Ossicle Wrote:I only started reading them a few months ago and am really enjoying them.
I've read:
RELIC
RELIQUARY
CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
RIPTIDE
THUNDERHEAD (about ten pages from the end right not)
I bring them up because many of them take place in New York City and are loaded with factual information about the city's streets and buildings. As a native New Yorker this brings an added dimension of fun, and also strongly reminds me of FPW's similar, lovingly detailed locations -- so I feel like the stories take place in the RK universe, even though Jack himself never makes an appearance.
The books are also similar in that they're loaded with protagonists who have far more initiative and intelligence than the people around them, and as a result get more involved with strange goings-on and as a result are able to save the world.
A main, recurring character throughout a subset of the books is Agent Pendergast of the FBI, a mysterious fellow who seems empowered by the Agency to investigate just about anything that strikes his interest. He's a great character and I look forward to reading the subsequent books that apparently tell more about him. I'd love for he and Jack to meet up in some cross-over story!
FPW, if you're reading this, I'm curious if you've ever met Preston and/or Childs and if anything fun was said!
-Oss
Trying to stick more to your original intent...
I agree that it feels like Pendergast and RJ live in the same universe. I almost half-expect to catch a glimpse of Pendergast in an RJ novel and vice versa. It could be done, without necessarily being a full-blown story.
For example, I have also read a lot of Robert Crais novels and a lot of Michael Connelly novels. Both authors set their stories in the L.A. area, and each has a series running with recurring characters. Crais has Elvis Cole and Connelly has Harry Bosch. You'd get the same feeling reading their books as we were describing with Pendargast and Jack.
So, (gosh darn it, my memory is on vacation today! I can't remember the book titles!) In a recent R. Crais book, Elvis Cole nods a passing hello to a guy who lives sort-of in his neighborhood...Harry Bosch! And in a M. Connelly book published at about the same time, Harry Bosch has a similar incident with this guy he's seen around a lot...Elvis Cole!
It was a very cool thing to do and a real treat for those who are fans of both authors.
Maybe something similar could happen with Pendergast and Jack?????