Dead Mountain

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child Narrated by Cynthia Farrell

Overview

#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, where a fateful trip to New Mexico uncovers a case that may prove impossible to solve.

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, 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.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

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

OCTOBER 2023 - AudioFile

Cynthia Farrell returns to skillfully voice a wide range of characters-- male and female--of all ages. In the fourth installment of the Nora Kelly series, junior FBI Agent Corrie Swanson partners with forensic archaeologist Nora Kelly to investigate the disappearance of nine graduate students during a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. The discovery of six bodies in inexplicable states, followed by two more 15 years later, fuels the quest for answers, along with Corrie's determination to get them. A subplot about Nora's brother, Skip, adds little to the plot. Farrell's pacing, tone, and accents effectively differentiate characters, though her choice for Corrie's voice seems at odds with the agent's fierceness. An engaging and entertaining listen, nonetheless. E.Q. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940178263327
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	08/22/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	376,810

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