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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Hercule Poirot often travels, even though it seems he would be annoyed by a lot of things about the process of traveling, not to mention
Readers who enjoy the explanatory sections of Michael Crichton’s novels – where he goes into history and analysis of issues – should check out his
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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
Although he didn’t know it at the time, Douglas Preston’s nonfiction book “Dinosaurs in the Attic: An Excursion into the American Museum of Natural History”