Douglas J Preston
1) Bloodless
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Pendergast novels volume 20
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English
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"A fabulous heist: On the evening of November 24, 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked Flight 305--Portland to Seattle--with a fake bomb, collected a ransom of $200,000, and then parachuted from the rear of the plane, disappearing into the night...and into history. A brutal crime steeped in legend and malevolence. Fifty years later, Agent Pendergast takes on a bizarre and gruesome case: in the ghost-haunted city of Savannah, Georgia, bodies are found with...
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Gideon Crew volume 3
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English
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After being tasked with stealing a page from a priceless, ancient book, brilliant scientist and master thief Gideon Crew discovers a hidden map on the back of the book's parchment.
5) Fever dream
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Series
Pendergast novels volume 10
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Language
English
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6) White fire
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Series
Pendergast novels volume 13
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English
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Corrie Swanson sets out to solve a long-forgotten mystery. In 1876, in a remote mining camp called Roaring Fork in the Colorado Rockies, several miners were killed in devastating grizzly bear attacks. Now, the town has become an exclusive ski resort and its historic cemetery has been dug up to make way for development. Corrie has arranged to examine the remains of the dead miners. But in doing so she makes a shocking discovery that threatens the resort's...
7) Two graves
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Series
Pendergast novels volume 12
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Language
English
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The highly anticipated conclusion to Special Agent Pendergast's investigation into the mysterious death of his wife Helen. Confucius once said, "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, first dig two graves." Pendergast is about to learn the hard way just how true those words still ring.
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Pendergast novels volume 14
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English
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"A long-buried family secret resurfaces when one of Aloysius Pendergast's most implacable enemies shows up on his doorstep as a murdered corpse. The mystery has all the hallmarks of the perfect murder, save for an enigmatic clue: a piece of turquoise lodged in the stomach of the deceased. The gem leads Pendergast to an abandoned mine on the shore of California's desolate Salton Sea, which in turn propels him on a journey of discovery deep into his...
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Pendergast novels volume 16
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English
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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 pursuit of Constance's kidnapper.
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Series
Pendergast novels volume 18
Language
English
Description
Forced by an overhaul of leadership to accept a partner, FBI Special Agent Pendergast and his new teammate, junior agent Coldmoon, investigate a rash of gruesome killings by a psychopath who cuts out the hearts of his victims and leaves them at local gravestones.
12) Cold vengeance
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Series
Pendergast novels volume 11
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Language
English
Description
Seeking revenge after his wife Helen is murdered, Special Agent Pendergast chases the killers from Scotland to New York City and into the bayous of Louisiana and discovers that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own death.
15) Gideon's sword
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Series
Gideon Crew volume 1
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Language
English
Description
"At age 12, Gideon Crew witnessed the brutal murder of his father. More than 20 years later, Gideon gets his revenge. But then a mysterious witness steps forward to confront Gideon on his crime---and offer him the chance of a lifetime"--Provided by publisher.
As a child, Gideon Crew saw his father framed for a crime he did not commit and he promised that he would someday take revenge. When that day of vengeance comes, Gideon finds the act unexpectedly...
16) Cemetery dance
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Series
Pendergast novels volume 9
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Language
English
Description
In the wake of a brutal attack on a prominent Manhattan journalist and his wife, clues identify the assailant as a man who had been believed dead, in a case that prompts Captain Hayward, Pendergast, and D'Agosta to infiltrate a deadly cult.
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Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 2
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English
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A sequel to "Old Bones" finds FBI agent Corrie Swanson and Santa Fe archaeologist Nora Kelly investigating the mummified corpse of a long-dead victim who died in agony while holding a mysterious sixteenth-century gold cross.
18) Diablo Mesa
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Series
Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 3
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Language
English
Description
Responding to the promise of a hefty donation from an eccentric billionaire with space travel ambitions, the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute excavates the site of the 1947 Roswell incident and immediately uncovers two unknown murder victims.
19) Gideon's corpse
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Series
Gideon Crew volume 2
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Language
English
Description
After escaping death in "Gideon's Sword", nuclear scientist and ex-thief Gideon Crew wants to return to his cabin in New Mexico and go fishing. Fate intervenes: a colleague of Gideon's, Reed Chalker, has taken an innocent family hostage and is ranting about government conspiracies. Gideon tries to talk him down, but Chalker kills one of the hostages and is gunned down by a SWAT team.