The Cabinet of Dr. Leng
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- $30.99
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- $30.99
Publisher Description
Following the events of Bloodless, the "exciting" and "nail-biting" new thriller in Preston & Child's #1 bestselling series will once again feature FBI Special Agent A. X. L. Pendergast and Constance Greene.
Against all odds, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins, New York City in the late 1800s, and sets off on a quest to prevent the events that lead to the deaths of her sister and brother, and stop Manhattan’s most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng of the seminal Pendergast novel The Cabinet of Curiosities, before his nefarious experiments come to fruition.
Meanwhile, in present-day New York, Pendergast is desperate to find a way to reunite with Constance—but will he find a way before it’s too late?
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
There’s gruesome murder, macabre violence, and even time travel in this supernatural-tinged thriller. The elegant and eerie FBI Special Agent Pendergast is on a mission to save his love, Constance Greene. She has travelled back in time to rescue her siblings from the killer Dr. Leng, who harvests spinal fluid from his orphan victims to extend his life—and by doing so, Constance puts herself in his crosshairs. We absolutely loved the way Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child filled this listen with impeccably researched details about everything from architecture to mechanical engineering (not to mention some cleverly invented specifics about how time machines work). Narrator Jefferson Mays’ measured performance perfectly conveys the novel’s rich depictions of 1880s New York. If you aren’t already a fan of the long-running Pendergast series, this visit to the grimy streets of the Gilded Age will make you one.