Crimson Shore

About the book

When a simple murder case becomes more complex, Pendergast and his ward delve into an ancient witches' colony in a quiet New England town where a dark evil waits...

A hidden chamber.

An enigmatic shipwreck.

A murder in the desolate salt marshes.

What seems like a basic case turns out to be much darker and more sinister than Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast ever imagined.

Pendergast, along with Constance Greene, travels to the charming seaside village of Exmouth, Massachusetts, to look into the theft of a valuable wine collection. However, their investigation leads them to a disturbing discovery in the wine cellar: a sealed niche containing a decaying skeleton.

As they dig deeper, Pendergast and Constance uncover Exmouth's troubled past, with the ancient skeleton possibly just the beginning of a long-buried secret. Rumors suggest that real witches from the Salem trials in 1692 escaped to Exmouth, hiding in the salt marshes to continue their dark practices. The appearance of a murdered body in the marshes, marked by cryptic carvings, raises questions about the connection to the abandoned witches' colony.

An ominous presence lurks beneath the surface of this peaceful seaside town, rooted in Exmouth's grim history. With her own troubled past, Constance may be the only one to truly grasp the danger faced by herself, Pendergast, and the town's residents...