02547cam a2200409 4500 1022500985 TxAuBib 20161108120000.0 150724s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015-028561 9781455525928 trade 1455525928 trade DLC eng DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Preston, Douglas J. Crimson shore : a Pendergast novel / Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2015. 339 p. : maps ; 24 cm. Special Agent Pendergast series ; ; 15 Sequel to Blue Labyrinth.". Sequel: "The obsidian chamber.". Maps on endpapers. Library Journal Starred, November 2015. Publisher's Weekly, September 2015. Kirkus Review, September 2015. A seemingly straightforward private case turns out to be much more complicated - and sinister - than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever could have anticipated. Pendergast, together with his ward Constance Greene, travels to the quaint seaside village of Exmouth, Massachusetts, to investigate the theft of a priceless wine collection. But inside the wine cellar, they find something considerably more disturbing: a bricked-up niche that once held a crumbling skeleton. Pendergast and Constance soon learn that Exmouth is a town with a very dark and troubled history, and this skeleton may be only the first hint of an ancient transgression, kept secret all these years. But they will discover that the sins of the past are still very much alive. Local legend holds that during the 1692 witch trials in Salem, the real witches escaped, fleeing north to Exmouth and settling deep in the surrounding salt marshes, where they continued to practice their wicked arts. Then, a murdered corpse turns up in the marshes. The only clue is a series of mysterious carvings. Could these demonic symbols bear some relation to the ancient witches' colony, long believed to be abandoned?". Adult. 20151120. Pendergast, Aloysius (Fictional character) Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Witches Fiction. Massachusetts Fiction. Suspense fiction. Child, Lincoln. Special Agent Pendergast series ; ; 15. TXNES