Agent Pendergast is a fictional character appearing in novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. 

He’s a brilliant FBI agent who’s maintained his southern manners and accent.

Stoically aloof and eccentric. Polite and charming.

A master of disguise. Speaking many languages.

All in all a fascinating character.

I’d not read any of the 20 novels before trying this 2021 book. I ASSuMEd it was a murder mystery. But should have guessed by the title that it was some kind of horror story.

In the ghost-haunted city of Savannah, Georgia, bodies are found with no blood left in their veins—sowing panic and reviving whispered tales of the infamous Savannah Vampire.

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Enjoyable.

But Pendergast’s sidekick in this one — agent Coldmoon — is an unappealing bungler. No Watson.

I doubt I’ll read any more Bloodless by Preston & Child.