- Fiction, Amerikanisches Englisch, Aloysius Pendergast (Fictitious character), Arson
Special Agent Pendergast arrives at an exclusive Colorado ski resort to rescue his prote ge e, Corrie Swanson, from serious trouble with the law when he uncovers a mysterious connection between long-dead miners and a fabled, long-lost Sherlock Holmes story--one that might just offer the key to an outbreak of modern day killings involving a deadly arsonist.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Douglas Preston
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 574
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio, Grand Central Publishing
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781619694620
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