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L’ultima faccia che Nora Kelly vorrebbe vedere dopo una lunga giornata di scavi è quella di Corrie Swanson. Da quando hanno lavorato insieme a un’indagine che le è quasi costata la vita, l’agente speciale dell’FBI è diventata la sua spina nel fianco. Per Corrie, invece, Nora è la persona giusta a cui rivolgersi per il caso che le hanno affidato: il rinvenimento di un cadavere mummificato i...

Después de averiguar que la muerte de su esposa Helen no fue un accidente, el agente especial del FBI Aloysius Pendergast tiene una sola meta en la vida: la venganza. Implacable, persigue a los que lo traicionaron por las marismas de Louisiana, las calles de Nueva York y hasta los páramos desolados de Escocia. Sin embargo, lo que descubre solo le enturbia su visión de lo sucedido: Helen podría haber sido part&iac...

When Professor Hugo Archibald finds an orphaned baby chimp in Africa, it seems like the most normal thing in the world for him to bring the brave little toddler home to Boston to live with his wife and two small children. Jennie quickly assimilates into mid-sixties suburban life, indulging in the rambunctious fun one would expect from a typical American kid of her generation: riding breakneck on her own tricycle, playing with Booger the kitten...

The latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestsellers Preston & Child Fifteen years ago, a group of young engineers took a winter mountaineering trip to the New Mexico mountains. When they failed to return home, searchers uncovered a disturbing scene. The group's tent had been slashed open from the inside, as if its inhabitants had fled in terror. What could have been horrific enough to make nine adults risk their lives in a vici...

Introducing "Cracking the Code: Unraveling the Secrets of Lost Civilizations, " a compelling journey into the mysteries of ancient societies. This meticulously researched book invites you on an adventure through time, decoding the enigmas left behind by civilizations long gone.     Within the pages of "Cracking the Code, " you'll discover:

Sie haben etwas Böses erweckt. Und nun wird es sie jagen ... Im Thriller »Extinction« trifft »Relic« auf »Jurassic Park« - Bestseller-Autor Douglas Preston sorgt für filmreifen Nervenkitzel der Extraklasse!  Tief in den Rocky Mountains liegt das gigantische Ferienresort Erebus. Dank modernster Gentechnik können die betuchten Gäste wie vor Jahrtausenden wollige Mammuts, gewaltige Riesenhirsche und meterhohe Riesenfaultiere in ihrem natürl...

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After a shoot-out Swanson is involved in leaves a senior FBI agent gravely wounded, Corrie finds herself under investigation. Her supervisor assures her she's not to blame and the black mark on her record will be cleared in short order. But Corrie finds herself unable to shake her overwhelming guilt. As a distraction, she takes on a new case involving a fifty-year-old, mummified corpse discovered in a hidden enclave at High Lonesome, a long-ab...

In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their last campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing body parts. The case, give...

Against all odds, Constance has found a way back to the place of her origins, New York City in the late 1800s, and sets off on a quest to prevent the events that lead to the deaths of her sister and brother, and stop Manhattan's most infamous serial killer, Dr. Enoch Leng of the seminal Pendergast novel The Cabinet of Curiosities, before his nefarious experiments come to fruition. Meanwhile, in present-day New York, Pendergast is desperate to ...

Curator Nora Kelly is approached by historian Guy Porter to lead an expedition unlike any other. Nora agrees, and they venture into the Sierra Nevada in search of the Donner Party camp.

From #1 bestselling authors Preston & Child comes a thrilling novel following archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson as they work together to solve a twisted crime that reaches far beyond any of their worst fears. Following the acclaimed debut of Old Bones, this second "happily anticipated" new thriller in Preston & Child's series features Nora Kelly, archaeologist at the Santa Fe Archeological Institute, and rookie FBI Agent Co...

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bestselling series featuring renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, who investigate a mystery so enigmatic it may have no solution.   In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their final campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the do...

In one of NPR's 100 Best Thrillers Ever, FBI agent Pendergast discovers thirty-six murdered bodies in a New York City charnel house . . . and now, more than a century later, a killer strikes again. In an ancient tunnel underneath New York City a charnel house is discovered.Inside are thirty-six bodies -- all murdered and mutilated more than a century ago.While FBI agent Pendergast investigates the old crimes, identical killings start to terror...

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York’s deadliest serial killer: Pendergast’s own ancestor…and Constance’s greatest enemy.  A desperate bargain is broken… Constance Greene confronts Manhattan’s most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life – but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incande...

Preston & Child continue their #1 bestselling series featuring FBI Special Agent Pendergast and Constance Greene, as they take a final stand against New York’s deadliest serial killer: Pendergast’s own ancestor…and Constance’s greatest enemy.  A desperate bargain is broken… Constance Greene confronts Manhattan’s most dangerous serial killer, Enoch Leng, bartering for her sister's life – but she is betrayed and turned away empty-handed, incande...

From bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child comes Relic, the novel that introduces FBI Special Agent Pendergast. Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum's dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human... But the museum's directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhi...

The #1 NYT bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense.Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called "Lost Camp" of the tragic Donner Party. This was a group of pioneers who earned...

Renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson return in the latest installment of the bestselling series, where a fateful trip uncovers a case that may prove impossible to solve.

Wie stoppt man einen Serienkiller, der seit 100 Jahren tot ist? Im 21. Abenteuer-Thriller der Bestseller-Autoren Preston & Child um FBI Special Agent Aloisius Pendergast geht es weit in die Vergangenheit zurück - buchstäblich! Nach außen ist Constance Green eine ebenso kluge wie bildhübsche Mittzwanzigerin - doch das Mündel von Special Agent Pendergast ist 140 Jahre alt! Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts ermordete Pendergast wahnsinniger Vorfahre, d...