‘Jurassic Park’-style concepts don’t face ‘Extinction’ yet
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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‘Jurassic Park’-style concepts don’t face ‘Extinction’ yet
P&C unearth another New Mexico conspiracy in ‘Dead Mountain’
Book review: Preston & Child effectively give readers what they want in the fourth novel featuring Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson.
Preston & Child go back in time for ‘Cabinet of Dr. Leng’
Book review: The plot thickens as Constance and Pendergast hop through dimensions, and the authors make it seem plausible.
Lincoln Child’s ‘Chrysalis’ peers into virtual future
Book review: Jeremy Logan plumbs the glorious possibilities of interfacing tech while duly investigating a corporate terror plot.
Preston, Child dig up Roswell incident in ‘Diablo Mesa’
Book review: Nora and Corrie are together again, this time investigating one of the most famous mysteries in US history: the 1947 Roswell event.
‘Bloodless’ an amusing dive into Savannah, weird science
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.
‘Cities of Gold’ (1992), ‘Talking to the Ground’ (1995) explore West
Preston & Child flashback (Book reviews): Douglas Preston explores the American West and its complex history amid horseback journeys.
Nora, Corrie amusingly team up again in ‘Scorpion’s Tail’
Book review: I love how Preston and Child don’t fast-forward Corrie from prickly teenager to confident FBI agent. She can be immature and impetuous.
‘Dinosaurs in the Attic’ (1986) a virtual museum tour
Preston & Child flashback (Book review): Preston takes us through highlights in the building where he works: the American Museum of Natural History.
‘Deep Storm’ (2007) finds thrills at ocean’s floor
Preston & Child flashback (Book review): We know less about the ocean floor than outer space. Child’s speculative novel aims to narrow the gap.