FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is visiting the old family home in Louisiana. Surrounded by ghosts of the past, he can't help but think of Helen--his wife who tragically died twelve years...
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Author: Preston, Douglas J., Child, LincolnSummary:
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Author: Preston, Douglas J., Child, LincolnSummary:
For generations, treasure hunters have searched for the key to the Water Pit, the labyrinth of shafts and tunnels that honeycomb Ragged Island. But the Pit is reluctant to give up its treasure,...
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Author: Preston, Douglas J., Child, LincolnSummary:
The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have it for his museum--but...
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Author: Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
In 1876, in a remote mining camp in the Colorado Rockies, several miners were killed in grizzly bear attacks. Now the historic cemetery has been dug up to make way for development. Corrie Swanson...
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Author: Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
An ancient secret resurfaces when a murdered corpse shows up on Aloysius Pendergast's doorstep. The death has the hallmark of a perfect murder-save for a gem lodged in the victim's...
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Author: Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
With special agent Pendergast missing and presumed dead and his ward Constance taken captive by a shadowy figure from the past, Pendergast's bodyguard, Proctor, begins an international...
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Author: Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
Fresh off a diagnosis that gives him only months to live, Gideon Crew--brilliant scientist, master thief, and intrepid adventurer--is on the trail of a centuries-old stone tablet that will either...
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Author: Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
Dozens of identical blue shoes are found in the ocean off the coast of Florida, all with a severed human foot inside. Pendergast reluctantly arrives on Captiva Island and is quickly drawn into the...
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Author: Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast. When two...
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Author: Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
FBI Agent Corrie Swanson takes on a new case involving a fifty-year-old, mummified corpse. Out of her depth, she soon realizes she needs the help of her foe-turned-ally, archaeologist Nora Kelly...
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Author: Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face frozen in a mask of terror. He is discovered in a room barricaded from the inside, his body temperature is grotesquely high, the smell of brimstone...
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Author: Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
When a series of murders strikes small-town Kansas, FBI Special Agent Pendergast must track down a killer or a curse--either way, no one is safe.
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Author: Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
A new building site in Manhattan uncovers thirty-six bodies buried since the late 1800s. The developer and the mayor are trying to overrule any attempts to delay construction on the old crime...
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Author: Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
Curator Nora Kelly is approached by historian Clive Benton to lead an expedition unlike any other. Nora agrees, and they venture into the Sierra Nevada in search of the Donner Party camp.
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Author: Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on the Upper West side of Manhattan....