Angel of Vengeance, Douglas Preston
Angel of Vengeance, Douglas Preston
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Angel of Vengeance

Bestseller

Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrator: Jefferson Mays

Unabridged: 10 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/13/2024

Synopsis

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…

About Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston is the author of more than thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction, more than twenty of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He has worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. His first novel, Relic, coauthored with Lincoln Child, was made into a movie, and launched the famed Pendergast series of novels. His recent nonfiction book, The Monster of Florence, is also being made into a film. In addition to books, Preston writes about archaeology and paleontology for the New Yorker, National Geographic, and Smithsonian.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lynn on August 14, 2024

In Conclusion The previous book having left Pendergast’s friend Vincent D’Agosta, knocked out on the floor of Constance’s mansion while trying to save a a child in her care. (All this after using a Time Machine to follow Constance to 1880) Meanwhile the evil Munk is dragging the little girl out the......more

Goodreads review by Monnie on July 23, 2024

Right up front I'll say this: if you haven't read at least a couple of other recent books in this series, it's likely you won't "get' much of this one. If what I've read is correct, it closes the books, so to speak, on the efforts of FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast and his ward, Constance Gree......more

Goodreads review by James on September 19, 2024

Pendergast! Can you get any better... easily 4.5 stars and I read it over a weekend. Angel of Vengeance is the 22nd book in the series co-written by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Diogenes returns. The duo and Constance, along with D'Agosta are transported back to the late 19th century before th......more

Goodreads review by Bill on September 01, 2024

Another excellent entry in the Pendergast series from Preston and Child. Quite a few plot lines are tied up in this one. Each of the series recurring characters gets a chance to shine as the story unfolds. The tension is high as usual and the witty repertoire is on full display.......more

Goodreads review by Jill Elizabeth on July 08, 2024

Oh. My. GOODNESS!! I've been waiting for this book since finishing the cliff-hanging ARC of the previous installment last year... It was most definitely worth the wait! I consumed this book in 24 hours. Preston and Child did a fabulous job bringing the Enoch Leng story arc to a most satisfying concl......more

Quotes

PRAISE FOR THE CABINET OF DR. LENG:

“This book is a lot of fun. The writing is crisp and lightly ornate, as usual, and the story is inventive and suspenseful."—Booklist

PRAISE FOR BLOODLESS:

"Leave it to the imaginations of Preston and Child . . . Spooky and surreal [and] wonderful fun."

—Kirkus

“Bloodless is rife with inventive scenarios, amusing exchanges (especially between oft-impatient Coldmoon and eternally placid Pendergast) and tantalizingly spooky mysteries, topped off with a gloriously wild finale that is as action-packed as it is memorable.”—BookPage (Starred Review)

PRAISE FOR CROOKED RIVER:

"Preston and Child know how to craft compelling stories that are both baffling and surprising. The cast of characters feels authentic and moves the story forward in unexpected ways. . . the authors are masters of the procedural with a gothic flair."—Associated Press

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