Preston/Child

Douglas Preston’s ‘Lost City of the Monkey God’ a gripping chronicle of archaeology, history (Book review)

“The Lost City of the Monkey God” (January, hardcover) looks from its cover like the latest Douglas Preston thriller, perhaps along the lines of “The Codex,”

READ MORE

‘The Obsidian Chamber’ is Preston & Child’s craziest ride

For the first 100 pages of “The Obsidian Chamber” (October 2016, hardcover), Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s 16th Agent Pendergast novel, one word kept popping into my

READ MORE

Preston & Child’s ‘Beyond the Ice Limit’ blends familiar sci-fi themes into a fun, but too shallow, ride (Book review)

After receiving “many thousands” of letters and emails asking for a sequel to “The Ice Limit” (2000) (as they recount in an author’s note), Douglas

READ MORE

Preston & Child explore salt marshes, mudflats and lighthouses in ‘Crimson Shore’ (Book review)

“Crimson Shore” (November 2015 hardcover; now in paperback) is in many ways a classic standalone Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child potboiler, but it also has character,

READ MORE

Lincoln Child explores weird corners of science in ‘The Forgotten Room’ (Book review)

It took several Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child novels for Pendergast to become an icon, so it’s no wonder that the other ongoing characters in

READ MORE

‘Blue Labyrinth’ blends classic museum horror with fascinating new locales (Book review)

For their 14th Pendergast novel, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child do more than merely pay lip service to the evocative location that put them on

READ MORE

Gideon Crew series kicks into high gear with ‘The Lost Island’ (Book review)

I’ll probably always be more partial toward the mystery-oriented Pendergast series than the action-leaning Gideon Crew series, but Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child step up

READ MORE

With great artificial intelligence comes great responsibility in Preston’s ‘The Kraken Project’ (Book review)

It’s 2014, which means we’ve long since passed the theoretical Judgment Day when Skynet gains intelligence (1997, in “The Terminator”) and the year when supercomputer

READ MORE

Preston and Child intriguingly tap into Sherlock Holmes lore in ‘White Fire’ (Book review)

In their 13th Pendergast novel, “White Fire” (November 2013, hardcover), Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child indulge their love of Sherlock Holmes lore while also delivering what fans

READ MORE

‘Two Graves’ answers big questions, raises new ones about Pendergast’s bizarre family tree (Book review)

Wrapping up the unofficial “Helen Trilogy” that started with “Fever Dream” and “Cold Vengeance,” Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child reveal new surprises and wrap up

READ MORE