James Patterson
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The people closest to you can be your most dangerous enemies.... In this collection, a CIA-agent bride is on her European honeymoon when she and her husband are poisoned--leaving her seventy-two hours to take revenge. When a deal goes bad on a tech executive in Washington, DC, he turns an order to kill his family into a chance to relive his military glory days. And then a Los Angeles doctor is murdered in a botched attempt to steal drugs, and her...
2) Triple Cross
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 30
Language
English
Description
Detective Alex Cross hunts down a serial killer who targets entire families-and who will next be coming for the Crosses. A precise killer, he always moves under the cover of darkness, flawlessly triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence. Cross and Sampson aren't the only ones investigating. Also in on this most intriguing case is the world's bestselling true-crime author, who sees patterns everyone else misses. The writer, Thomas Tull, calls...
3) Blowback
Author
Language
English
Description
"US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with deadly consequences. Barrett personally orders Special Agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. The CIA serves at the pleasure of the president, yet they've sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies,...
4) Shattered
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
NYPD master homicide investigator Michael Bennett and top FBI abduction specialist Emily Parker have a history. When Emily is found strangled in Washington, DC, only Bennett knows her well enough to find the perpetrator, or so he thinks. At every turn, Bennett discovers that she was a woman as adept at keeping secrets as she was at forging powerful connections. And that those closest to her had both the means and the motives to permanently silence...
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 32
Language
English
Description
"An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope. Alex Cross Must Die. "Drop whatever you're doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport," DC Metro Police dispatch says. "A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto." Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn't fail--it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War-era machine gun. The list of experts who can operate...
Author
Series
Honeymoon thrillers volume 1
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When a number of rich men come to a mysterious end, and a young investment banker dies of a supposed heart attack, FBI agent John O'Hara believes it is the work of a cold-blooded killer.
7) Cross Down
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 31
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the first time, John Sampson is on his own. The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington, DC's, Metro PD and the FBI has a proven MO: Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. Detective John Sampson enforces them. When military-style attacks erupt, brutally sidelining Cross, Sampson is sent reeling. The patterns are too random-Sampson's friend, his partner, his brother-have told him. Don't trust anyone. As a shadow force advances on the nation's...
8) Escape
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
In this companion to #1 New York Times bestseller The Black Book, Detective Billy Harney chases down a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape artist while a young girl's life hangs in the balance.
As Chicago PD’s special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he’s investigating is down to his last twenty million. He’s also...Author
Series
Daniel X volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Daniel X is on an impossible mission: to eliminate every intergalactic criminal. But with an explosive demon ready to destroy the Earth, he must travel back in time for his greatest challenge yet.
Using his incredible superpower to create objects out of thin air, Daniel X has taken on some of the most fearsome and fiendish aliens in the universe, and now he's aiming to extinguish his next target: the explosive demon of fir, Phosphorius Beta,...
Using his incredible superpower to create objects out of thin air, Daniel X has taken on some of the most fearsome and fiendish aliens in the universe, and now he's aiming to extinguish his next target: the explosive demon of fir, Phosphorius Beta,...
Author
Series
Confessions (James Patterson) volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
422 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teenage detective Tandy Angel attempts to exonerate her famous brother of murder charges, track down a New York City killer, and figure out what happened to her lost love.
Author
Series
Detective Luc Moncrief volume 1-3
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
429 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A new bind-up with three exciting thrillers featuring NYPD Detective Luc Moncrief, a Paris detective who's about to learn that NYC is a whole other ballgame in the world of crime. French Twist: Gorgeous women are dropping dead at upscale department stores in New York City. Detective Luc Moncrief and Detective Katherine Burke are close to solving the mystery, but looks can be deceiving. French Kiss: Very handsome and charming French detective Luc Moncrief...
Author
Series
Daniel X volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
James Patterson's high-octane sci-fi adventure series comes to a white-knuckle conclusion in the final battle that Daniel X has been waiting for his entire life.
In this sixth and final installment of the Daniel X series, the alien-hunting hero is finally ready to take on the biggest threat in the galaxy: The Prayer, the same beast that brutally murdered his parents long ago. But even with his incredible ability to create almost anything,...
In this sixth and final installment of the Daniel X series, the alien-hunting hero is finally ready to take on the biggest threat in the galaxy: The Prayer, the same beast that brutally murdered his parents long ago. But even with his incredible ability to create almost anything,...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First mass market edition.
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The family lawyer: Criminal defense attorney Matthew Hovanes is at the height of his career with a good marriage and popular athlete daughter Hannah, and smart computer whiz son Daniel. But their lives are shattered when a local girl commits suicide after being anonymously bullied--and Hannah is accused of cyber-stalking her. Convinced of Hannah's innocence, Matthew is determined to save his daughter from prison. But as he delves into the case, he...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
MURDER, INTERRUPTED. Rich, cheating financier Frank Howard wants his wife dead, and he's willing to pay Billie Earl Johnson whatever it takes, to the tune of $750,000. When his bullet misses the mark, Billie Earl and Frank will turn on each other in a fight for their lives ... MOTHER OF ALL MURDERS. Dee Dee Blancharde is a local celebrity. Television reports praise her as a single mother who tirelessly cares for her wheelchair-bound, chronically ill...
15) Murder games
Author
Series
Instinct (James Patterson) volume 1
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Dr. Dylan Reinhart wrote the book on criminal behavior. Literally--he's a renowned, bestselling Ivy League expert on the subject. When a copy of his book turns up at a gruesome murder scene--along with a threatening message from the killer--it looks like someone has been taking notes. Elizabeth Needham is the headstrong and brilliant NYPD Detective in charge of the case who recruits Dylan to help investigate another souvenir left at the scene--a playing...
16) The summer house
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Investigating four Army Rangers who have been implicated in the destruction of a luxurious summer lake resort, Army Major and former NYPD cop Jeremiah Cook is stonewalled by local law enforcement and dangerous secrets.
17) Revenge
Author
Series
David Shelley volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Former SAS soldier David Shelley was part of the most covert operations team in the special forces. Now settling down to civilian life in London, he has plans for a safer and more stable existence. But the shocking death of a young woman Shelley once helped protect puts those plans on hold. The police rule the death a suicide but the grieving parents can't accept their beloved Emma would take her own life. They need to find out what really happened,...
Author
Series
Middle school (James Patterson) volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Rafe is happily accepted into art school in a big city, he discovers more academic rigor and competition than he expected, compelling him to find inspiration in other exciting activities.