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The latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestsellers Preston & Child. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called 'Lost Camp' of the tragic Donner Party.…

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1 author picked Old Bones as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Old Bones takes the historical events of the Donner Party and infuses them with the urgency of a modern-day treasure hunt: the search for a rumored lost camp that will reveal secrets from the ill-fated expedition.

I first picked up the book expecting an enjoyable (if predictable) mystery flavored by historical events. But it was an unexpected treat to discover that the book is an incredibly smart, twisty thriller that kept me guessing right up to the last few pages.

It’s rare to find a mystery/thriller that truly surprises, but this book pulled it off, and that’s what makes it…

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Taken from her travel journals, Somewhere Else features some of her backpack travels in Nepal, where she trekked the Annapurna Circuit;…

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