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Preston/Child

The Lost Tomb

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

November 17, 2025November 13, 2025 John Hansen Books

Preston & Child flashback (Book review): Thirteen of Douglas Preston’s best nonfiction writings are gathered together.

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Badlands

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

November 1, 2025October 31, 2025 John Hansen Books

Book review: In their fifth Nora Kelly Novel, the authors expertly weave a bizarre ancient mystery with a modern one.

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Angel of Vengeance

Preston & Child hop dimensions in ‘Angel of Vengeance’

December 26, 2024December 26, 2024 John Hansen Books

Book review: The authors intriguingly wrap up their time-travel saga as their long-running protagonists and antagonists meet.

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Extinction

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

October 7, 2024October 8, 2024 John Hansen Books

Book review: Douglas Preston uses a Crichtonian concept as a launching point for a mysterious page-turner up to his usual standards.

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Dead Mountain

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

October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 John Hansen Books

Book review: Preston & Child effectively give readers what they want in the fourth novel featuring Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson.

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Cabinet of Dr. Leng

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

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 John Hansen Books

Book review: The plot thickens as Constance and Pendergast hop through dimensions, and the authors make it seem plausible.

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Chrysalis

Lincoln Child’s ‘Chrysalis’ peers into virtual future 

August 15, 2022August 19, 2022 John Hansen Books

Book review: Jeremy Logan plumbs the glorious possibilities of interfacing tech while duly investigating a corporate terror plot.

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Diablo Mesa

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

April 19, 2022April 20, 2022 John Hansen Books

Book review: Nora and Corrie are together again, this time investigating one of the most famous mysteries in US history: the 1947 Roswell event.

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Bloodless

‘Bloodless’ an amusing dive into Savannah, weird science

October 2, 2021October 2, 2021 John Hansen Books

Book review: Preston & Child’s 20th Pendergast novel is a wild page-turner, but it crams in too many ideas to be as memorable as their earlier gems.

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Cities of Gold Talking to the Ground

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

March 8, 2021June 20, 2021 John Hansen Books

Preston & Child flashback (Book reviews): Douglas Preston explores the American West and its complex history amid horseback journeys.

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