I discovered this series about a month ago and have read 3 since then and I’m addicted! I started with Relic and Reliquary, and finished Thunderhead last night. Next up is Cabinet of Curiosities - I’m going through the Pendergast series/characters. These are perfect thrilling escapes while staying at home!

Out of all the books by Preston and Child I’ve read, Riptide has always been my favorite . Anyone else have a favorite they would like to share ?

Just finished reading The Pharaoh Key, loved every page of it. Does anyone know if this is the final Gideon Crew novel, or will there be others?

René Auberjonois, most known for his work as the Changeling "Odo" in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine passed away today at age 79. Auberjonois was also the go-to audiobook narrator for many Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child novels. His audiobook narrations include:

• Still Life With Crows

• Brimstone

• Dance of Death

• Book of the Dead

• Wheel of Darkness

• Cemetery Dance

• Fever Dream

• Extraction (Short Story)

• Two Graves

• White Fire

• Blue Labryinth

• Crimston Shore

• The Obsidian Chamber

• The City of Endless Night

• Verses for the Dead

I just finished at 1 am this morning. Preston and Child have made it impossible for me to enjoy any other thriller author because of the complexities that only they (in my opinion) have mastered. Pendergast showed real flaws and mortality this go-round and I was so excited to finally learn the truth about Constance and her baby.

What were your thoughts?

Was gifted a copy of a very recent Preston & Child release for Christmas called, "Gone Fishing". It's branded as a thriller short and is about a 20 minute read. D'agosta is the only familiar character and his scene is short but sweet.

Overall I'd have to recommend this for P&C fans. Again, it's a quick read, but I honestly saw this as possibly a kick off to a larger novel, perhaps involving Pendergast. Without any spoilers, this is a really gripping read with all the classic P&C markings. For only a $1, you can't go wrong!

This might be strange, but I don't care ;)

For any book I truly enjoy, for example any of the Pendergast novels, I always listen to the audiobook after I read it. I find that you sometimes gain a different perspective on the characters and story that way.

The latest in the seried was fantastically performed, highly recommended.

Anyone else listen to the audiobook version? If so, thoughts?

I spend the last couple of years with a new Pendergast book in my hands around the holidays. Whilst I’m subscribed to the mailing list, I heard nothing of a new Pendergast book this year...did anyone?

The other day I got a copy of Cemetery Dance at a used bookstore and remembered: I think I've read a dust jacket plot synopsis of a Preston/Child book where D'Agosta's on vacation and has to solve a mystery. Or is my memory playing tricks on me? Am I thinking of Brimstone?

Let me just start off - I'm a huge fan of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. They could write a service manual and I'd be lined up to read it. Pendergast is my single favorite fictional character, followed closely by Joe Ledger. So, these are my honest thoughts about the new book...

Maybe it's just me, but I don't remember Nora being such a bitch. I was not impressed, this version of the character felt like a stranger. Also, calling Corrie "Swanson" in the first part of the book, which is jarringly unfamiliar to long term readers, and then switching back to Corrie, was weird.

I loved the story, but I wish I'd read it instead of listening. The narrator made Corrie sound like a breathy valley girl.

Talk to me! What did you think of this first in a new series?

Hi, I have a really stupid question. I listen to these books with one ear at work so sometimes I miss details but who was the murderer on the ship?

RELIC SPOILERS

Maybe this is detailed more in the sequel but I need some clarification on the Whittlesey/Mbwun travel from South America to New York with a layover in Louisiana.

So crates were taken from the Amazon. Either Whittlesey/Mbwun immediately chased after them after turning into monster, or knew where to go after a year when the rainforest was destroyed. (Or was he only slightly monstery at any point? It is a long process and he traveled a bit as kind of a normal human maybe?)

Okay, so assuming he has enough intelligence and memory he knows where the crates are going (or are being held after a year, if he left after forest was destroyed) and goes there without being noticed. I assume it was a port because a freighter arrives in Belem, Brazil, another port city. So that's a trek to a port, where he stayed for a year (or ran to AFTER a year and hoped the crates would still be there!?)

OR after the tepui was destroyed he simply ran to Belem. Either way, if he left after a year, he was lucky the crates were still in South America, unless he knew they would be somehow? I don't see how though.

Okay then he was a stowaway on a big freighter, I can get behind that. Maybe the crates got locked up and he had to kill the crew because plans were out of reach, also maybe had to kill crew because he had been discovered.

So some questions! Was the boat supposed to stop in Lousiana or did it divert there when there was trouble? After Lousiana, I'm assuming Whittlesey/Mbwun hid really well on or off the boat while investigations happened?

Then what happened? Another freighter I'm guessing? I guess using his intelligence he could have gotten on any freighter to New York City knowing the crates were going there. But I'm assuming he just hung around in stealth mode until the crates were sent and he went along with them. I don't think they were shipped by air or car, and he trekked to New York.

So one he got to a freighter port near New York City I guess he could have used the sewers and underground to move stealthily enough to get to the museum without being seen, or at least noticed. (He is quite big though)

Just wondering if this is in line with how you guys accept his travels. Thank you! Can't wait to read more books!

Has anyone else finished it yet?

So I am extremely behind in my reading, and just finished Crimson Shore. The one that returns is of course Diogenes. In reading some reviews everyone was bemoaning about bringing characters back and killing them off and bringing them back, and so forth. Personally I can take it one more time, but this needs to be the final time that he appears, whether a single book or arc.

What are your thoughts?

I'm about halfway through the new Jeremy Logan novel, and realized that I enjoy Child's solo novels a little more than Preston's. Though I just adore their shared works just as much. Anyone else have any experiences like this?

Most discussions of screen adaptions of the Pendergast series or other Preston/Child stories focus on film, but could a small-screen adaption also work? It could be done in a format similar to the current Sherlock, with a series of made-for-tv movies, or could also work in a serialized format. perhaps each season could following one of the books, or split into half-seasons. What do you guys think?

So I'm doing a reread of all Preston and Child novels and I just finished The Ice Limit. I ordered Beyond the Ice Limit to read next, but Gideon Crew is in it and the book seems to be a follow-up on his three novels. Now I never got into him and I kind of want to read Beyond The Ice Limit to see whether or not I should order the other three. But am I going to spoil the first three for myself if I do? What would your advice be? Thanks in advance!

Looking to start Blue Labrynth and finish the color tetralogy soon. How have you all found it to be?

Hey, so I listen to the Pendergast books basically on repeat and as such, have noticed some plot holes/ inconsistencies. On the night Corie is staying in the Fine (sp?) house and hears someone trying to break in...who is that supposed to be? The hit man had not been hired by Kermode/Montebello yet. My initial thought was Ted, but it’s explicitly stated that the Fine house does not fit his MO, and she had shared that she was staying there with him, he (I’m assuming) didn’t want to hurt her at that point, so breaking into the house just doesn’t make sense. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Also, HUGE fan of the books. This isn’t me complaining or anything -I understand that with having such a large series and co-writing as well there are bound to be some inconsistencies :)