Dead Mountain, Douglas Preston
Dead Mountain, Douglas Preston
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Dead Mountain

Bestseller

Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrator: Cynthia Farrell

Unabridged: 12 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2023


Synopsis

From the #1 New York Times bestselling duo, renowned archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson 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 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 their eyes. The case, given the code name “Dead Mountain” by the FBI, was never solved. 

Now, two more bodies from the lost expedition are unexpectedly discovered in a cave, one a grisly suicide. Young FBI Agent Corrie Swanson teams up with archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate what really happened on that fateful trip fifteen years ago—and to find the ninth victim. But their search awakens a long-slumbering evil, which pursues Corrie and Nora with a vengeance, determined to prevent the final missing corpse from ever coming to light.

About Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston is the author of more than thirty books, both fiction and nonfiction, more than twenty of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He has worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. His first novel, Relic, coauthored with Lincoln Child, was made into a movie, and launched the famed Pendergast series of novels. His recent nonfiction book, The Monster of Florence, is also being made into a film. In addition to books, Preston writes about archaeology and paleontology for the New Yorker, National Geographic, and Smithsonian.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 04, 2024

3.5 stars In this 4th book in the 'Nora Kelly' series, archaeologist Nora Kelly repatriates Indian remains and works with FBI Agent Corrie Swanson to solve an old mystery. The book works fine as a standalone. ***** Fifteen years ago, in 2008, nine young hikers - seven men and two women - didn't return......more

Goodreads review by Steph on July 11, 2023

3⭐️ I really enjoy this series by this author duo, but this was my least favorite book in the Nora Kelly series. The pacing felt off throughout and while I was interested in the plot and the outcome, I felt like it needed to be trimmed back. The entire Skip/Nora/Sheriff side plot was unnecessary, I k......more

Goodreads review by John (I want my notifications back) on September 25, 2023

Now this is a great book! There are about three plots going on at once and that makes my deducing mind spin … and that is the way I like it. Just when I thought I had a good idea of what happened Preston and Child would throw another curve in the literature. The characters are wonderful for the most......more


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Praise for Preston and Child 

Diablo Mesa is thriller-adventure writing of the absolute highest order that takes Preston and Child back to their high-concept roots... It reads like a hybrid of the best from Wilbur Smith and Alistair MacLean, making for flat-out great reading entertainment.”—Providence Sunday Journal

“The story has tension, mystery, murder… Down-to-earth action tackles an otherworldly mystery in this devilishly plausible yarn.”—Kirkus (Starred Review)

“Excellent… The taut suspense and tight plotting that marked the authors’ earliest Pendergast novels are very much in evidence. Fans of kick-ass female leads will be delighted.”—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“Thoroughly entertaining.”—Booklist

Diablo Mesa will keep you enthralled.”—The Florida Times-Union