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Lincoln Child
Any good books similar to Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child?
I just finished reading all of the Pendergast novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, I loved them and breezed right through them... I am looking for something similar that is a thriller but has just that right amount of fantasy and history to it. Any suggestions?
I stumbled on a good author because of the Preston/Child novels. In "Book of The Dead" there's a scene where "a gentleman from Australia" is in the airport or train station(I forget which) and he grabs a book to read on the ride. The book is "the newest thriller from James Rollins"(or something to that effect) who is in fact, a real author. He writes some of the best action-adventure books I've ever read. I'd suggest starting with either "Sandstorm" or "Path of Bones" which are books 1 and 2 of the Sigma series, which is about a team of soldier/scientists that travel the world trying to stop evil terrorist groups from destroying the world... WITH SCIENCE! The books are amazingly fun and adventuresome. They have a strange combination of deep science/history and car chases/gunfights/boat chases/snowmobile rocket launcher fights... they're fun.
I have also just heard about "Interred With Her Bones" which is about a woman searching for one of Shakespeare's lost manuscripts which leads in an around the world chase that leaves a trail of bodies in her wake. It sounds really good, people have been saying it's like "The DaVinci Code" but with Shakespeare and written well.
Also, just out of curiosity: Did you enjoy "Still Life With Crows"? I thought that was a great book and it has the best/most disturbing motive I've ever read in a thriller. I thought that was the most chilling reveal Preston and Child were able to provide.
I'd also suggest reading Preston and Child's individual novels that they've written on their own. They usually have a bit of science/history to them that makes them a touch more believable than your standard thriller.