Read all of Preston and Child’s Books in Order

After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI’s New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner.

After a harrowing, otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachussetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead.

A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated-and sinister-than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated.

A long-buried family secret has come back to haunt Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast.
It begins with murder. 

Past and present collide as Special Agent Pendergast uncovers mysterious connections between a string of 19th century bear attacks in a Colorado mining town, a fabled, long-lost Sherlock Holmes story, and a deadly present-day arsonist.

In New Orleans’ French Quarter, the Tooth Fairy isn’t a benevolent sprite who slips money under your pillow at night….he’s a mysterious old recluse who must be appeased with teeth–lest he extract retribution. 

After his wife, Helen, is brazenly abducted before his eyes, Special Agent Pendergast furiously pursues the kidnappers, chasing them across the country and into Mexico. 

Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, Special Agent Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. 

Yesterday, Special Agent Pendergast still mourned the loss of his beloved wife, Helen, who died in a tragic accident in Africa twelve years ago. 

Pendergast–the world’s most enigmatic FBI Special Agent–returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult. 

A luxury ocean liner on its maiden voyage across the North Atlantic, awash in wealth and decadence…

An FBI agent, rotting away in a high-security prison for a murder he did not commit… 
His brilliant, psychotic brother, about to perpetrate a horrific crime… 

Two brothers.
One a top FBI agent.
The other a brilliant, twisted criminal.

A body is found in the attic of a fabulous Long Island estate.
There is a claw print scorched into the wall, and the stench of sulfur chokes the air.

A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground. 
Is it a serial killer, a man with the need to destroy? 
Or is it a darker force, a curse upon the land? 

In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered.
Inside are thirty-six bodies–all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago.