A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground.
Is it a serial killer, a man with the need to destroy?
Or is it a darker force, a curse upon the land?
Amid golden cornfields, FBI Special Agent Pendergast discovers evil in the blood of America's heartland.
No one is safe.
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"SPOILER ALERT! I must admit before I start writing about how awesome this book was- it did drag in the middle. However like all preston-child books the ending rocks my face off. Just as I was thinking to myself, 'I like this storyline, but I have to say I like the setting of the musuem and the library, etc. from the other books better', the cave was introduced and my face melted off again."
— Franny (5 out of 5 stars)
“A scary campfire chillfest.”
— Publishers Weekly“Disturbing…Thrilling.”
— Audiofile“As usual, Preston and Child deftly mix the real and the surreal, creating an atmosphere in which everything, for reasons we can't quite nail down, seems a tad off-kilter. Call it creeping paranoia, perhaps, or the dreadful certainty that something awful is about to happen. Whatever you call it, it's a recipe for success.”
— BooklistSmart, skillful writers who have fun spinning their tall tale, and if you enjoy things-that-go-bump-in-the-night thrillers, you'll have fun reading it.
— Washington Post Book WorldFrom the first page, STILL LIFE WITH CROWS is creepy, disturbing, and altogether fascinating: Preston and Child at their best.
— Salem Statesman Journal (OR)Highly entertaining . . . a creepy, well-plotted novel . . . Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's trademark mix of mystery, suspense, horror, and history proves to be a combination that works.
— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" I love this novel so much it's almost got abit of a Stephen King vibe to it. Pendergast in the middle of nowhere investigating more bizzarre murders where each clue he finds leads to more questions than answers. Definitely one of my favorite Pendergast novels. "
— Wukong99, 12/10/2023" Very good read, I loved this story. Very twisted story line, but caught my attention. "
— Raven, 2/19/2014" I liked the character development in this book. Corrie was a great assistant for Pendergast. "
— Jean, 2/14/2014" This book scared the s**t out of me. It had me guessing until the end who the killer was and I definitely couldn't read it at night. If you like suspense, I highly recommend it. It was a fantastic read. "
— Jacqueline, 2/12/2014" Possibly my favorite Pendergast. "
— Patricia, 2/11/2014" Would have given it 5 stars but some sections just dragged on a bit too much. But it was a great story! Love Pendergrast novels. "
— Peanut, 2/11/2014" This was a real page turner. Pendergast is at his weirdly best and the young girl that shared the action was a very sympathetic character. I sort-of guessed the ending, but some of it was still a surprise. "
— Tory, 1/30/2014" Preston and Child are simply the best. I've enjoyed all their books, and they're really beginning to hit their stride with this thriller. "
— Jane, 1/19/2014" Pendergast is wonderful-impossible to put down! "
— Katherine, 1/15/2014Douglas Preston has published forty books of both nonfiction and fiction, of which over thirty have been New York Times bestsellers, several also reaching the #1 position. He is the co-author, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of thrillers. He also writes nonfiction pieces for the New Yorker magazine. He worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. He is president emeritus of the Authors Guild and serves on the advisory board of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.
Lincoln Child is the New York Times bestselling author of The Forgotten Room, The Third Date, Terminal Freeze, Deep Storm, Death Match, and Utopia, as well as coauthor, with Douglas Preston, of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Fever Dream.
Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.