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Special Agent Pendergast investigates a perfect murder.

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A corpse, stiff with rigor mortis and bound in heavy ropes, has been dumped on the doorstep of FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast.

The murder has the hallmarks of the perfect crime - no witnesses, no motive, no evidence - save for one enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased.

The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California´s desolate Salton Sea where an ingenious killer is determined to make him pay for the long-buried sins of his forefathers.

But Pendergast already knows what is at stake, for the dead man left on his doorstep wasn´t just anyone, it was his son.

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´Sit back, crack open the book and get ready for the ride of your life´ David Baldacci.

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Preston, Douglas
Douglas Preston is one half of the internationally bestselling thriller writing duo, Preston & Child. In addition to his novels, Douglas writes about archaeology for the <i>New Yorker</i> and <i>Smithsonian</i> magazines. Douglas lives in New Mexico.

Child, Lincoln
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child are the authors of international #1 bestselling thrillers, including the Agent Pendergast adventures. Douglas lives in New Mexico, Lincoln in New Jersey.

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