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Title details for Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston - Available

Diablo Mesa

#3 in series

by Douglas Preston
Lincoln Child
Audiobook
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Fan favourites Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson return in the new thriller from international bestsellers Preston and Child.
Forced to leave her post at the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute, Nora Kelly is left without a job and without any prospects. So when billionaire Lucas Tappan invites her to lead his excavation of the infamous Roswell landing site, she has no choice but to make a decision that could destroy her reputation.
Armed with a healthy dose of scepticism, Nora reluctantly agrees to visit the site. When the preliminary scans of the area reveal a suspected Native American burial site, Nora takes a closer look.
But this is no indigenous burial site. It's a crime scene, and a recent one at that. Nora uncovers two dead bodies, one with a bullet hole in its skull. Dead bodies mean this has become a case for the FBI, and Nora knows just the person to investigate – Special Agent Corrie Swanson.
As Corrie and Nora dig deeper into the mystery, they will uncover more questions than answers. And the truth they seek will be even stranger than the conspiracy it hides behind.
'Another clever and compelling tale ... The stellar writing is still in abundance, and Preston and Child balance the line between page-turning suspense and ancient history' Associated Press.
'The action zigzags like an out-of-control rocket toward a double-deceptive conclusion' Kirkus Reviews.
'Sit back and get ready for the ride of your life' David Baldacci.
'White-hot bestselling suspense. Simply brilliant!' Lisa Gardner.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Nora Kelly

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 1, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781803286259
      • File size: 342571 KB
      • Duration: 11:53:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Cynthia Farrell is the perfect narrator for this action-packed audiobook featuring homicide, government conspiracy, and maybe UFOs. She delivers both male and female voices with aplomb and adds the appropriate urgency when protagonists Nora Kelly and FBI Special Agent Corrie Swanson land in trouble, which occurs fairly frequently. The plot may stretch credulity for some listeners. Lucas Tappan, a really, really rich guy, hires Nora, an archaeologist, and her brother to excavate a site in Roswell, New Mexico, where a UFO supposedly crashed in 1947. The dig uncovers two corpses. Adventure, peril, and romance follow. Farrell keeps the plot as real as possible, and thoroughly engaging. Strap yourself in and enjoy the ride. G.S. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from January 10, 2022
      Bestsellers Preston and Child go full X-Files in their excellent third thriller featuring archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI agent Corrie Swanson (after 2021’s The Scorpion’s Tail). When Nora’s boss at the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute asks her to direct excavations at Roswell, N.Mex., the site of a supposed UFO crash in 1947, she quits, refusing to be part of a project that would make the institute a laughingstock and harm her career. The billionaire funding the project later persuades Nora to work for him directly, though she insists on first checking the accuracy of a recent aerial survey that detected evidence of human remains at the site. The subsequent discovery of two decades-old corpses, with bullet wounds in their skulls and burned-off features, involves Corrie, a skilled forensic anthropologist with a talent for facial reconstruction, and proves the precursor to more puzzles, including a baffling 1999 locked-room murder of a nuclear scientist and possible proof that what crashed at Roswell was not from Earth. 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. Agent: Eric Simonoff, WME.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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