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Agent Pendergast · Book 4

Still Life with Crows

by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Published
1 January 2003
Pages
584
ISBN-13
9780786259427
Type
novel
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About this book

The fourth Agent Pendergast novel, "Still Life with Crows" (2003, 584 pages) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child shifts the series' tone toward serial-killer procedural, one of the tonal swings between hard-science thriller and gothic horror that mark the series.

Key facts about Still Life with Crows

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote Still Life with Crows, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2003. The book has 584 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780786259427 to find the main one.

Still Life with Crows is book 4 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

Still Life with Crows is book 4 in the Agent Pendergast series. It follows The Cabinet of Curiosities. It is followed by Brimstone. 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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