Джеймс Паттерсон: Revenge

ANDREW HOLMES is the author of the acclaimed thrillers Sleb, Nobody Saw, and Bloody Kids, as well as a previous Shelley adventure in collaboration with James Patterson, Hunted. He can be found on Twitter at @holmeswriter.

RAVES FOR JAMES PATTERSON

“Behind all the noise and numbers, we shouldn’t forget that no one gets this big without natural storytelling talent—which is what James Patterson has, in spades.”

—Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author

of the Jack Reacher series

“Every once in a while, a writer comes along and fundamentally changes the way people read…With his mission still unfolding, James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.”

—Steve Berry, #1 bestselling author

of the Colton Malone series

“James Patterson is the boss. End of.”

—Ian Rankin, New

York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus series

“Patterson boils a scene down to a single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It’s what fires up the movie projector in the reader’s mind.”

—Michael Connelly

“When it comes to constructing a harrowing plot, author James Patterson can turn a screw all right.”

—New York Daily News

“James Patterson knows how to sell thrills and suspense in clear, unwavering prose.”

— People

“Patterson has mastered the art of writing page-turning bestsellers.”

— Chicago Sun-Times

“Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried…There’s no stopping his imagination.”

—New York Times Book Review

“James Patterson writes his thrillers as if he were building roller coasters. He grounds the stories with a bare-bones plot, then builds them over the top and tries to throw readers for a loop a few times along the way.”

—Associated Press

“A must-read author…A master of the craft.”

— Providence Sunday Journal

“The page-turningest author in the game right now.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“James Patterson always delivers a fascinating, action-packed thriller.”

—Midwest Book Review

“Patterson is a master.”

—Toronto Globe and Mail

Hunted

If you’re looking for a quick, suspenseful read, then I’ve got the book for you. In this first outing by former Special Forces officer David Shelley, the stakes are high as men from the streets are lured to the English countryside for a mysterious game like no other. Shelley decides to go undercover to shut it down once and for all. But this game is anything but fun, and not winning could lose you your life. My detectives are used to being the hunters—searching for criminals in the most dangerous situations. Shelley is about to learn what it means to finally be the hunted.

The Black Book

I have favorites among the novels I’ve written. Kiss the Girls, Invisible, 1st to Die, and Honeymoon are top of the list. With each, I had a good feeling when the writing was finished. I believe this book— The Black Book —is the best work I’ve done in twenty-five years.

Meet Billy Harney. The son of Chicago’s chief of detectives, he was born to be a cop. There’s nothing he wouldn’t sacrifice for his job. Enter Amy Lentini, an assistant state’s attorney hell-bent on making a name for herself—by proving Billy isn’t the cop he claims to be.

A horrifying murder leads investigators to a brothel that caters to Chicago’s most powerful citizens. There’s plenty of evidence on the scene, but what matters most is what’s missing: the madam’s black book.

Instinct

Like many of you, I’m a true-crime fan. Whenever I see a profiler at work, I always wonder: Can knowing how a criminal thinks turn you into one? So I created Dr. Dylan Reinhart, who literally wrote the book on criminal behavior. When a copy turns up at a murder scene and the NYPD recruits him to help, Dylan has to go deep inside the mind of a very twisted killer. What happens is more shocking than any tabloid story. Pssst—the book is now a TV show called Instinct, and it stars the very talented Alan Cummings.