Part of Pendergast, book 21
First published 2023
Constance Greene discovers a method to return to late nineteenth century New York City. She abandons the present permanently to attempt saving her sister and brother from death. Her mission puts her directly in the path of Dr. Enoch Leng, Manhattan's most dangerous serial killer and an ancestor of FBI Special Agent Pendergast. Leng waits to attack at any moment as Constance pursues her quest for redemption through the streets of old New York. Meanwhile, Pendergast searches frantically in the contemporary world for a method to reach Constance in the past. Time works against both of them as Constance faces the deadly doctor who connects their fates across centuries. The reunion between Pendergast and Constance depends on whether he can find a path back to her era before Leng destroys everything.
Genres: 20th-century, adventure, crime, 21st-century, 19th-century, alternate-history
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, redemption
Setting: New York City
Period: Late 19th Century, Contemporary
400 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: violence