Crimson Shore

Occult Fiction

Author: Douglas Preston

A secret chamber.,,A mysterious shipwreck.,,A murder in the desolate salt marshes.,,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….Read More

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