Preston/Child

Preston writes what he knows, and ‘The Lost Tomb’ (2023) shows how he knows it

In his novels (both solo and with Lincoln Child), Douglas Preston writes what he knows. In “The Lost Tomb and Other Real-Life Stories of Bones,

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‘Badlands’ lands as another good novel from Preston & Child

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s “Badlands” (June, hardcover) is comfortingly familiar: a New Mexico badlands setting, a weird mystery, and anthropologist Nora Kelly and young

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Preston & Child hop dimensions in ‘Angel of Vengeance’

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child let their interest in 1881 New York run wild in “Angel of Vengeance” (August, hardcover), the 22nd Pendergast novel and

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‘Jurassic Park’-style concepts don’t face ‘Extinction’ yet

Douglas Preston has ended some of his novels in crazy fashion, and he starts “Extinction” (April, hardcover) in crazy fashion on page one. People are

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P&C unearth another New Mexico conspiracy in ‘Dead Mountain’

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child deliver a chiller suitable for curling up against the autumn chill in “Dead Mountain” (August, hardcover). A comfortingly familiar novel

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Preston & Child go back in time for ‘Cabinet of Dr. Leng’

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child have sent Agent Pendergast and other characters to many parts of the globe, but for “The Cabinet of Dr. Leng”

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Lincoln Child’s ‘Chrysalis’ peers into virtual future 

Lincoln Child dreams big but keeps things in the bounds of plausibility. “Chrysalis” (July, hardcover) might be his wildest vision of the future, but one

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Preston, Child dig up Roswell incident in ‘Diablo Mesa’  

Writing a book about the Roswell crash mystery is a tall order because it’s been done so many times before. On the other hand, it’s

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‘Bloodless’ an amusing dive into Savannah, weird science

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s “Bloodless” (August, hardcover) explores their love and fascination with Savannah, a town architecturally trapped in time. But too many words

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‘Cities of Gold’ (1992), ‘Talking to the Ground’ (1995) explore West

Douglas Preston, whose book career began with 1986’s “Dinosaurs in the Attic,” makes a leap in writing quality and, more strikingly, the lengths he will

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