New Releases by Lincoln Child

The NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors return with a stunning new adventure featuring the FBI''s most inscrutable agent, Aloysius Pendergast. FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is visiting the old family home in Louisiana. Surrounded by ghosts of the past, he can''t help but think of Helen - his wife who tragically died twelve years ago. But whilst examining her possessions, he makes a startling discovery - one that leads him to believe Helen''s death was not accidental... With the help of his trusted friend Lieutenant Vincent D''Agosta, Pendergast embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of his wife''s final days. It''s a journey that takes him deep into the dark heart of her past, to a hidden obsession and secrets that some people would do anything to protect. But as the hunt for Helen''s murderer ventures into the Bayou, Pendergast find himself faced with a killer question: just who was the woman he married?

William Smithback, reporter au New York Times, et sa femme Nora Kelly, archéologue au Muséum d''Histoire naturelle, sont sauvagement agressés dans leur appartement de l''Upper West Side de Manhattan. Si Nora en réchappe, Smithback, lui, est tué... Le meurtrier est rapidement identifié par des témoins et des caméras de vidéosurveillance. Il s''agit de leur étrange et sinistre voisin, Fearing... pourtant mort et enterré depuis plusieurs jours déjà ! Un tel mystère ne peut laisser insensible le célèbre inspecteur Pendergast, du FBI. Épaulé par son acolyte, l''inspecteur Vincent d''Acosta, il fera tout pour retrouver le meurtrier de son ami. Leur enquête va les mener à une secte secrète, La Ville, cachée depuis deux siècles dans la partie boisée de Manhattan. Y a-t-il un rapport entre cette secte, qui se livre entre autres à des sacrifices d''animaux, et la résurrection en zombies tueurs de Fearing puis de... Smithback ? L''énigme va donner du fil à retordre à nos deux enquêteurs, d''autant qu''Alexander Esteban, ancien réalisateur spécialiste de films gore de série Z, entre dans la valse. Forcément macabre... Quelle est la vraie raison de sa haine farouche à l''égard de La Ville ?

When a scientific expedition discovers a frozen giant cat, the media conglomerate sponsoring the trip makes plans to thaw out the creature on live television, unaware that it is an ancient killing machine that may not be dead.

Construit dans les abîmes glacés de l''Atlantique, Deep Storm est le centre technologique le plus perfectionné au monde, mais aucun chercheur n''en mentionnera jamais le nom, ni même l''existence. Le docteur Peter Crane est envoyé en mission dans cette base sous-marine secrète où scientifiques et militaires forent le plancher océanique. Alors que le personnel présente de mystérieux symptômes, Crane réalise qu''ils sont sur le point de faire la plus terrifiante des découvertes...

From bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child comes Relic, the thriller that introduces FBI Special Agent Pendergast. Just days before a massive exhibition opens at the popular New York Museum of Natural History, visitors are being savagely murdered in the museum''s dark hallways and secret rooms. Autopsies indicate that the killer cannot be human... But the museum''s directors plan to go ahead with a big bash to celebrate the new exhibition, in spite of the murders. Museum researcher Margo Green must find out who--or what--is doing the killing. But can she do it in time to stop the massacre? At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

In this thriller from authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, a genetically engineered virus threatens to wipe out humanity Mount Dragon: an enigmatic research complex hidden in the vast desert of New Mexico. Guy Carson and Susana Cabeza de Vaca have come to Mount Dragon to work shoulder to shoulder with some of the greatest scientific minds on the planet. Led by visionary genius Brent Scopes, their secret goal is a medical breakthrough that promises to bring incalculable benefits to the human race. But while Scopes believes he is leading the way to a new world order, he may in fact be opening the door to mass human extinction. And when Guy and Susana attempt to stop him they find themselves locked in a frightening battle with Scopes, his henchmen, and the apocalyptic nightmare that science has unleashed . . . At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A luxury ocean liner on its maiden voyage across the North Atlantic, awash in wealth and decadence... An ancient Tibetan box, its contents unknown, sealed with a terrifying warning... An FBI agent destined to confront what he fears most--himself...

« Bonjour du pays des morts ! » Ainsi débute la bande vidéo où l''excentrique milliardaire Maxwell Broadbent révèle à ses trois fils s être enterré vivant au fond d''une crypte. Avant de leur lancer cet ultime défi : le premier qui découvrira sa retraite héritera seul de sa fortune. Malade, Broadbent sait qu''il n''en a plus pour très longtemps, et il a trouvé refuge, avec sa collection inégalée d''oeuvres d''art, quelque part en Amérique centrale. Mais les trois frères ne sont pas les seuls à convoiter ses trésors? En particulier un manuscrit maya, le Codex , dont les révélations sur le pouvoir curatif de certaines plantes pourrait bouleverser l''industrie pharmaceutique. Un document qui n''a pas de prix? La chasse au trésor est lancée, qui mènera ses protagonistes au coeur de la jungle du Honduras. Qui sera le premier à retrouver Maxwell Broadbent ? Et quels secrets recèle le Codex ?

Can FBI Special Agent Pendergast stop a cursed Egyptian tomb from terrorizing New York City -- or will he stay trapped in a maximum security prison, punished for a murder he didn''t commit? An FBI agent, rotting away in a high-security prison for a murder he did not commit... His brilliant, psychotic brother, about to perpetrate a horrific crime... A young woman with an extrodinary past, on th edge of a violent breakdown... An ancient Egyptian tomb with an enigmatic curse, about to be unveiled at a celebrity-studded New York gala... Memento Mori

Reliquary is the smash hit second book in the Pendergast series, from New York Times bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beast. When two grotesquely deformed skeletons are found deep in the mud off the Manhattan shoreline, museum curator Margo Green is called in to aid the investigation. Margo must once again team up with police lieutenant D''Agosta and FBI agent Pendergast, as well as the brilliant Dr. Frock, to try and solve the puzzle. The trail soon leads deep underground, where they will face the awakening of a slumbering nightmare... in Reliquary, from bestselling coauthors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Hot on the trail of a killer in Manhattan, FBI Special Agent Pendergast must face his most brilliant and dangerous enemy: his own brother. Two brothers. One a top FBI agent. The other a brilliant, twisted criminal. An undying hatred between them. Now, a perfect crime. And the ultimate challenge: Stop me if you can...

In the wake of a series of bizarre murders in which claw prints are found near each of the victims, agent Pendergast teams up with officer Vincent d''Agosta in an investigation with apparent ties to the supernatural.

Nora Kelly, a young archaeologist in Santa Fe, receives a letter written sixteen years ago, yet mysteriously mailed only recently. In it her father, long believed dead, hints at a fantastic discovery that will make him famous and rich---the lost city of an ancient civilization that suddenly vanished a thousand years ago. Now Nora is leading an expedition into a harsh, remote corner of Utah''s canyon country. Searching for her father and his glory, Nora begins t unravel the greatest riddle of American archeology. but what she unearths will be the newest of horrors...

IN 1695, a notorious English pirate buried his bounty in a maze of booby-trapped tunnels on an island off the coast of Maine. In three hundred years, no one has breached this cursed and rocky fortress. Now a treasure hunter and his high-tech, million-dollar recovery team embark on the perfect operation to unlock the labyrinth''s mysteries. First the computers fail. The then crewmen begin to die. The island has guarded its secrets for centuries, and it isn''t letting them go--without a fight.

National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters delivers a moving, classic love story with a coming out theme and a modern twist. The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.

When two skeletons are found off the Manhattan shoreline, museum curator and anthropological expert Margo Green is called in by the police because of her earlier experiences in battling a horrific beast in the museum.