The cabinet of curiosities

In downtown Manhattan, a gruesome discovery has been made - an underground charnal house containing the bones of dozens of murder victims. Research reveals that a serial killer was at work in New York's notorious Five Points neighborhood in the 1880s, bent on prolonging his lifespan by any means. A newspaper story on the old murders ignites a new series of horrifyingly similar killings and FBI agent Pendergast, journalist Bill Smithback, and archaeologist Nora Kelly join forces to protect themselves - before they become the next victims.