The Midnight Club_ A Novel - James Patterson [112]
—Baton Rouge Magazine
“Readers who have not discovered James Patterson just don’t know what they are missing, PATTERSON IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED AND EXCITING AUTHORS OF CRIME FICTION TODAY.”
—Lake Worth Herald
“A RIDE ON A ROLLER-COASTER WHOSE BRAKES HAVE GONE OUT.”
—Chicago Tribune on Cat & Mouse
“CAT & MOUSE IS A PULSATING GAME… . THE ACTION IS FAST AND FURIOUS.… The pages turn in a blur.… You might just finish this in one sitting. It’s that kind of book.”
—Rocky Mountain News
“Patterson delivers THE SWIFTLY PACED FARE THAT HAS MADE HIM A CHAMP OF THE CHARTS.”
—Publishers Weekly on Cat & Mouse
“CROSS, A BRILLIANT HOMICIDE COP, IS ONE OF THE GREAT CREATIONS OF THRILLER FICTION.”
—Dallas Morning News on Jack &Jill
“CAPTIVATING… A FAST-PACED THRILLER FULL OF SURPRISING BUT REALISTIC PLOT TWISTS.”
—San Francisco Examiner on Jack & Jill
“TOUCH TO PUT DOWN… TICKS LIKE A TIME BOMB, ALWAYS FULL OF THREAT AND TENSION.”
—Los Angeles Times on Kiss the Girls
“PATTERSON HIT THE BALL OUT OF THE PARK WITH ALONG CAME A SPIDER. KISS THE GIRLS IS EVEN BETTER.”
—Dallas Morning News
“A WILD RIDE… ALEX CROSS IS TO THE ’90S WHAT MIKE HAMMER WAS TO THE ’50S.”
—Denver Post on Kiss the Girls
“A FIRST-RATE THRILLER—FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS AND KEEP THE LIGHTS ON!”
—Sidney Sheldon on Along Came a Spider
“HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR.”
—Clive Cussler on Along Came a Spider
“TERROR AND SUSPENSE THAT GRAB THE READER AND WON’T LET GO. JUST TRY RUNNING AWAY FROM THIS ONE.”
—Ed McBain on Along Came a Spider
Books by JAMES PATTERSON
The Thomas Berryman Number
Season of the Machete
See How They Run
Black Friday (formerly Black Market)
The Midnight Club
Along Came A Spider
Kiss The Girls
Hide & Seek
Jack & Jill
Miracle on the 17th Green (with Peter de Jonge)
Cat & Mouse
Cradle & All
When The Wind Blow
Pop Goes The Weasel
Copyright
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to known persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
WARNER BOOKS EDITION
Copyright © 1989 by James Patterson
All rights reserved.
Warner Vision is a registered trademark of Warner Books, Inc.
Warner Books, Inc.
Hachette Book Group
237 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Visit our website at www.HachetteBookGroup.com
Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Co.
First Warner Books International Paperback Printing: August 1998
First Warner Books U.S. Paperback Printing: June 1999
ISBN: 978-0-446-50596-3
First eBook Edition: July 2007
This is for J., for P., and for N., who told me what it’s like to be in the Chair
It’s for my father and mother, Charles and Isabelle
Table of Contents
Raves for James Patterson, America’s #1 Thriller Writer
Books by James Patterson
Copyright
Prologue
Chapter: 1
Chapter: 2
Chapter: 3
Chapter: 4
Chapter: 5
Chapter: 6
Part One: The Grave Dancer
Chapter: 7
Chapter: 8
Chapter: 9
Chapter: 10
Chapter: 11
Chapter: 12
Chapter: 13
Chapter: 14
Chapter: 15
Chapter: 16
Chapter: 17
Chapter: 18
Chapter: 19
Chapter: 20
Chapter: 21
Chapter: 22
Chapter: 23
Chapter: 24
Chapter: 25
Chapter: 26
Chapter: 27
Chapter: 28
Chapter: 29
Chapter: 30
Chapter: 31
Chapter: 32
Chapter: 33
Chapter: 34
Part Two: The Sixth Estate
Chapter: 35
Chapter: 36
Chapter: 37
Chapter: 38
Chapter: 39
Chapter: 40
Chapter: 41
Chapter: 42
Chapter: 43
Chapter: 44
Chapter: 45
Chapter: 46
Chapter: 47
Chapter: 48
Chapter: 49
Chapter: 50
Chapter: 51
Chapter: 52
Chapter: 53
Chapter: 54
Chapter: 55
Chapter: 56
Chapter: 57
Chapter: 58
Part Three: The Midnight Club
Chapter: 59
Chapter: 60
Chapter: 61
Chapter: 62
Chapter: 63
Chapter: 64
Chapter: 65
Chapter: 66
Chapter: 67
Chapter: 68
Chapter: 69
Chapter: 70
Chapter: 71
Chapter: 72
Chapter: 73
Chapter: 74
Chapter: 75
Chapter: 76
Chapter: