1st to Die - James Patterson [115]
—Publishers Weekly
“If you want to—gasp—scare yourself silly, GRAB JAMES PATTERSON’S LATEST THRILLER.”
—Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinal
“PATTERSON, WHO FIRST HOOKED CRIME-THRILLER FANS WITH HIS SERIES OF ALEX CROSS NOVELS, DOESN’T MISS A BEAT. The plot moves at breakneck speed… Patterson manages a fine balance… and he keeps the reader guessing right up to a scary double-twist ending.”
—Memphis Commercial Appeal
“PATTERSON SHOWS HE’S 2nd TO NONE… Patterson catches us again with book in hand and fingers turning those pages just as quickly as we did for other favorites, Along Came a Spider, Pop Goes the Weasel, and Kiss the Girls.”
—Oakland Press
“SOLID, THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTER… new comers to his work will be enthralled.”
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram
“ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE AND SADISTIC KILLERS SINCE HANNIBAL LECTER… There are surprises in store right up to the last page.”
—BookPage
“PATTERSON AGAIN PROVES HIMSELF A MASTER OF THE CRAFT… Such a great book: every time you think you’ve got it all figured out, you realize the killer is still a step ahead.”
—Providence Sunday Journal
“PATTERSON HAS KICKED OFF HIS NEW SERIES IN STYLE… A page-turner in the classic sense of the term.”
—Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate
“PATTERSON KEEPS UP THE SUSPENSE UNTIL THE VERY LAST PAGE and will have readers looking forward to the second installment in the series.”
—Booklist
“READERS WLL ENJOY THE HEART-PUMPING PLOT AND ROOT FOR THE LADIES TO SUCCEED.”
—Midwest Book Review
“HIS MANY FANS WILL BE WELL PLEASED WITH THIS FIRST BOOK OF A NEW SERIES FEATURING FOUR COURAGEOUS AND INTELLIGENT WOMEN.”
—Roanoke Times
“THE RELENTLESS VELOCITY is guaranteed to hook fans of the bestselling Patterson.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“PATTERSON IS A TERRIFIC STORYTELLER… moves along at a rapid pace.”
—Winston-Salem Journal
“Master of the serial killer genre, Patterson again keeps us on edge right to the last page. LET’S HOPE THE CLUB CONTINUES TO MEET.”
—Sunday Oklahoman
PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS NOVELS OF JAMES PATTERSON
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ALONG CAME A SPIDER
“JAMES PATTERSON DOES EVERYTHING BUT STICK OUR FINGER IN A LIGHT SOCKET TO GIVE US A BUZZ.”
—New York Times
“WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTING A HARROWING PLOT, AUTHOR JAMES PATTERSON CAN TURN A SCREW ALL RIGHT. James Patterson is to suspense what Danielle Steel is to romance.”
—New York Daily News
KISS THE GIRLS
“TOUGH TO PUT DOWN… TICKS LIKE A TIME BOMB, ALWAYS FULL OF THREAT AND TENSION.”
—Los Angeles Times
“AS GOOD AS A THRILLER CAN GET… WITH KISS THE GIRLS, PATTERSON JOINS THE ELITE COMPANY OF THOMAS HARRIS AND JOHN SANFORD.”
—San Francisco Examiner
JACK & JILL
“FORTUNATELY PATTERSON HAS BROUGHT BACK HOMICIDE DETECTIVE ALEX CROSS… He’s the kind of multilayered character that makes any plot twist seem believable.”
—People
“Captivating… A fast-paced thriller full of surprising but realistic plot twists… CROSS IS ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST LIKABLE CHARACTERS IN THE MODERN THRILLER GENRE.”
—San Francisco Examiner
“QUICK AND SCARY.”
—New York Daily News
CAT & MOUSE
“FAST PACED… THE PROTOTYPE THRILLER FOR TODAY.”
—San Diego Union-Tribune
“A RIDE ON A ROLLER COASTER WHOSE BRAKES HAVE GONE OUT.”
—Chicago Tribune
POP GOES THE WEASEL
“CROSS IS ONE OF THE BEST PROTAGONISTS OF THE MODERN THRILLER GENRE, AND ONE OF THE MOST LIKABLE.”
—San Francisco Examiner
“FAST AND FURIOUS… IN THE PATTERSON PANTHEON OF VILLAINS, SHAFER IS QUITE POSSIBLY THE WORST.”
—Chicago Tribune
ROSES ARE RED
“PATTERSON KNOWS WHERE OUR DEEPEST FEARS ARE BURIED… THERE’S NO STOPPING HIS IMAGINATION.”
—New York Times Book Review
“THRILLING… SWIFT… A PAGE-TURNER.”
—People
“IT STARTS OUT, BANG!… PATTERSON HAS GOT THE MATERIAL DEAD ON.”
—Baltimore Sun
“PATTERSON MASTERMINDS ANOTHER THRILLER… Once again, we’re left to wonder, how does this man continue to write gripping tales that keep us turning pages into the wee hours of the night until the book is finished, and we’re disappointed there isn’t more to read?”
—Oakland Press
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