Crooked River: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child Cozy Core until an unexpected cruelty turns

until an unexpected cruelty turns her gift into a weapon of horror and destruction that no one will ever forget

"It expertly balances the thoughtful maturity of its older protagonists with the eager energies of its young ones

she will have to confront her past if she wants to survive - for what she uncovers about the monster she is sent to find is much more terrifying than anything she could imagine

"An apocalyptic Anaheim Psycho

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Crooked River: Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child Cozy Core until an unexpected cruelty turns*SIGNED* A startling crime with dozens of victims. Appearing out of nowhere to horrify the quiet resort town of Sanibel Island, Florida, dozens of identical, ordinary looking shoes float in on the tide and are washed up on the tropical beacheach one with a crudely severed human foot inside. A ghastly enigma with no apparent solution. Called away from vacation elsewhere in the state, Agent Pendergast reluctantly agrees to visit the crime sceneand,