description: Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face frozen in a mask of terror. His body temperature is grotesquely high; he is discovered in a room barricaded from the inside; the smell of brimstone is everywhere... and the unmistakable imprint of a claw is burned into the wall. As more bodies are discovered - their only connection the bizarre but identical manner of death - the world begins to wonder if the Devil has, in fact, come to collect his due.Teaming with Police Officer Vincent D'Agosta (The Relic), Agent Pendergast is determined to solve this case that appears to defy everything except supernatural logic.©2004 Douglas Preston (P)2011 Hachette
title: Brimstone
titlecomplete: Brimstone (Pendergast, #5; Diogenes, #1)
characters: Viola Maskelene, Nigel Cutforth, Diogenes Pendergast, Constance Greene, Lady Evelyn Milbanke, Aloysius X.L. Pendergast, Count Isidor Fosco, Bryce Harriman, Jeremy Grove, Laura Hayward, Vincent D'Agosta, Locke Bullard, Rev. Wayne P. Buck
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Detective, Horror, Adventure, Audiobook
ratings_count: 39678
places: Long Island, New York, New York (State), New York City, New York, Italy
series: Diogenes, Aloysius Pendergast
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Audie Award
category: Fiction, Abridged