Best Douglas Preston Books

Still Life With Crows

Pendergast • Book 4

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Rural Kansas transforms into a nightmare landscape where corn mazes hide bodies and ancient curses seem more plausible than serial killers. Preston and Child craft their most unsettling Pendergast case yet.

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Rural Kansas transforms into a nightmare landscape where corn mazes hide bodies and ancient curses seem more plausible than serial killers. Preston and Child craft their most unsettling Pendergast case yet.

Dance of Death

Pendergast • Book 6

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

The Pendergast series reaches its emotional peak as the FBI agent confronts his brilliant, psychopathic brother Diogenes in a twisted revenge plot that targets everyone Pendergast cares about.

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The Pendergast series reaches its emotional peak as the FBI agent confronts his brilliant, psychopathic brother Diogenes in a twisted revenge plot that targets everyone Pendergast cares about.

The Book of the Dead

Pendergast • Book 7

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Pendergast sits imprisoned for murder while his brilliant, unhinged brother orchestrates terror using artifacts from a cursed Egyptian tomb. Preston and Child split their detective between captivity and supernatural menace.

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Pendergast sits imprisoned for murder while his brilliant, unhinged brother orchestrates terror using artifacts from a cursed Egyptian tomb. Preston and Child split their detective between captivity and supernatural menace.

Brimstone

Pendergast • Book 5

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Art critic Jeremy Grove dies in a locked room, his body impossibly hot, claw marks burned into the wall—the first of several identical, seemingly demonic murders.

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Art critic Jeremy Grove dies in a locked room, his body impossibly hot, claw marks burned into the wall—the first of several identical, seemingly demonic murders.

Thunderhead

Nora Kelly #0A

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Sixteen years late, a letter from Nora's presumed-dead father hints at discovering a lost Anasazi city in Utah's remote canyons. Preston and Child blend archaeology with adventure in this treasure hunt through dangerous terrain.

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Sixteen years late, a letter from Nora's presumed-dead father hints at discovering a lost Anasazi city in Utah's remote canyons. Preston and Child blend archaeology with adventure in this treasure hunt through dangerous terrain.

Relic

Pendergast • Book 1

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

An inhuman killer stalks the Natural History Museum's corridors, leaving behind mutilated bodies just days before a massive exhibition opening. The horror lies not just in the murders but in the forensic evidence suggesting the perpetrator cannot possibly be human—yet clearly is.

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An inhuman killer stalks the Natural History Museum's corridors, leaving behind mutilated bodies just days before a massive exhibition opening. The horror lies not just in the murders but in the forensic evidence suggesting the perpetrator cannot possibly be human—yet clearly is.

Reliquary

Pendergast • Book 2

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Two twisted skeletons dredged from Manhattan's waters signal the return of something monstrous lurking in the city's forgotten tunnel network. Preston and Child blend archaeological mystery with creature horror in the sewers beneath unsuspecting New York.

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Two twisted skeletons dredged from Manhattan's waters signal the return of something monstrous lurking in the city's forgotten tunnel network. Preston and Child blend archaeological mystery with creature horror in the sewers beneath unsuspecting New York.

Jennie

by Douglas Preston

Dr. Hugo Archibald rescues an orphaned baby chimpanzee in West Africa, bringing her home to Boston where she becomes the inspiration for Curious George.

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Dr. Hugo Archibald rescues an orphaned baby chimpanzee in West Africa, bringing her home to Boston where she becomes the inspiration for Curious George.