''Blue Labyrinth'' is a thriller novel by

Douglas Preston Douglas Jerome Preston (born May 31, 1956) is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child (including the '' Agent Pendergast'' series and ''Gideon Crew'' series), he has als ...

and

Lincoln Child Lincoln Child (born October 13, 1957) is an American author of techno-thriller and horror novels. Though he is most well known for his collaborations with Douglas Preston (including the Agent Pendergast series and the Gideon Crew series, among ...

. The book was released on November 11, 2014, by

Grand Central Publishing Grand Central Publishing is a book publishing imprint of Hachette Book Group, originally established in 1970 as Warner Books when Kinney National Company acquired the New York City-based Paperback Library. When Time Warner sold their book publis ...

. This is the fourteenth book in the

Special Agent Pendergast Aloysius Xingu Leng Pendergast is a fictional character appearing in novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. He first appeared as a supporting character in their first novel, ''Relic'' (1995), and in its 1997 sequel ''Reliquary'', before ...

series.

Reception

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said the book was "sophisticated," but had "the most convoluted plot hey'veever encountered."

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

negatively compared the book to previous books in the series, and said that it "suffers from unimaginative explanations for the two crimes."

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positively reviewed the book, calling it "Great character-driven crime fiction."

References

External links

Official website
* American thriller novels Novels by Douglas Preston Novels by Lincoln Child Collaborative novels Sequel novels 2014 American novels Grand Central Publishing books {{2010s-novel-stub