Of the Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child novels featuring Agent Pendergast which one tells the story of how Constance Green came to be in the care of Pendergast?

Answer 1

I believe it is in the Cabinet of Curiosities that readers are introduced to Constance Green.

Another ... in the end of the book, when fairhaven is persuing pandergast through the subbasement it says that he was unaware of eyes watching him behind a tapestry that were both young and old.

ReplyThanks, but I just read Cabinet of Curiosities. Constance Green was mentioned only briefly, as a character that Pendergast encountered in his "out of body experience" while walking around in 1890s New York City. She may or may not have also been confirmed as the younger sister of Marye Green, one of the victims of the original serial killer, whose body was discovered at the construction site, the site of the old Cabinet. However, the real-life Constance most certainly did not come into Pendergast's care during this novel, and her story was not told. As far as I can determine, the first book that actually portrays Constance as a real character is Brimstone, and that book does not expose any details of her origin, but appears to assume that the reader has already read her story. The only book between Cabinet of Curiosities and Brimstone is Still Life with Crows. I have not yet read that book, but it seems doubtful that Constance's story will be told therein, because the story takes place in Kansas.

Have you read Still Life with Crows? Can you confirm that it does not contain Constance's story? If so, then I can only assume that Constance's story is, as yet, untold.

Update: You are correct; Constance is never mentioned in Still Life with Crows, except for a few scenes (two?) where Wren feels some eyes watching him as he catalogues the house. I am just reading Brimstone after Cabinet (quite some time ago) and Still Life, and searching to find out if I'm supposed to know where she came from.

In Brimstone, there was also a mention of Wren being "one of only four- no, that would be five- living beings who knew the results of that search, and what those results meant.". Pendergast, Kelly, Smithback, Wren, and ????. Must be Candace.

Update: The official Preston and Child website contains an explanation!

Answer 2

The novel you are referring to is "Brimstone" which sheds light on how Constance Green came under the care of Agent Pendergast. In this book, the story of Constance's troubled past and her connection to Pendergast is revealed.