{"title":"Lincoln Child","description":"The thrillers of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child \"stand head and shoulders above their rivals\" (Publishers Weekly). Preston and Child's Relic and The Cabinet of Curiosities were chosen by readers in a National Public Radio poll as being among the one hundred greatest thrillers ever written, and Relic was made into a number-one box office hit movie. They are coauthors of the famed Pendergast series, and their recent novels include The Cabinet of Dr. Leng, Diablo Mesa, Bloodless, The Scorpion's Tail, and Crooked River. In addition to his novels, Preston is the author of the award-winning nonfiction book The Lost City of the Monkey God. Child is a Florida resident and former book editor who has published eight novels of his own, including such bestsellers as Chrysalis and Deep Storm.","products":[{"product_id":"angel-of-vengeance-volume-22-paperback","title":"Angel of Vengeance: Volume 22 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreston \u0026amp; Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York's deadliest serial killer: Pendergast's own ancestor...and Constance's greatest enemy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA desperate bargain is broken...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA clever trap is set...\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unknown to Leng, Pendergast's brother, Diogenes, appears unexpectedly, offering to help--for mysterious reasons of his own. 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