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Brimstone
Douglas Preston | Lincoln Child

Brimstone

Warner (Aug 03, 2004)
9780446531436
| Hardcover
497 pages | 155 x 234 mm | English
Dewey 813.54
LC Classification PS3566.R3982 .B75 2004
LC Control No. 2004001968

Genre

  • Mystery Fiction

Subject

  • Americans/ Italy/ Fiction
  • Art Critics
  • Art Critics/ Crimes Against/ Fiction
  • Government Investigators
  • Government Investigators/ Fiction

Plot

Behind the gates of a fabulous Hampton estate, FBI Special Agent Pendergast discovers the carnage of a gruesome crime - a nightmare of seemingly supernatural origin. The smoldering remains of infamous art critic Jeremy Grove, a melted cross branding his chest, are found in a locked, barricated attic. The hoofprint singed into the floorboards and the smell of brimstone recall the legendary horrors that befall those who make a pact with the devil.Reuniting with police officers Vincent D'Agosta and Laura Hayward, Pendergast combs New York hoping for a simple explanation: a villain who is merely a man. But his search takes him beyond the exclusive clubs and luxury penthouses of Manhattan to a crumbling, legend-shrouded castle in the Italian countryside, where thirty years ago four men conjured something...unspeakable.