Special Agent Pendergast-one of the most original, compelling characters in all of contemporary fiction-returns in Preston and Childs new exhilarating novel BLUE LABYRINTHA long-buried family secret has come back to haunt Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast.It begins with murder. One of Pendergasts most implacable, most feared enemies is found on his doorstep, dead. Pendergast has no idea who is responsible for the killing, or why the body was brought to his home. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect crime, save for an enigmatic clue a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased.The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of Californias Salton Sea, which in turn propels him on a journey of discovery deep into his own familys sinister past.
