# Pendergast: The Beginning - Hardcover

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by **Douglas Preston** (Author), **Lincoln Child** (Author)

**From the #1 _New York Times_ bestselling duo Preston and Child comes _the_ Agent Pendergast origin story--a golden opportunity for longtime fans and new readers to learn about Agent Pendergast's strange and shocking first case.**

It only took six months for the life of Special Agent Dwight Chambers to crumble around him. First, he lost his partner, and then, tragically, his wife. Returning to work at the New Orleans Field Office, Chambers is dismayed to find himself saddled with mentoring a brand new FBI agent--a certain A. X. L. Pendergast. As Chambers tries to pull himself together, his enigmatic and exasperating junior partner pulls an outrageous stunt that gets both of them suspended.

Pendergast welcomes the banishment, because it gives him the opportunity to investigate a peculiar murder in Mississippi that has captured his fancy. Chambers grudgingly goes along. What starts off as a whimsical quest swiftly turns into a terrifying pursuit, as Chambers and Pendergast uncover a string of grisly, ritualistic killings that defy any known serial killer profile.

Thanks in large part to Pendergast's brilliance and unorthodox methods, they solve the case and find the killer... and that is when the true horror begins.

### Author Biography

The thrillers of **Douglas Preston** and **Lincoln Child** "stand head and shoulders above their rivals" (_Publishers Weekly_). Preston and Child's _Relic_ and _The Cabinet of Curiosities_ were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and _Relic_ was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series, and their recent novels include _The Cabinet of Dr. Leng, Diablo Mesa, Bloodless, The Scorpion's Tail,_ and _Crooked River_. In addition to his novels, Preston is the author of the award-winning nonfiction book _The Lost City of the Monkey God_. Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published eight novels of his own, including such bestsellers as _Chrysalis_ and _Deep Storm_.

**Number of Pages:** 384

**Dimensions:** 1.41 x 9.11 x 6.01 IN

**Publication Date:** January 27, 2026

## Details

- **Price:** 37.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Occult & Supernatural, Police Procedural, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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