Nora Kelly · Book 4
Diablo Mesa
- Published
- 1 January 2022
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9781538736760
- Type
- novel
About this book
Diablo Mesa, from 2022, is the third entry at 416 pages, following Nora Kelly and Corrie Swanson into another case rooted in buried history that turns dangerous in the present -- the pairing of archaeological expertise and federal investigative authority that defines the series.
Its place in Nora Kelly
Diablo Mesa is book 4 in the Nora Kelly series. It follows The Scorpion's Tail. It is followed by Dead Mountain. See the full Nora Kelly reading order.
Nora Kelly is a Santa Fe archaeologist -- introduced in Preston & Child's 1999 standalone Thunderhead -- who resurfaces two decades later as director of the Institute of Archaeology, partnered with young FBI agent Corrie Swanson (herself a recurring character from the Pendergast series) to work cold cases and crimes with a forensic or historical dimension. The pairing lets the authors combine Nora's academic, dig-site expertise with Corrie's federal investigative authority. The numbered series proper runs from…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781538736760