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Bill Smithback

Bill Smithback is a pushy journalist.

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Character facts

First appearance
Relic (1995)
Latest appearance
Cemetery Dance (2009)
Books
7 (6 major, 1 minor)
Series
Pendergast
Author
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Circle
Pendergast

Where to meet Bill Smithback

Bill Smithback first appears in Relic (1995), in a major role, book 1 of the Pendergast series.

Buy Relic

Every book with Bill Smithback

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1995MRelicmajor role · PendergastBuy
  2. 1997MReliquarymajor role · PendergastBuy
  3. 2002MThe Cabinet of Curiositiesmajor role · PendergastBuy
  4. 2004MBrimstonemajor role · PendergastBuy
  5. 2005MDance of Deathmajor role · PendergastBuy
  6. 2006MThe Book of the Deadmajor role · PendergastBuy
  7. 2009·Cemetery Danceminor role · PendergastBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Aloysius PendergastEnigmatic FBI special agent from New Orleans7
Vincent D'AgostaNYPD lieutenant and Pendergast's friend6
Constance GreenePendergast's mysterious ward5
Laura HaywardNYPD officer, later captain, D'Agosta's partner5
Diogenes PendergastPendergast's brilliant, murderous brother3
Margo GreenMuseum researcher, later an anthropologist3