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Agent Pendergast · Book 16

Crimson Shore

by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Published
1 January 2015
Pages
378
ISBN-13
9781455525942
Type
novel
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About this book

Following "Blue Labyrinth" as the fifteenth Agent Pendergast novel, "Crimson Shore" (2015, 378 pages) shifts the series toward its New Orleans-and-New England gothic register, filtered through Pendergast's unflappable perspective.

Key facts about Crimson Shore

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote Crimson Shore, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2015. The book has 378 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781455525942 to find the main one.

Crimson Shore is book 16 of 24 in the Agent Pendergast series. The series has 24 published books. However, the series starts with Relic (1995). Pendergast: The Beginning is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 27 January 2026.

Additionally, Douglas Preston writes Wyman Ford, Gideon Crew and Nora Kelly, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Paradox is the latest published Douglas Preston book on file, from 1 April 2026.

About Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston is an American author best known for co-writing the Agent Pendergast series with Lincoln Child, following eccentric FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast through cases that combine forensic thriller plotting with gothic horror, secret history, and outsized set pieces. See every Douglas Preston book in order.

Its place in Agent Pendergast

Crimson Shore is book 16 in the Agent Pendergast series. It follows Blue Labyrinth. It is followed by The Obsidian Chamber. See the full Agent Pendergast reading order.

Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is an FBI investigator like no other: a wealthy, aristocratic New Orleans blue-blood with encyclopedic knowledge, unsettling composure, and a habit of solving cases through methods well outside FBI procedure — forensic deduction crossed with historical research, occult folklore and outright derring-do. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child built the series out of their 1995 debut Relic (adapted into the 1997 film), and it has grown into a sprawling saga that ranges from New York…

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