Consider blocking out a few hours of uninterrupted reading time for The Writer, #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson's Excellent... perfectly executed ... genuinely suspenseful (Booklist) thriller about a true-crime author swept up in a murder plot.

Entertaining...one gonzo plot twist follows the next...loads of fun. (Publishers Weekly)

NYPD Detective Declan Shaw gets a call: How fast can you get to the Beresford building on Central Park West?

In the tower apartment, Shaw finds a woman waiting for him. She's covered in blood. A body is lying dead on the floor of the luxurious living room.

Every book in the apartment's floor-to-ceiling shelves is by the same author: bestselling true-crime writer Denise Morrow.

This is you? Shaw asks the woman. You're a writer?
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Only one person knows the ending to this story. Is it the victim or the killer?

SFPD homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene.

But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay's onetime partner who rose to chief of police.

A top investigator until the end, Jacobi managed to leave Lindsay a clue.

Following a trail of evidence along the west coast, the Women's Murder Club pledges to avenge Jacobi's death before the killer can take another one of their own.

At every death scene, Bennett says a prayer over the victim.
But recently, too many of the departed have been fellow cops.
I want you to look at these deaths on special assignment, NYPD Inspector Celeste Cantor says. Report only to me.
Bennett excels as a solo investigator. But he's chasing a killer who feeds on isolation... and paranoia.

Instant New York Times Bestseller!

Best-selling author James Patterson populates his murder-mystery novels with cold-blooded killers and smart detectives (USA Today). In Holmes is Missing, PI Brendan Holmes has committed the perfect crime--he's made himself disappear.

Success has come quickly to Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations. The New York City agency led by three detectives--Brendan Holmes, the brain, Margaret Marple, the eyes, and Auguste Poe, the muscle--with famous names and mysterious pasts is one major case away from cementing its professional reputation.

But as a series of child abductions tests the PIs' legendary skills, the cerebral Holmes's absence leaves a gaping hole in the agency roster.

Only by closing ranks and solving the mystery within can they recover all that's been lost.

Rhonda and Barbara Baby Bird are half-sisters--and full partners in their Los Angeles detective agency. They agree on nothing.

Rhonda, a former attorney, takes a by-the-book approach to solving crimes, while teenage Baby relies on her street smarts.

But when they take a controversial case of a loner whose popular wife has gone missing, they're accused of being PIs who can't tell a client from a killer.

The Bird sisters share a late father, but not much else...except their willingness to fight.

Fight the system. Fight for the underdog. Fight for the truth. If they can stop fighting each other long enough to work together.

[Alex Cross's] innate nature is to protect people...If he has a weakness, it's his family, especially his children. They're the chink in his armor. But aside from that, it's tough to get at him.
-Aldis Hodge, star of Cross on Prime Video

In Washington, DC, the president-elect is planning her inauguration.

The list of Supreme Court candidates is highly confidential--until it becomes evidence in Detective Alex Cross's toughest investigation.

One candidate is gunned down. A second is stabbed. A third is murdered near midnight on a city street.

Cross is the FBI's top expert in criminal behavior. For the sake of his family, his city, and his country, he must put himself in the most dangerous place there is: inside the mind of a diabolical killer.

The biggest thriller of the year: A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more terrifying than any volcano.

The book is a classic summer beach read...Eruption will revive the art of speed-reading...told with a singular voice that is a compelling amalgam of the two writers.--USA Today

Eruption is an epic thriller...fast-paced and deeply considered...a cinematic story rooted in science and infused with plenty of heart, tackling big themes like love and loss.
-Time

The master of the techno-blockbuster joins forces with the master of the modern thriller to create the most anticipated mega bestseller in years.

Michael Crichton, creator of Jurassic Park, ER, Twister, and Westworld, had a passion project he'd been pursuing for years, ahead of his untimely passing in 2008. Knowing how special it was, his wife, Sherri Crichton, held back his notes and the partial manuscript until she found the right author to complete it: James Patterson, the world's most popular storyteller.

Red-hot storytelling... The action scenes will make readers' eyes pop as the tension continues to build. -Kirkus, starred review

Explosive...the summer's ultimate literary mashup. --Washington Post

Takes readers on a thrilling journey. --BBC

Beachbag-ready. --Boston Globe

A seismic publishing event...all the elements of a summer blockbuster...it's a thrill and the pages practically turn themselves. --Associated Press

Eruption is this summer's literary version of a blockbuster action movie. -Los Angeles Times

Breakneck and plausible. --Publishers Weekly

In this thrilling novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the great Texas Rangers go on a no-holds-barred pursuit of the most dangerous killer ever to terrorize Texas.

Texas Ranger Rory Yates protects his home state wearing a five-pointed silver badge and carrying a Sig Sauer.

When a native woman disappears on the summer solstice, clues point to a cold case.

Yates, a quick-draw champion, partners with expert archer Ava Cruz of the Tigua Tribal police.

The investigation leads to the edges of Texas's most unforgiving landscape, where the officers take dead aim with every shot in their arsenals.

Wow! Lies He Told Me is a roller coaster from start to finish! I was hooked from the first page, and the final twist blew me away! This is a thriller you won't want to miss!
--Freida McFadden, #1 bestselling author of The Housemaid

Everyone in Hemingway Grove, Illinois, knows David and Marcie Bowers.

David owns the local pub.

Marcie is a former big-city lawyer who practices family law.

When David jumps into Cotton River to save a drowning stranger, he's celebrated as a hero. His muscled physique, shaved head, and piercing blue eyes are broadcast on every news outlet.

For most people, newfound fame is a lifeline.

For David Bowers, it's a death sentence.

For Marcie Bowers, it's a test.

A wife knows the difference between a loving husband and father and a cold-blooded assassin. Right?

Clinton and Patterson are back. And they're better than ever.

The President of the United States is up for reelection.

Her husband is on trial for murder.

Is the First Gentleman a killer?

A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse.

The First Gentleman has all the twists and turns, and the authenticity, one expects from the #1 bestselling authors of The President Is Missing and The President's Daughter.

The Shadow's last adventure...is also his, Maddy's, and Margo's most dangerous.

For over 150 years, Lamont Cranston has possessed an array of mental and physical powers. As the Shadow, Cranston--a New York society-man-turned-crusader--uses his next-generation scientific skills, shape-shifting, and mind control in pursuit of justice.
When a series of deadly natural disasters strike the planet, the Shadow immediately sets out to identify the human threat...
A disgruntled graduate student?
The power-hungry President of the Americas?
Or could it be Shiwan Khan, the Shadow's fiercest enemy?
Standing with the Shadow and his crime-fighting associates are his lasting love, Margo Lane, and his great-great granddaughter, Maddy Gomes.
Triumph or perish, they'll rise or fall...together.

Two teens appear out of nowhere, ransacking a small-town grocery and attacking the police officers who come to investigate. Their clothes are torn and filthy, their hands and bare feet callused, they have fangs. They're sister and brother, alone against the world. Where did they come from? Raised by wolves, they say.

Kai and Holo are taken in by the police chief and his wife, and begin adjusting to life in a small town, attending school and going on dates. But humans, they find, are the most vicious animals. And the mystery of their upbringing brings dark and powerful forces to Kokanee Creek, tearing the town apart and threatening the lives of everyone they love. How will the wolves survive? How will Kai and Holo?

Instant New York Times Bestseller!

With Jane Smith, Alex Cross has reason to be jealous (Good Morning America). Hard to Kill features James Patterson's greatest character yet-a tough-as-nails attorney up against a relentless killer.

Attorney Jane Smith is mounting an impossible criminal defense.

Her client, Rob Jacobson, is the unluckiest of the unlucky. No sooner is he accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons than a second family is gunned down.

It's not double jeopardy. It's not double murder. It's double triple homicide.

Jane's career has spanned from NYPD beat cop to Hamptons courtroom. She's tough to beat. She's even tougher to kill.

The defense may never rest.

When professor turned crime-fighter Brandt 'Doc'Savage and his girlfriend Kira Sunlight land on a desert island in the middle of the Atlantic, they think they've found a perfect utopia. An escape from their tumultuous pasts.

But they don't have long to enjoy their newfound peace before they are violently separated and dragged to opposite ends of the Earth.

Doc's search for Kira takes him from the coast of Brazil to northern Europe and the jungles of the Congo, and he discovers they are entangled in a global conspiracy that is bigger he ever could have imagined.

In this action-packed thriller, an invitation from an old friend draws Private Investigative agency founder Jack Morgan into a deadly conspiracy.

On a cold January morning, Jack Morgan stands inside the New York Stock Exchange with his former US Marine comrade whose company is being launched onto the market, eagerly awaiting the opening bell.

But before the bell rings, a bullet rips through the air and finds its mark.In the aftermath of the murder, the victim's wife hires Jack to find the killer. As the head of Private, Jack has at his disposal the world's largest investigation agency. What he discovers shakes him to his core. Jack identifies another murder in Moscow that appears to be linked. So he heads to Russia, and begins to uncover a conspiracy that could have global consequences.

With powerful forces plotting against him, will Jack Morgan make it out alive?

Since taking on a famous celebrity client, defense attorney Jane Smith has been chased down, shot at, and threatened with contempt of court. She's a survivor. For now.

The Hamptons on Long Island is known for its beautiful beaches, its luxury lifestyle--and its exclusive legal advice.
Undefeated criminal defense attorney Jane Smith, known as the Hamptons Lawyer, represents a local real estate mogul with more enemies than clients.
When Jane's own life is threatened, mounting a legal defense turns into self-defense.
Knowing every day in court could be her last, she's armed and ready: with brilliant arguments, hard evidence--and two Glocks.
Until she hears the words not guilty, Jane Smith never fails to make her case.

A monumental contribution to comprehending the motivation and distinguished service of American warriors. American Heroes is a book that every citizen should read.
-- Association of the United States Army

From the authors of Walk in My Combat Boots, American Heroes is a gripping collection of firsthand accounts...capturing the indomitable spirit of our nation's finest (Jack Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Terminal List series).

U.S. soldiers who served in overseas conflicts--from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan--share true stories of the actions that earned them some of America's most distinguished military medals, up to and including the Medal of Honor.

They never acted alone, but always in the spirit of camaraderie, patriotism, and for the good of our beloved country.

There has never been a better time for all of us to think about duty, sacrifice, and what it means to be an American hero.

James Patterson's most emotionally gripping thriller ever--the story of Emma Blake, a young woman who puts everything on the line for the world--and herself.

What Emma Caroline Blake has planned at New Hampshire's Ridgemont Academy is shocking.

Her school blames a heartbreaking tragedy in her family.

Her best friends point to her most recent social media.

Her teachers, even her father, say it's a drastic cry for help.

But Emma doesn't want help. She wants to make a difference. Now. Today. Not tomorrow.

She's going to walk through fire to change the world.

Rafe Khatchadorian has never been cool. But all that changes when he becomes the guitarist in an awesome rock band and wrangles a part-time job at Hills Village's trendiest new coffee shop slash yoga studio. No more being at the bottom of the middle school food chain--Rafe is finally going to be popular!

He just has two teeny problems: the awesome rock band is led by none other than the school bully. And the band actually isn't awesome--they absolutely stink, and Rafe has to whip them into shape for the Best Band Competition.

With Rafe's newfound coolness on the line, will he find a way to hit the stage in style or is he doomed to dorkdom forever?

Consider blocking out a few hours of uninterrupted reading time for The Writer, #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson's Excellent... perfectly executed ... genuinely suspenseful (Booklist) thriller about a true-crime author swept up in a murder plot.

Entertaining...one gonzo plot twist follows the next...loads of fun. (Publishers Weekly)

NYPD Detective Declan Shaw gets a call: How fast can you get to the Beresford building on Central Park West?

In the tower apartment, Shaw finds a woman waiting for him. She's covered in blood. A body is lying dead on the floor of the luxurious living room.

Every book in the apartment's floor-to-ceiling shelves is by the same author: bestselling true-crime writer Denise Morrow.

This is you? Shaw asks the woman. You're a writer?
​
Only one person knows the ending to this story. Is it the victim or the killer?