- Family secrets, Murder, Secrets, Family life
"A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius Pendergast's most implacable enemies shows up on his doorstep as a murdered corpse. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect murder, save for an enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 202
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing, Blackstone Pub
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781455558612
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