{"product_id":"verses-for-the-dead-9781538747889","title":"Verses for the Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, FBI Agent Pendergast reluctantly teams up with a new partner to investigate a rash of Miami Beach murders . . . only to uncover a deadly conspiracy that spans decades.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner.\u003cbr\u003ePendergast and his new colleague, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to investigate a rash of killings in Miami Beach, where a bloodthirsty psychopath is cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them with cryptic handwritten letters at local gravestones. The graves are unconnected save in one bizarre way: all belong to women who committed suicide.\u003cbr\u003eBut the seeming lack of connection between the old suicides and the new murders is soon the least of Pendergast's worries. Because as he digs deeper, he realizes the brutal new crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy of death that reaches back decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child \"stand head and shoulders above their rivals\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e). Preston and Child's \u003ci\u003eRelic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cabinet of Curiosities\u003c\/i\u003e were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and \u003ci\u003eRelic\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series and their recent novels include\u003ci\u003e Fever Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCold Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo Graves\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGideon's Corpse\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to his novels, Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and Smithsonian magazines. Lincoln Child is a former book editor who has published five novels of his own, including the huge bestseller \u003ci\u003eDeep Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eReaders can sign up for The Pendergast File, a monthly \"strangely entertaining note\" from the authors, at their website, www.PrestonChild.com. The authors welcome visitors to their alarmingly active Facebook page, where they post regularly.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725461917970,"sku":"9781538747889","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_139b311b-3300-481d-a469-0583b8998b04.jpg?v=1760432614","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/verses-for-the-dead-9781538747889","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}