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Agent Pendergast · Book 19

Verses for the Dead

by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Published
1 January 2018
Pages
352
ISBN-13
9781788546768
Type
novel
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Cover of Verses for the Dead

About this book

"Verses for the Dead" (2018) takes the eighteenth spot in the Agent Pendergast series before "Crooked River" continues it, a serial-killer procedural entry in Preston and Child's long-running saga.

Key facts about Verses for the Dead

Verses for the Dead is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Readers have had it since 2018. It runs to 352 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Verses for the Dead. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781788546768 to find the main one.

Verses for the Dead is book 19 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

Verses for the Dead is book 19 in the Agent Pendergast series. It follows City of Endless Night. It is followed by Crooked River. 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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