Helen Pendergast had nursed a secret obsession with the famed naturalist-painter John James Audubon, in particular a long-lost painting of his known as the Black Frame. It is a journey that sends him deep into her past where he learns much that Helen herself had wished to keep hidden. With Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta's assistance, Pendergast embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of his wife's murder. Who could have wanted Helen dead.and why? But now, Pendergast learns that her rifle-her only protection from the beast-had been deliberately loaded with blanks. Find your dream home in 75248 Dallas, TX 75248 Email agent Brokered by Douglas. Helen had been mauled by an unusually large and vicious lion while they were big game hunting in Africa. 17330 Preston Road, 7525275248 Hotels, Motels & Accommodations TRELLIS. As he stalks his wifes traitors from Scotland to New York City, Special Agent Pendergast discovers layers of deception and conspiracy that will shatter everything he believed to be true. Another good place to begin would be with “Cabinet of Curiosities”.At the old family manse in Louisiana, Special Agent Pendergast is putting to rest long-ignored possessions reminiscent of his wife Helen's tragic death, only to make a stunning-and dreadful-discovery. I would recommend starting with one of their earlier Pendergast novels if you’ve not read them before. Preston and Child are masters of popular mysteries and add the dimension of the supernatural to their novels creating a nice mix of characterization and suspense.

The novel gets the pair outside of NYC and into the marshy bayous of New Orleans and surrounding towns on the coast. Vincent D’Agosta to break ranks with NYC and come down south to find the true motive behind her death. 12 years later Pendergast finds that the mauling was not an accident and enlists the help of his NYPD pal Lt. It’s one of their Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast novels and concerns the agent’s deceased wife who was mauled by a lion while they were on a hunt in Africa. Helen Pendergast’s head was resting on her husband’s shoulder.

“I just finished up Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s latest, “Fever Dream”. They had been sitting there, unmoving and silent, for the last forty-five minutes, enjoying each other’s company andwith the kind of unspoken symbiosis that characterized their marriagepreparing mentally and emotionally for the hunt ahead.

Tomorrow, he will learn her most guarded secrets, leaving him to wonder: Who was the woman I married? Why was she murdered? And, above all… Who murdered her? Fever Dream. Yesterday, Special Agent Pendergast still mourned the loss of his beloved wife, Helen, who died in a tragic accident in Africa twelve years ago.

Fever Dream by Douglas Preston