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In Colorado near the Cheyenne Mountains, a team of topflight engineers venture on an ambitious cross country ski trip, using their newly invented outdoor equipment. The strapping group of young people are having the adventure of their lives—skiing, laughing, playing in the snow, and mugging for the camera. But when the gang was expected to arrive back from their trip—no one ever returned. Nora's excavation skills and Corrie's investigative talents are put to the test as they try to uncover what happened to the promising skiers on this cold and isolating mountain.

FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast always wants to protect his protegee Constance Greene from harm. But, against all odds, Constance has found a way to travel back in time to New York City in the late 1800s to embark on a dangerous quest: to stop the era's most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng from bringing his plans to fruition. If she does, she can finally prevent the events that led to the shocking deaths of her sister and brother. Meanwhile, in present-day New York, Agent Pendergast is desperate to reunite with Constance before she gets stuck in the past forever..

Forced to leave her post at the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute, Nora Kelly is left without a job and without any prospects. So when billionaire Lucas Tappan invites her to lead his excavation of the infamous Roswell landing site, she has no choice but to make a decision that could destroy her reputation. Armed with a healthy dose of scepticism, Nora reluctantly agrees to visit the site. When the preliminary scans of the area reveal a suspected Native American burial site, Nora takes a closer look.

Le corps étrangement momifié d'un homme est retrouvé dans une ville fantôme du Nouveau-Mexique. À son côté : une croix en or du XVIIe siècle datant de l'ère coloniale espagnole. L'archéologue Nora Kelly et Corrie Swanson, jeune agente du FBI, doivent déterrer l'homme pour l'identifier, déterminer les causes de sa mort et rechercher un éventuel trésor enfoui...

Actionreicher Cold-Case-Thriller mit cooler Frauen-Power. Old Bones – Das neunte Opfer ist der 4. Thriller der Bestseller-Autoren Preston & Child um FBI Agentin Corrie Swanson und Archäologin Nora Kelly. Ein Leichenfund in einer Höhle beschert FBI-Agentin Corrie Swanson ihren neuen Fall: Die beiden Toten gehören zu einer Gruppe von neun Wanderern, die 2008 auf ungeklärte Weise ums Leben kamen. Von einer winterlichen Rucksacktour in den Bergen von New Mexico kehrte keiner der neun zurück – doch man fand damals trotz intensiver Suche nur sechs Leichen.

In the New Mexico badlands, the skeleton of a woman is found—and the case is assigned to FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. The victim walked into the desert, shedding clothes as she went, and died in agony of heatstroke and thirst. Two rare artifacts are found clutched in her bony hands—lightning stones used by the ancient Chaco people to summon the gods. Is it suicide or… sacrifice?

Constance Greene confronts Manhattan’s most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life—but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incandescent with rage. Unknown to Leng, Pendergast’s brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help—for mysterious reasons of his own. Disguised as a cleric, Diogenes establishes himself in New York's notorious Five Points slum, manipulating events like a chess master, watching Leng’s every move…and awaiting his own chance to strike.

Wie stoppt man einen Serienkiller, der seit 100 Jahren tot ist? Im 21. Abenteuer-Thriller der Bestseller-Autoren Preston & Child um FBI Special Agent Aloisius Pendergast geht es weit in die Vergangenheit zurück – buchstäblich! Nach außen ist Constance Green eine ebenso kluge wie bildhübsche Mittzwanzigerin – doch das Mündel von Special Agent Pendergast ist 140 Jahre alt! Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts ermordete Pendergast wahnsinniger Vorfahre, der Serienkiller Dr. Enoch Leng, nicht nur die Geschwister von Constance, er führte auch düstere Experimente an der jungen Frau durch, die sie bis heute nicht mehr altern lassen.

In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their final campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing their eyes. The case, given the code name “Dead Mountain” by the FBI, was never solved. Now, two more bodies from the lost expedition are unexpectedly discovered in a cave.

Two brothers. One a top FBI agent. The other a brilliant, twisted criminal. An undying hatred between them. Now, a perfect crime. And the ultimate challenge: Stop me if you can.

A long-buried family secret has come back to haunt Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast. It begins with murder. One of Pendergast's 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 California's Salton Sea.

Against all odds, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins, New York City in the late 1800s, and sets off on a quest to prevent the events that lead to the deaths of her sister and brother, and stop Manhattan’s most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng of the seminal Pendergast novel The Cabinet of Curiosities, before his nefarious experiments come to fruition.

Ein grausiger Anblick erwartet eines Morgens die Gäste auf einer exklusiven Ferieninsel vor der Golfküste Floridas: Am Strand des tropischen Urlaubsparadieses werden über hundert identische blaue Sneaker angeschwemmt - und in jedem Schuh steckt ein menschlicher Fuß! Special Agent Pendergast ist sich sicher, dass die Gliedmaßen nicht von den Insassen eines kubanischen Gefängnisses stammen, wie die Küstenwache vermutet. Auf eigene Faust lässt er von der Ozeanografin Pamela Gladstone ein Strömungsprofil erstellen, das in eine ebenso unvermutete wie tödliche Richtung weist.

En 1987, en el corazón de la selva amazónica, un equipo de científicos encuentra la talla de un enigmático dios adorado por una tribu de salvajes. El extraño ídolo es enviado a Nueva York, donde queda arrumbado en los sótanos de un enorme y antiguo museo. Poco después, los científicos son masacrados por los indígenas y todo el proyecto cae en el olvido.

Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with an outlandish proposal—to finance a careful, scientific excavation of the Roswell Incident site, where a UFO is alleged to have crashed in 1947. A skeptical Nora Kelly, to her great annoyance, is tasked with the job.

Two brothers. One, top FBI Agent Aloysius Pendergast. The other, Diogenes, a brilliant and twisted criminal. An undying hatred between them. Now, a perfect crime. And the ultimate challenge: Stop me if you can.

William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on the Upper West side of Manhattan. Eyewitnesses claim and the security camera confirms the killer seen leaving the building was their strange, sinister neighbor--a man who, by all reports, was already dead.

Behind the gates of a fabulous Hampton estate, FBI Special Agent Pendergast discovers the carnage of a gruesome crime, a nightmare of seemingly supernatural origin. The smoldering remains of infamous art critic Jeremy Grove, a melted cross branding his chest, are found in a locked, barricaded attic. The hoofprint singed into the floorboards and the smell of brimstone recall the legendary horrors that befall those who make a pact with the Devil.

Der Schock trifft Pendergast ohne jede Vorbereitung: Seine Frau Helen, deren mysteriösen Tod er aufzuklären versucht, ist vermutlich noch am Leben! Aber wer liegt dann in ihrem Grab, und warum setzt Helens Bruder Judson Esterhazy alles daran, seinen Schwager auszuschalten? Pendergast beginnt unter Hochdruck zu ermitteln. Dabei kommt er einer skrupellosen Bruderschaft auf die Spur, die ihre dunklen Machenschaften seit langer Zeit erfolgreich verbirgt. Um Pendergast in die Knie zu zwingen, ist ihr jedes Mittel recht - und zum ersten Mal droht der sonst stets kühl kalkulierende Ermittler die Kontrolle zu verlieren...

After a harrowing otherworldly confrontation on the shores of Exmouth, Massachussetts, Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast is missing, presumed dead. Sick with grief, Pendergast's ward, Constance, retreats to her chambers beneath the family mansion at 891 Riverside Drive - only to be taken captive by a shadowy figure from the past. Proctor, Pendergast's longtime bodyguard, springs to action, chasing Constance's kidnapper through cities, across oceans, and into wastelands unknown....