new readers to learn about Agent Pendergast’s strange and shocking first case. It only took six months for the life of Special Agent Dwight Chambers to crumble around him. First, he lost his partner, and then, tragically, his wife. Returning to work at the New Orleans Field Office, Chambers is dismayed to find himself saddled with mentoring a brand new FBI agent—a certain A. X. L. Pendergast. As Chambers tries to pull himself together, his enigmatic and exasperating junior partner pulls an outrageous stunt that gets both of them suspended. Pendergast welcomes the banishment, because it gives him the opportunity to investigate a peculiar murder in Mississippi that has captured his fancy. Chambers grudgingly goes along. What starts off as a whimsical quest swiftly turns into a terrifying pursuit, as Chambers and Pendergast uncover a string of grisly, ritualistic killings that defy any known serial killer profile. Thanks in large part to Pendergast’s brilliance and unorthodox methods, they solve the case and find the killer… and that is when the true horror begins.

The #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return with a thrilling tale in which archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, while investigating bizarre deaths in the desert, awaken an ancient evil more terrifying than anything they’ve faced before. In the New Mexico badlands, the skeleton of a woman is found—and the case is assigned to FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. The victim walked into the desert, shedding clothes as she went, and died in agony of heatstroke and thirst. Two rare artifacts are found clutched in her bony hands—lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods. Is it suicide or… sacrifice? Agent Swanson brings in archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate. When a second body is found—exactly like the other—the two realize the case runs deeper than they imagined. As Corrie and Nora pursue their investigation into remote canyons, haunted ruins, and long-lost rituals, they find themselves confronting a dark power that, disturbed from its long slumber, threatens to exact an unspeakable price.

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York’s deadliest serial killer: Pendergast’s own ancestor…and Constance’s greatest enemy. A desperate bargain is broken… Constance Greene confronts Manhattan’s most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister''s life – but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage. A clever trap is set… Unknown to Leng, Pendergast’s brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help—for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York''s notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng’s every move…and awaiting his own chance to strike. A vengeful angel will not be deterred… Meanwhile, as Pendergast focuses on saving the unstable Constance in her fanatical quest for vengeance, she strikes out on her own: to rescue her beloved siblings from a tragic fate and take savage retribution on Leng. But Leng is one step ahead and has a surprise for them all…

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they cross paths with New York’s deadliest serial killer: Pendergast’s own ancestor…and now his greatest foe. AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY Astoundingly, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins: New York City in the late 1800s. She leaps at the chance to return…although it means leaving the present forever. A DESPERATE OPPORTUNITY Constance sets off on a quest to prevent the events that lead to the deaths of her sister and brother. But along the road to redemption, Manhattan’s most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng, lies in wait, ready to strike at the slightest provocation. UNIMAGINABLE ODDS Meanwhile, in contemporary New York, Pendergast feverishly searches for a way to reunite with Constance—but will he discover a way back to her before it’s too late?

L''inspecteur Aloysius Pendergast, du FBI, est appelé en Georgie pour enquêter sur une affaire aussi sordide qu''étrange. Des corps ont été découverts vidés de leur sang. En proie à la panique, la ville craint le retour d''une créature qu''on croyait n''appartenir qu''à la légende : le " Vampire de Savannah ". Tandis que le mystère s''épaissit à mesure que les morts s''amoncèlent, Pendergast, accompagné de sa pupille Constance et de l''agent Coldmoon, explore une piste plus réaliste et pense pouvoir relier ces morts à la disparition inexpliquée de D. B. Cooper. Cinquante ans plus tôt, cet homme avait sauté en parachute d''un vol effectuant la liaison entre Portland et Seattle après avoir obtenu une rançon de 200 000 $... pour ne plus jamais réapparaître. Mais, avec Pendergast, les forces du mal ne sont jamais loin. Et c''est un ennemi aussi redoutable qu''inconnu, donc imprévisible, qu''il devra combattre. Même s''il lui faut pour cela affronter certains démons de son passé... [payot.ch]

Agent Pendergast faces his most unexpected challenge yet when bloodless bodies begin to appear in Savannah, GA, in this next installment of the #1 NYT bestselling series. A legendary heist: On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305 -- Portland to Seattle -- with a fake bomb, collected a ransom of $200,000, and parachuted into the night, never to be seen again... Perhaps. A brutal crime steeped in malevolence: Fifty years later, Agent Pendergast takes on a bizarre and gruesome case: in the ghost-haunted city of Savannah, Georgia, bodies are found completely drained of blood--sowing panic and reviving the infamous legend of the Savannah Vampire. A case like no other in Pendergast''s career: Through twists and turns, Pendergast and his partner, Agent Coldmoon, race to understand how these murders are connected to the most mystifying hijacking in American history. Together, they discover not just the killer-but an unearthly evil beyond all reckoning.

The #1 bestselling authors return with the latest book in the series featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson as they team up to solve a mystery that quickly escalates into nightmare.

The #1 NYT bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called "Lost Camp" of the tragic Donner Party. This was a group of pioneers who earned a terrible place in American history when they became snow-bound in the California mountains in 1847, their fate unknown until the first skeletonized survivors stumbled out of the wilderness, raving about starvation, murder-and cannibalism. Benton tells Kelly he has stumbled upon an amazing find: the long-sought diary of one of the victims, which has an enigmatic description of the Lost Camp. Nora agrees to lead an expedition to locate and excavate it-to reveal its long-buried secrets. Once in the mountains, however, they learn that discovering the camp is only the first step in a mounting journey of fear. For as they uncover old bones, they expose the real truth of what happened, one that is far more shocking and bizarre than mere cannibalism. And when those ancient horrors lead to present-day violence on a grand scale, rookie FBI agent Corrie Swanson is assigned the case...only to find that her first investigation might very well be her last.

Na zvláštního agenta FBI Aloysia Pendergasta dolehly těžké časy. Nové vedení Newyorské terénní úřadovny není vůbec nakloněno jeho výstředním způsobům vyšetřování. I když Pendergast dosahuje pozoruhodné úspěšnosti ve svých případech, má také vysokou úmrtnost podezřelých. A to se jeho nadřízeným nelíbí. Pokud chce Pendergast pokračovat ve své práci, musí se smířit s tím, že odteď bude pracovat s parťákem. A Pendergast rozhodně chce ve své kariéře pokračovat. Už kvůli tomu, že nový případ je v každém ohledu bizarní. S mladým agentem Coldmoonem dostane za úkol vyšetřit sérii vražd v Miami Beach. Pachatel vyřezává svým obětem srdce a nechává je s ručně psanými vzkazy na místních náhrobcích. Jednotlivé hroby nemají zdánlivě nic společného – až na to, že ve všech odpočívají ženy, které před lety spáchaly sebevraždu. Mají staré a nové případy něco společného? A jak s nimi souvisejí literární dopisy vraha, který se podepisuje pan Srdcezlom? Ve velkolepém finále oba agenti bojují bok po boku o holý život – odhalí totiž tajemství, které má zůstat navždy pohřbené ve floridských bažinách.

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, FBI Agent Pendergast reluctantly teams up with a new partner to investigate a rash of Miami Beach murders . . . only to uncover a deadly conspiracy that spans decades. After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI''s New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner. Pendergast and his new colleague, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to investigate a rash of killings in Miami Beach, where a bloodthirsty psychopath is cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them with cryptic handwritten letters at local gravestones. The graves are unconnected save in one bizarre way: all belong to women who committed suicide. But the seeming lack of connection between the old suicides and the new murders is soon the least of Pendergast''s worries. Because as he digs deeper, he realizes the brutal new crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy of death that reaches back decades.

Don''t miss the this exciting adventure from #1 New York Times-bestselling authors Preston & Child, in which the secrets of a mysterious ancient tablet may point the way to untold treasure-or unspeakable danger. "I just want to be crystal clear about this: if it has value, we''re gonna steal it. Are you with me?" Effective Engineering Solutions has been inexplicably shut down and the head of the company, Eli Glinn, has all but vanished. Fresh off a diagnosis that gives him only months to live, Gideon Crew is contacted by one of his coworkers at EES, Manuel Garza, who tells him the two have mere hours to collect their belongings before the office closes forever. After years of dedicated service and several high-risk missions, theirs seems like the most ignoble of terminations-until Gideon and Garza happen upon an incredible discovery. After centuries of silence, a code-breaking machine at EES has cracked the long-awaited translation of a centuries-old stone tablet, the Phaistos Disc, that dates back to an otherwise completely unknown, ancient civilization. The mysteries of the message itself hint at incredible treasures, and perhaps even a world-altering secret. No one remains at EES to take on this most remarkable mission but Gideon and Garza. The two agree to solve the mystery of the disc''s message and split the spoils: the perfect parting gift their employer doesn''t know he has given. What lies at the end of the trail may save Gideon''s life-or bring it to a sudden, shocking close. As Gideon and Garza soon discover, some missions are more dangerous than others. But as Gideon has proved again and again, there''s no such thing as too great a risk when you''re living on borrowed time.

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Special Agent Pendergast must stop a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City with a trail of headless victims. When Grace Ozmian, the beautiful and reckless daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire, first goes missing, the NYPD assumes she has simply sped off on another wild adventure. Until the young woman''s body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Queens, the head nowhere to be found. Lieutenant CDS Vincent D''Agosta quickly takes the lead. He knows his investigation will attract fierce scrutiny, so D''Agosta is delighted when FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast shows up at the crime scene assigned to the case. "I feel rather like Brer Rabbit being thrown into the briar patch," Pendergast tells D''Agosta, "because I have found you here, in charge. Just like when we first met, back at the Museum of Natural History." But neither Pendergast nor D''Agosta are prepared for what lies ahead. A diabolical presence is haunting the greater metropolitan area, and Grace Ozmian was only the first of many victims to be murdered . . . and decapitated. Worse still, there''s something unique to the city itself that has attracted the evil eye of the killer. As mass hysteria sets in, Pendergast and D''Agosta find themselves in the crosshairs of an opponent who has threatened the very lifeblood of the city. It''ll take all of Pendergast''s skill to unmask this most dangerous foe-let alone survive to tell the tale.

En la decimoquinta entrega de la serie protagonizada por el agente especial Pendergast, una terrible amenaza acecha bajo la aparente tranquilidad de una población costera cercana a Salem. El agente especial Pendergast acepta una investigación privada en Exmouth, localidad costera cercana a Salem. Tiene que resolver el robo de una valiosa colección de vinos propiedad del escultor Percival Lake y de su compañera Carole. Para ello viaja al lugar de los hechos acompañado de su ayudante Constance Greene. En la pared de la bodega de la casa, antigua residencia del farero, descubre un nicho con restos humanos muy antiguos. Lake comenta en ese momento que la proximidad de Salem, más la numerosa población de mosquitos chupasangre en las marismas que rodean Exmouth, han provocado gran cantidad de leyendas y rumores referidos al pueblo. Entonces el cuerpo de una persona asesinada aparece en las marismas. La única pista es una serie de esculturas misteriosas. ¿Podrían tener estos símbolos demoniacos alguna relación con la colonia de brujas que vivían en las inmediaciones hace tiempo? Puede que Constance sea la única que de verdad comprenda el peligro que tanto ella como Pendergast y los habitantes de Exmouth están a punto de afrontar... Reseña: «Pendergast es un héroe peculiar, un Sherlock Holmes moderno.» Kirkus Reviews En los blogs... « Costa maldita comienza de forma tranquila, apacible, sin que nada haga presagiar la intensidad y la tensión que van a experimentar los protagonistas en una trama trepidante y oscura que se desarrolla con un ritmo frenético.» Blog Me gustan los libros «Una historia con intriga, donde los robos y los descubrimientos que no esperas serán una auténtica sorpresa, donde los secretos saldrán a la luz. Si no has leído nada de estos autores no esperes, merecen mucho la pena.» Blog Estoy entre páginas

Ein neuer Fall für Special Agent Pendergast aus der Feder des Bestseller-Duos Preston & Child. "Demon - Sumpf der Toten" ist ein hochexplosives Gemisch aus Thriller, Mystik, Historie und Drama. In der Kleinstadt Exmouth an der Küste von Massachusetts soll Special Agent Pendergast den Raub einer wertvollen Weinsammlung aufklären. Im Weinkeller stößt er überraschend auf eine frisch zugemauerte Nische. Hinter der Wand sind Ketten zu finden, außerdem ein menschlicher Fingerknochen. Offenbar wurde hier vor langer Zeit jemand lebendig eingemauert. Die Einbrecher haben das Verlies geöffnet, das Skelett herausgeholt und die Mauer wieder geschlossen – der Weinraub war anscheinend reine Ablenkung. Schnell muss Pendergast lernen, dass Exmouth eine äußerst dunkle Vergangenheit hat. Das Skelett ist nur der erste Hinweis auf eine Verfehlung aus alter Zeit, die bis heute ungesühnt ist. "Spannung, Abenteuer, unvorhergesehene Wendungen: Lesefutter mit Suchtpotential." WDR

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Another page-turning installment in the Jeremy Logan series: A long-lost experiment of unknown intent ... a hidden room in a vast seaside estate ... an investigator marked for danger ... On a sprawling estate on the coast of Rhode Island, at the nation’s oldest and most prestigious think tank, an unfathomable tragedy takes place. No one knows what to make of the disturbing evidence left behind. Then reports begin to surface of increasingly bizarre behavior among the organization’s distinguished scientists. Called upon to investigate these strange happenings, history professor and analyst of inexplicable phenomena Jeremy Logan comes across an ingeniously concealed room in a long-dormant wing of the mansion. What he discovers within may provide answers—and, in the process, unleash a new wave of catastrophe. Don''t miss Lincoln Child''s new thriller, Chrysalis!

“A beautifully crafted scare-fest . . . heaven for techno-thriller fans.”—People (Page-turner of the Week) It’s like nothing anyone has ever seen before. Utopia is the brand-new frontier of theme parks, a fantastic collection of Worlds each so authentic it takes the average visitor’s breath away. Teeming with cutting-edge holographic and robotic technology, it has captured the nation’s imagination. But it has also attracted a group of ruthless criminals. After infiltrating the park and its computer systems, their leader—calling himself John Doe—sets the parameters: If their shocking demands are met, none of the visitors to the park that day will be harmed; if not, then all hell will rain down. Dr. Andrew Warne, the brilliant engineer who designed much of the park’s robotics, suddenly finds himself in a role he never imagined—trying to save the lives of thousands of innocent people . . . one of whom just happens to be his daughter. Praise for Lethal Velocity “Terrific . . . a sensational piece of popular entertainment . . . [Lincoln] Child has created a fictional wonderland that is both high-tech and nostalgic. . . . If you are looking for intelligent fun, it doesn’t get much better than this.”—The Washington Post Book World “[A] whiz-bang plot . . . springs to life from the opening pages . . . Child does an outstanding job of depicting the workings of this fantastic playground.”—San Francisco Chronicle “A riveting read . . . part mystery, part science-fiction, and all page-turner.”—Roanoke Times Previously published as Utopia

BEYOND THE ICE LIMIT That thing is growing again. We must destroy it. The time to act is now ... With these words begin Gideon Crew''s latest, most dangerous, most high-stakes assignment yet. Failure will mean nothing short of the end of humankind on earth. Five years ago, the mysterious and inscrutable head of Effective Engineering Solutions, Eli Glinn, led a mission to recover a gigantic meteorite?the largest ever discovered?from a remote island off the coast of South America. The mission ended in disaster when their ship, the Rolvaag, foundered in a vicious storm in the Antarctic Sea and broke apart, sinking-along with its unique cargo-to the ocean floor. One hundred and eight crew members perished, and Eli Glinn was left paralyzed. But this was not all. The tragedy revealed something truly terrifying: the meteorite they tried to retrieve was not, in fact, simply a rock. Instead, it was a complex organism from the deep reaches of space. Now, that organism has implanted itself in the sea bed two miles below the surface-and it is growing. If it is not destroyed, the planet will be doomed. There is only one hope: for Glinn and his team to annihilate it, a task which requires Gideon''s expertise with nuclear weapons. But as Gideon and his colleagues soon discover, the "meteorite" has a mind of its own-and it has no intention of going quietly ...

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"#1 bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child return with their next blockbuster Pendergast novel"--

When a longtime enemy shows up dead on Pendergast''s doorstep, the murder investigation leads him into his own dark past as a vengeful killer waits in the shadows. 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 . . .

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Gideon Crew--brilliant scientist, master thief--is living on borrowed time. When his mysterious employer, Eli Glinn, gives him an eyebrow-raising mission, he has no reason to refuse. Gideon''s task: steal a page from the priceless Book of Kells, now on display in New York City and protected by unbreakable security. Accomplishing the impossible, Gideon steals the parchment--only to learn that hidden beneath the gorgeously illuminated image is a treasure map dating back to the time of the ancient Greeks. As they ponder the strange map, they realize that the treasure it leads to is no ordinary fortune. It is something far more precious: an amazing discovery that could perhaps even save Gideon''s life. Together with his new partner, Amy, Gideon follows a trail of cryptic clues to an unknown island in a remote corner of the Caribbean Sea. There, off the hostile and desolate Mosquito Coast, the pair realize the extraordinary treasure they are hunting conceals an even greater shock-a revelation so profound that it may benefit the entire human race . . . if Gideon and Amy can survive.

En el segundo caso de Gideon Crew, timador, genio y ladrón de talento extraordinario, el FBI acude a él para que negocie con un científico nuclear enloquecido. Un científico nuclear enloquecido retiene a punta de pistola a una familia inocente, mata a uno de sus miembros y provoca un enfrentamiento con la policía difícil de resolver. En Nueva York detectan partículas radioactivas en un almacén donde pocas horas antes se habían manipulado los componentes de una bomba atómica. Todo indica que se está preparando un ataque terrorista para destruir la ciudad dentro de diez días. Solo diez días. El FBI acude a Gideon Crew para que negocie con el científico y siga la pista de un grupo terrorista hasta las montañas de Nueva México. Sin embargo, nada de lo que descubre allí se corresponde con lo que el FBI había planeado en un primero momento. Reseña: «La trama avanza como si se tratara de un cohete fuera de control hacia un final inesperado.» Kirkus Reviews

Past and present collide as Special Agent Pendergast uncovers a mysterious connection between a string of 19th century bear attacks in a Colorado mining town, a long-lost Sherlock Holmes story, and a deadly arsonist. In 1876, in a mining camp called Roaring Fork in the Colorado Rockies, eleven miners were killed by a rogue grizzly bear. Corrie Swanson has arranged to examine the miners'' remains. When she makes a shocking discovery, town leaders try to stop her from exposing their community''s dark and bloody past. Just as Special Agent Pendergast of the FBI arrives to rescue his protege, the town comes under siege by a murderous arsonist who-with brutal precision-begins burning down multimillion-dollar mansions with the families locked inside. Drawn deeper into the investigation, Pendergast discovers a long-lost Sherlock Holmes story that may be the key to solving both the mystery of the long-dead miners and the modern-day killings as well. Now, with the ski resort snowed in and under savage attack-and Corrie''s life suddenly in grave danger-Pendergast must solve the enigma of the past before the town of the present goes up in flames.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An archaeological expedition digging where it shouldn’t ... A crown so powerful it is rumored to be cursed ... And the one man who can explain it all ... Deep in a nearly impassable swamp south of the Egyptian border, an archaeological team is searching for the burial chamber of King Narmer, the fabled pharaoh. Narmer''s crown might be buried with him: the elusive "double" crown of the two Egypts. Amid the nightmarish, disorienting tangle of mud and dead vegetation, strange things begin to happen. Could an ancient curse be responsible? Jeremy Logan, history professor and master interpreter of bizarre and inexplicable enigmas, is brought onto the project to investigate. What he finds raises fresh questions ... and immediate alarm Don''t miss Lincoln Child''s new thriller, Chrysalis!