Angel of Vengeance (Volume 22) (Agent Pendergast Series)

ISBN: 1538765721

Author: Preston, Douglas

Condition: New

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New Yorks deadliest serial killer: Pendergasts own ancestorand Constances greatest enemy.A desperate bargain is brokenConstance Greene confronts Manhattans 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 setUnknown to Leng, Pendergasts 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 Lengs every moveand awaiting his own chance to strike.A vengeful angel will not be deterredMeanwhile, 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