The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and
Murder by Douglas Preston
12/5/23; 320 pages
Grand
Central Publishing
The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston is a very highly recommended collection of thirteen nonfiction articles Preston has written over the years.
Preston is, indeed, the best-selling fiction writing partner with
Lincoln Child of the
Aloysius Pendergast series, but he is also a well respected nonfiction writer. David
Grann writes the forward to these thirteen fascinating, remarkable
features, many of which I remember reading in the original
publications. Each selection is followed by updated information. It is
wonderful to have all these articles together in one place along with
the updates. The Lost Tomb is compelling reading and not to be missed.
Uncommon Murders: Buried Treasure (a personal search for a friend and a treasure); The Monster of Florence (in search of a serial killer in Italy)
Unexplained Deaths: The Skeletons at the Lake (hundreds of skeletons found at a lake high in the Himalayas); The Skiers at Dead Mountain (the death of a group of skiers in the Ural Mountains); The Skeleton on the Riverbank (who was Kennewick man?)
Unsolved Mysteries: The Mystery of Oak Island (the center of treasure hunting for over 200 years); The Mystery of Sandia Cave (Frank Hibben and the discovery of the 20,000 year old Sandia Man); The Mystery of Hell Creek (extraordinary record in North Dakota of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs)
Curious Crimes: The Clovis Point Con (how did the ancient Clovis mammoth hunters create their weapons?); Trial by Fury (The Amanda Knox case and ultimate acquittal)
Old Bones: Skeletons in the Closet (museums storage of skeletons that Native Americans want the right to bury); Cannibals of the Canyon (a terrible truth about a prehistoric civilization in the American Southwest); The Lost Tomb (the discovery of the sepulchre containing the many sons of Ramesses the Great)
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