Soon, the clues lead them back to New Orleans, Pendergast’s hometown, and they learn that Helen had secretly been pursuing a missing transitional painting by John James Audubon. Vincent D’Agosta, and the two set out for Africa, where Pendergast’s suspicions are quickly confirmed. He again enlists the help of his usual Watson, the NYPD’s Lt. He vows to do everything in his power to avenge his wife’s death, and, being Pendergast, his power is considerable. Her death hadn’t been an accident after all. Twelve years later, while examining the gun she’d used on the day she died, Pendergast discovers that someone had loaded her rifle with a blank. Although she was an excellent shot, she’d only had time to get one shot off before the beast was upon her, and even the best marksperson misses occasionally. When quirky but brilliant FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast’s wife Helen was killed in Africa many years ago by a lion, no one had any reason to suspect foul play. Another moody Agent Pendergast novel from powerhouse duo Preston and Child ( The Book of the Dead, 2006, etc.).
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