These are some of the fiction books I've read recently.

Relic
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Loncoln Child (Contributor)

This is a fast-paced thriller in an unusual setting ... the New York Museum of Natural History.  I aggravated my family and relatives over the holiday vacation because I couldn't put it down.  It never slowed down.  The descriptions of the museum alone were practically worth reading this book.  It gets my vote for the most exciting book I read last year.

Reliquary
by Lincoln Child (Illustrator), Douglas J. Preston

Relic was so good that I immediately purchased the sequel, Reliquary.  Much to my surprise, it was every bit as good as the original.  The authors kept to their tradition of unusual settings vividly described.  My advice is to read Relic first then Reliquary.  It's more fun than surfing the internet.