Synopses & Reviews
Pendergast — the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent — returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult.
William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Eyewitnesses claim, and the security camera confirms, that the assailant was their strange, sinister neighbor — a man who, by all reports, was already dead and buried weeks earlier.
While Captain Laura Hayward leads the official investigation, Pendergast and Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta undertake their own private — and decidedly unorthodox — quest for the truth. Their serpentine journey takes them to an enclave of Manhattan they never imagined could exist: a secretive, reclusive cult of Obeah and vodou which no outsiders have ever survived.
Review
"[A]nother winner from thriller masters Preston and Child, who specialize in a compelling story, intriguing characters, and the implausible becoming terrifyingly real....Another guaranteed hit that is highly recommended." Library Journal (starred review)
Review
"Cemetery Dance is rich with the history and atmosphere of New York City....Readers will find themselves unable to turn the pages of this superbly suspenseful story fast enough." BookReporter.com
Synopsis
Aloysius Pendergast — the world's most enigmatic FBI special agent — returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult. His serpentine journey takes him into a secretive and deadly hotbed of Obeah, the West Indian Zombii cult of sorcery and magic. And it is here he finds his true peril is just beginning.
About the Author
Douglas Preston, a regular contributor to
The New Yorker, worked for the American Museum of Natural History. He is an expert horseman who has ridden thousands of miles across the West.
Lincoln Child is a former book editor and systems analyst who has published numerous novels and anthologies. Visit him online at www.PrestonChild.com.