Pendergast Series

23 primary works • 26 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 0.5

Pendergast: The Beginning
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4.65 · 1184 Ratings · 208 Reviews · 7 editions
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    Book 1

    Relic
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    4.05     · 115797 Ratings · 5055 Reviews · published 1995 · 1 edition
    Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the…

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    Book 2

    Reliquary
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    4.04     · 50498 Ratings · 2086 Reviews · published 1997 · 101 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     · 55831 Ratings · 3129 Reviews · published 2002 · 130 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     · 41902 Ratings · 2251 Reviews · published 2003 · 110 editions
    A small Kansas town has turned into a killing grou…

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    Book 5

    Brimstone
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    4.15     · 43431 Ratings · 1723 Reviews · published 2004 · 12 editions
    Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face fr…

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    Book 6

    Dance of Death
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    4.20     · 35606 Ratings · 1347 Reviews · published 2005 · 1 edition
    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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    4.17     · 39722 Ratings · 1595 Reviews · published 2006 · 106 editions
    Can FBI Special Agent Pendergast stop a cursed Egy…

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    Book 8

    The Wheel of Darkness
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    3.97     · 32869 Ratings · 1582 Reviews · published 2007 · 104 editions
    At a remote monastery in Tibet, a rare and dangero…

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    Book 9

    Cemetery Dance
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    4.04     · 30716 Ratings · 1604 Reviews · published 2009 · 102 editions
    Pendergast-the world's most enigmatic FBI Special …

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    Book 10

    Fever Dream
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    4.13     · 37085 Ratings · 1847 Reviews · published 2010 · 69 editions
    Yesterday, Special Agent Pendergast still mourned …

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    Book 11

    Cold Vengeance
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    4.12     · 28022 Ratings · 1692 Reviews · published 2011 · 73 editions
    Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, …

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    Book 12

    Two Graves
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    4.07     · 26963 Ratings · 1952 Reviews · published 2012 · 69 editions
    After his wife, Helen, is brazenly abducted before…

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    Book 12.5

    Extraction
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    3.99     · 8527 Ratings · 454 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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    4.12     · 29355 Ratings · 2471 Reviews · published 2013 · 81 editions
    Special Agent Pendergast arrives at an exclusive C…

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    Book 14

    Blue Labyrinth
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    4.13     · 25096 Ratings · 1825 Reviews · published 2014 · 68 editions
    Special Agent Pendergast-one of the most original,…

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    Book 15

    Crimson Shore
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    4.04     · 22381 Ratings · 2006 Reviews · published 2015 · 55 editions

    A secret chamber.

    A mysterious shipwreck.

    A murder…

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    Book 16

    The Obsidian Chamber
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    3.99     · 20149 Ratings · 1619 Reviews · published 2016 · 60 editions
    A TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE
    After a harrowing, otherworl…

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    Book 17

    City of Endless Night
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    4.09     · 22591 Ratings · 1887 Reviews · published 2018 · 57 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     · 19021 Ratings · 1638 Reviews · published 2018 · 49 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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    4.02     · 849 Ratings · 90 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     · 19593 Ratings · 1685 Reviews · published 2020 · 48 editions
    #1 New York Times bestselling authors Doug Preston…

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    Book 20

    Bloodless
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    4.01     · 19037 Ratings · 1927 Reviews · published 2021 · 50 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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    4.27     · 15944 Ratings · 1682 Reviews · published 2023 · 37 editions
    Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling seri…

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    Book 22

    Angel of Vengeance
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    4.30     · 12243 Ratings · 938 Reviews · 26 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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    4.60     · 1506 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 2012 · 8 editions
    Now, available for the first time together in a si…

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