Douglas J Preston
6) Thunderhead
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Archaeologist Nora Kelly discovers unbelievable riches and inescapable death when she comes into possession of a mysterious letter written by her father, who vanished sixteen years earlier, in which he divulges the location of the legendary Quivira, the Anasazi Indians' lost city of gold.
9) Impact
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
CIA agent Wyman Ford is sent to Cambodia to locate the source of some radioactive gemstones--a mission that has links to a young woman's search for a meteorite she saw streak through the sky in Maine, and the murder of a researcher at the National Propulsion Facility who discovered gamma rays originating from Mars.
10) Reliquary
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A sequel to "The Relic" which has NYPD Lt. D'Agosta, Natural History Museum curator Margo Green, and a host of returning characters involved in a new investigation spurred by the discovery of the decaptiated remains of a New York socialite and a sharp increase in the decapitation rate among the city's underground homeless.
11) Cold vengeance
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Special Agent Pendergast, on a quest to avenge the death of his wife Helen, uncovers a conspiracy that goes back generations, and must face the possibility that she was a collaborator in her own murder.
15) Dance of death
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"FBI Special Agent Pendergast is pitted against his most personal foe: His brother, Diogenes, has planned a horrendous crime and is framing Pendergast for a series of terrible murders."--Provided by the publisher.
16) Two graves
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Agent Pendergast has discovered that his wife is still alive, after twelve years of thinking she was dead. After she is abducted at their reunion, he goes on a cross-country quest to rescue her.
18) Riptide
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Dr. Malin Hatch travels to Ragged Island in an attempt to find the treasure that he believes is hidden in the maze of tunnels and shafts located below the island.
20) Blue Labyrinth
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"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...