- Fiction, Serial murders, Government investigators, Thriller
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? Amid golden cornfields, FBI Special Agent Pendergast discovers evil in the blood of America's heartland.
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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 584
- Publisher
- Warner Books, Hachette Audio, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781455582907
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