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Angel of vengeance / Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child.

Preston, Douglas J., (author.). Child, Lincoln, (author.).

Summary:

"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..."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781538765708
  • Physical Description: 333 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central, 2024.
Subject: Pendergast, Aloysius (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Government investigators > Fiction.
Serial murderers > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 23 of 26 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Fort St. James Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 26 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Fort St. James Public Library PRE (Pendergast #22) (Text) 35196000333604 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Beaver Valley Public Library F PRE (Text) 35144000270822 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library FIC PRE (Text) 35146002384410 Fiction Volume hold Checked out 2025-04-01
Creston Public Library FIC PRE (Text)
Acquisition Type: New
35140100146151 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Elkford Public Library FC PRE (Text) 35170000490789 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort St. John Public Library AF PRE (Text) 35211000653552 ADULT Fiction Volume hold Checked out 2025-04-08
Grand Forks HOT (Text) 35142002795994 Hot Not holdable Available -
Grand Forks M PRE (Text) 35142002796000 Mystery Fiction Volume hold Available -
Granisle Public Library AHC PRE (Text) 35190000252344 Adult Hardcover Fiction Volume hold Available -
Invermere Public Library FIC PRE (Text) IPL062283 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

  • Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2024 July #1
    *Starred Review* Preston and Child return again to the wonderful world of Aloysius Pendergast and Constance Greene in this absolutely perfect thriller. Pendergast, an FBI special agent with (shall we say) a unique investigative method, and Greene, who was introduced way back when as Pendergast's ward but has become something altogether more special to him, take one last run at the notorious serial killer Enoch Leng. But this is no ordinary good guys vs. bad guy story. Anybody can write one of those, but only Preston and Child can write a Pendergast novel. For starters, the book, like its immediate predecessors, is set in an alternate time line from the earlier novels in the series; characters who were dead in that time line are alive again in this one, which makes for a rather surreal experience for readers who know what happened to these characters in previous tales. The story itself is less about catching a serial killer as it is about the unique relationship between the two protagonists: Greene's rage is directed at Leng, but threatens to consume her, and Pendergast is desperate to make sure that doesn't happen. You will rarely see two characters as complex and compelling as these two, and you will rarely see a series as consistently well written as this one. Copyright 2024 Booklist Reviews.
  • Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2024 June #3

    The tedious 22nd installment of Preston and Child's series featuring paranormal FBI investigator Aloysius Pendergast (after The Cabinet of Dr. Leng) gets tangled in convoluted series lore. Pendergast has used a dimensional portal to follow his ward, Constance Greene, to an alternate version of 1880 New York City, where they hope to protect Constance's siblings from sadistic doctor Enoch Leng, who is prepared to kill them in his pursuit of Constance's life-extending formula. Pendergast's evil twin brother, Diogenes, has followed the pair through the portal and begun cozying up to Leng—though he claims to Constance and his brother that it's all part of a master plan to bring down the doctor. Complicating matters, in the present, Leng is one of Pendergast's distant ancestors, which means that killing the doctor could also wipe out Pendergast and his brother. Preston and Child pepper the action with contrivances and tension-draining dei ex machina, all in service of a story that has long since jumped the shark. Clanging dialogue ("Consider it a raspberry pip under the dentures of the space-time continuum") doesn't help. Pendergast and his cohorts have seen better days. Agent: Eric Simonoff, WME. (Aug.)

    Copyright 2024 Publishers Weekly.

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