James Patterson

Detective Mina Harker has built a reputation as the sharpest mind in the New Orleans Police Department, closing cases no one else can crack. But the case that's been haunting her for years is unlike anything else in her files.

A true-crime author gets swept up in a murder plot in a psychological thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson. "Excellent ... perfectly executed ... genuinely suspenseful, even shocking." —Booklist NYPD Detective Declan Shaw gets a call: How fast can you get to the...

FBI agent Sarah Cole is stunned to receive an invitation to the “Game of Nines,” the most secretive and longest-running murder puzzle in history.

#1 New York Times Bestseller! Read by Academy Award–winning actress Viola Davis. “Davis is a force of nature, and her performance is riveting.” —Kirkus Reviews All rise...for Judge Stone. In Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), Judge Mary Stone draws the most controversial case in...

In James Patterson's #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, a Texas Ranger fights for his life, his freedom, and the town he loves as he investigates his ex-wife's murder.Across the ranchlands and cities of his home state, Rory Yates's discipline and law enforcement skills have carried him far...

Discover the classic thriller that launched the bestselling detective series from the world's most popular storyteller. Alex Cross is in a race against time after two private-school children are kidnapped by their teacher—a man looking to commit the crime of the century. The inspiration for...

Twenty thousand hostages. New York’s most famous building. And an FBI agent forced to face his darkest demons.

In this thriller from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind and only twenty-two seconds until she loses her badge—or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There’s buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons...

James Patterson's Detective Billy Harney is back, this time investigating murders in a notorious Chicago drug ring, which will lead him, his sister, and his new partner through a dangerous web of corrupt politicians, vengeful billionaires, and violent dark web conspiracies....

After the killing of a prominent mob lawyer, NYPD homicide detectives Jacob Jackson and Caitlin Grimes start receive chilling, written “rules” for how to commit the perfect murder. "Rule number one for the perfect murder: Evidence is your enemy. Leave none behind."

When seven murder victims are found in a small town, the homicide investigation shakes a small-town sheriff to her core in James Patterson's tense thriller. Once a luxurious southern getaway on a rustic lake, then reduced to a dilapidated crash pad, the Summer House is now the grisly scene of a...

From the world's #1 bestselling author: they’re ex-Special Forces. They’re on American soil. Their code name is “Rocket's Red Glare.” “A military thriller that captures the best of American heroism. There’s courage and nonstop action on every page. Nat Phillips is the hero we need...

#1 New York Times bestseller! “A vivid portrait ... a sensitive tribute … a paean to youth, community, and the tenacity of local law enforcement.” —New York Times “This is much more than a true crime book. It’s a vivid exploration of the range of human response when faceless terror...

In this thrilling New York Times bestseller from the worlds most celebrated writer, three bodies are found in a Chicago bedroom at the same time a black book goes missing—leaving the city in more danger than the detectives on the case can handle. Billy Harney was born to be a cop. As the son...

From America’s most beloved superstar and #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson comes a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise—and on the run—and determined to do whatever it takes to survive. Every song tells a story. She’s a star on the rise, singing about...

A detective and an FBI agent join forces on what seems like an open-and-shut case, but a new rash of killings sends them on a pulse-pounding race against time in this intense thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author. A police detective and an FBI agent race to stop a spree killer who...

Detective Michael Bennett and army-sniper-turned-NYPD-officer Rob Trilling travel to Montana to investigate a case that crosses state borders and family lines in this thriller from the world's bestselling author. In New York City, a series of deadly bombs explodes. Across the river, a military...

A rocket ride of a thriller—the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson, "the dream team" (Lee Child). All Presidents have nightmares. This one is about to come true. Every detail is accurate—because one of the authors is President Bill Clinton...

From the world's #1 bestselling author, young lawyer Martha Foster takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown—and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, young lawyer Martha Foster takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown—and ends up in jail herself...

In this thrilling novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Detective Lindsay Boxer takes a vow to protect a young woman from a serial killer long enough to see her twenty-first birthday. When young wife and mother Tara Burke goes missing with her baby girl, all eyes are on her husband...