When his cousin is accused of an unthinkable crime, Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. As he tries to prove his cousin’s innocence in a town where justice is hard to find, Cross unearths a family secret that forces him to question everything he’s ever known.

Chasing a ghost he believed was long dead, Cross gets pulled into a case involving a string of murders.

Now he’s hot on the trail of both a cold-hearted killer and the truth about his own past – and the answers he finds could be fatal.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JAMES PATTERSON
is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Since winning the Edgar™ Award for Best First Novel with
The Thomas Berryman Number
, his books have sold in excess of 300 million copies worldwide and he has been the most borrowed author in UK libraries for the past eight years in a row. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.

James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books specifically for young readers. James is a founding partner of Booktrust’s Children’s Reading Fund in the UK.

Find out more at
www.jamespatterson.co.uk

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THE WOMEN’S MURDER CLUB SERIES

1st to Die • 2nd Chance (
with Andrew Gross
) • 3rd Degree (
with Andrew Gross
) • 4th of July (
with Maxine Paetro
) • The 5th Horseman (
with Maxine Paetro
) • The 6th Target (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 7th Heaven (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 8th Confession (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 9th Judgement (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 10th Anniversary (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 11th Hour (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 12th of Never (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Unlucky 13 (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 14th Deadly Sin (
with Maxine Paetro)
• 15th Affair (
with Maxine Paetro
,
to be published
February 2016
)

DETECTIVE MICHAEL BENNETT SERIES

Step on a Crack (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Run for Your Life (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Worst Case (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Tick Tock (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • I, Michael Bennett (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Gone (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Burn (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Alert (with
Michael Ledwidge
)

PRIVATE NOVELS

Private (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Private London (
with Mark Pearson
) • Private Games (
with Mark Sullivan
) • Private: No. 1 Suspect (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Private Berlin (
with Mark Sullivan
) • Private Down Under (
with Michael White
) • Private L.A. (
with Mark Sullivan
) • Private India (
with Ashwin Sanghi
) • Private Vegas (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Private Sydney (
with Kathryn Fox
) • Private Paris (
with Mark Sullivan, to be published January 2016
)

NYPD RED SERIES

NYPD Red (
with Marshall Karp
) • NYPD Red 2 (
with Marshall Karp
) • NYPD Red 3 (
with Marshall Karp
)

STAND-ALONE THRILLERS

Sail (
with Howard Roughan
) • Swimsuit (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Don’t Blink (
with Howard Roughan
) • Postcard Killers (
with Liza
Marklund
) • Toys (
with Neil McMahon
) • Now You See Her (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Kill Me If You Can (
with Marshall Karp
) • Guilty Wives (
with David Ellis
) • Zoo (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Second Honeymoon (
with Howard Roughan
) • Mistress (
with David Ellis
) • Invisible (
with David Ellis
) • The Thomas Berryman Number • Truth or Die (
with Howard Roughan
) • Murder House (
with David Ellis
)

NON-FICTION

Torn Apart (
with Hal and Cory Friedman
) • The Murder of King Tut (
with Martin Dugard
)

ROMANCE

Sundays at Tiffany’s (
with Gabrielle Charbonnet
) • The Christmas Wedding (
with Richard DiLallo
) • First Love (
with Emily Raymond
)

OTHER TITLES

Miracle at Augusta (
with Peter de Jonge
)

FAMILY OF PAGE-TURNERS

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOKS

The Worst Years of My Life (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • Get Me Out of Here! (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar (
with Lisa
Papademetriou
) • How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • Ultimate Showdown (
with Julia Bergen
) • Save Rafe! (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • Just My Rotten Luck (
with Chris Tebbetts
)

I FUNNY SERIES

I Funny (
with Chris Grabenstein
) • I Even Funnier (
with Chris Grabenstein
) • I Totally Funniest (
with Chris Grabenstein
) • I Funny TV (
with Chris Grabenstein, to be published January 2016
)

TREASURE HUNTERS SERIES

Treasure Hunters (
with Chris Grabenstein
) • Danger Down the Nile (
with Chris Grabenstein
) • Secret of the Forbidden City (
with Chris Grabenstein
)

HOUSE OF ROBOTS SERIES

House of Robots (
with Chris Grabenstein
) • Robots Go Wild! (
with Chris Grabenstein, to be published
December 2015
)

OTHER ILLUSTRATED TITLES

Kenny Wright: Superhero (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • Homeroom Diaries (
with Lisa Papademetriou
)

MAXIMUM RIDE SERIES

The Angel Experiment • School’s Out Forever • Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports • The Final Warning • Max • Fang • Angel • Nevermore • Forever

CONFESSIONS SERIES

Confessions of a Murder Suspect (
with Maxine Paetro
) • The Private School Murders (
with Maxine Paetro
) • The Paris Mysteries (
with Maxine Paetro
) • The Murder of an Angel (
with Maxine Paetro
)

WITCH & WIZARD SERIES

Witch & Wizard (
with Gabrielle Charbonnet
) • The Gift (
with Ned Rust
) • The Fire (
with Jill Dembowski
) • The Kiss (
with Jill Dembowski
) • The Lost (
with Emily Raymond
)

DANIEL X SERIES

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Watch the Skies (
with Ned Rust
) • Demons and Druids (
with Adam Sadler
) • Game Over (
with Ned Rust
) • Armageddon (
with Chris Grabenstein
) • Lights Out (
with Chris Grabenstein
)