Pendergast 05 - Brimstone by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

Author:Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child [Preston, Douglas & Child, Lincoln]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Thrillers, Mystery & Detective, Suspense, Police Procedural, Comics & Graphic Novels, Occult & Supernatural
ISBN: 9781455519361
Google: rKIxqAAACAAJ
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2012-06-26T05:00:00+00:00

As Pendergast drove south, D'Agosta booted the laptop, accessedthe Internet via a

wireless cel ular connection, and initiated a search on Charles F. Ponsonby Jr. Within a

few minutes, he had more information than he knew what to do with, starting with

the fact that Ponsonby was Lyman Professor of Art History at Princeton University.

"I thought the name was familiar," Pendergast said. "A specialist in the Italian

Renaissance, I believe. Lucky for us he's stil teaching-no doubt as professor emeritus

by now. Bring up his curriculum vitae, if you wil , Vincent."

As Pendergast merged onto the New Jersey Turnpike and smoothly accelerated into

the afternoon traffic, D'Agosta read off the professor's appointments, awards, and

publications. It was a lengthy process, made lengthier by the numerous abstracts

Pendergast insisted on hearing recited verbatim.

At last, he was done. Pendergast thanked him, then slipped out his cel phone, dialed,

spoke to directory information, redialed, spoke again briefly. "Ponsonby wil see us,"

he said as he replaced the phone. "Reluctantly. We're very close, Vincent. The

photograph proves that al four of them were together at least once. Now we need to

know exactly where they met, and-even more important-just what happened during

that fateful encounter to somehow bind them together for the rest of their lives."

Pendergast pushed the car stil faster. D'Agosta shot a surreptitious glance in his

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