Blue Labyrinth (novel)

{{Short description|2014 book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child}}

{{For|the protected area in New South Wales, Australia|Blue Labyrinth (New South Wales)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Blue Labyrinth

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| image = File:Blue Labyrinth bookcover.jpg

| caption = Hardcover first edition

| author = Douglas Preston
Lincoln Child

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| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Pendergast

| genre = Thriller

| publisher = Grand Central Publishing

| release_date = November 11, 2014

| media_type = Print, e-book, audiobook

| pages = 416 pp.

| isbn = 978-1455525898

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| preceded_by = White Fire

| followed_by = Crimson Shore

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Blue Labyrinth is a thriller novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The book was released on November 11, 2014, by Grand Central Publishing.{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Labyrinth-Pendergast-Book-14-ebook/dp/B00IRISI74/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8|title = Blue Labyrinth (Pendergast series Book 14) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child|date=11 November 2014 | publisher=Grand Central |accessdate=2015-01-05}}{{cite book|url=http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/douglas-preston/blue-labyrinth/9781455525898/|publisher=hachettebookgroup.com|title=Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child |year= 2014 |isbn=9781455525898 |accessdate=2014-09-24}} This is the fourteenth book in the Special Agent Pendergast series.

Reception

The Washington Post said the book was "sophisticated," but had "the most convoluted plot [they've] ever encountered."{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Patrick |date=November 16, 2014 |title=Book review: 'Blue Labyrinth,' by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-blue-labyrinth-by-douglas-preston-and-lincoln-child/2014/11/16/114bd800-68ef-11e4-b053-65cea7903f2e_story.html |access-date=17 January 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} Publishers Weekly negatively compared the book to previous books in the series, and said that it "suffers from unimaginative explanations for the two crimes."{{Cite journal |date=September 8, 2014 |title=Fiction Reviews |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1561324801 |journal=Publishers Weekly |volume=261 |issue=36 |id={{ProQuest|1561324801}}}} Kirkus Reviews positively reviewed the book, calling it "Great character-driven crime fiction."{{Cite web |date=October 15, 2014 |title=Blue Labyrinth |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/douglas-preston/blue-labyrinth/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |website=Kirkus Reviews}}

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