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FBI agent Dana Pendergast is drawn into a labyrinthine mystery when a charnel house, full of decades‑old murdered bodies, is unsealed beneath New York City. With the help of his investigative team, he must piece together clues from the cold case while the city is terrorized by a new series of murders that mirror the original crime. The investigation tests Pendergast’s resolve and uncovers unsettling connections between past and present.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Douglas Preston
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