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Blackball

Walk In My Classroom

Women’s Murder Club 26

Delusional

Dr Zeus

The Invisible Woman

Disrupt Everything

(Alex Cross 33)

Return of the Spider

The Time Travel Twins: The Pharaoh’s Tomb

Billion-Dollar Ransom

The Picasso Heist

The President’s Shadow

The True Story of an American Tragedy

The Idaho Murders

(Alex Cross 32)

The House of Cross

A Jane Smith Thriller

Never Say Die

American Heroes

The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe

A Word of Mouse Tail

The Great Mouse Escape

Emma on Fire

Murder Island

(Women’s Murder Club 25)

25 Alive

The evidence doesn't lie... (Women’s Murder Club 15)

15th Affair

The 24th Hour

Her friends are close - and her enemies closer... (Women’s Murder Club 11)

11th Hour

A serial killer awakes... (Women’s Murder Club 12)

12th of Never

A brutal killer is stalking the rich and famous (Women’s Murder Club 8)

8th Confession

A heart-stopping disease - or something more sinister? (Women’s Murder Club 16)

16th Seduction

A deadly fire-starter - and a trail gone cold... (Women’s Murder Club 7)

7th Heaven

Women and children will be the first to die... (Women’s Murder Club 9)

9th Judgement

An investigation too close to home (Women’s Murder Club 10)

10th Anniversary

When the law can't be trusted, chaos reigns... (Women’s Murder Club 14)

14th Deadly Sin

A ghost from the past returns... (Women’s Murder Club 13)

Unlucky 13

A methodical killer gets personal (Women’s Murder Club 17)

17th Suspect

(Women’s Murder Club 22)

22 Seconds

A young mother and baby daughter go missing (Women’s Murder Club 21)

21st Birthday

Three cities. Three bullets. Three murders. (Women’s Murder Club 20)

20th Victim

the no. 1 Sunday Times bestseller (Women’s Murder Club 19)

19th Christmas

Two mind-twisting cases collide (Women’s Murder Club 18)

18th Abduction

23rd Midnight

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Smart characters, shocking twists... you count down to the very last page to discover what will happen next

I couldn't turn the pages quick enough. Great plot, fantastic storytelling and character that spring off the page - all the right ingredients for a thriller

Terrific, high-octane, really pacy... every scene is a film - every character real, and every plot point leaves us breathless

Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination

A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting

No one gets this big without natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades

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 off the movie projector in the reader's mind

A serial killer behind bars. A copycat killer on the loose… (Women’s Murder Club 23)

Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke behind bars. Now a new killer has recreated Burke's most infamous crimes-and disappeared without a trace. 
 
Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. 
 
Reporter Cindy Thomas put Burke on the bestseller list, in her true-crime book about the case. 
 
An obsessed fan is studying every detail-and committing fresh horrors that carry Burke's signature. 
 
Now Lindsay's tracking an elusive suspect, one who's penning a deadly playbook featuring Cindy's name in blood-red ink.

The thrilling new instalment in the globally bestselling Women's Murder Club series.

'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner 
'A compelling read with great set pieces and, most of all, that charismatic cast of characters' Sun 
'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough' Heidi Perks 
'Terrific, high-octane, really pacy' Jo Spain 
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Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke behind bars. Now a new killer has recreated Burke's most infamous crimes-and disappeared without a trace. 
 
Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. 
 
Reporter Cindy Thomas put Burke on the bestseller list, in her true-crime book about the case. 
 
An obsessed fan is studying every detail-and committing fresh horrors that carry Burke's signature. 
 
Now Lindsay's tracking an elusive suspect, one who's penning a deadly playbook featuring Cindy's name in blood-red ink. 
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Readers are loving 23rd Midnight . . . 
'A very gripping book' 
'Patterson does it again' 
'Easy and addictive read' 
'Enjoyed every moment' 
'I was hooked from page 1' 
 
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Praise for James Patterson 
 
'The master storyteller of our times' Hillary Rodham Clinton 
'Nobody does it better' Jeffrey Deaver 
'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' Patricia Cornwell 
'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' Ian Rankin

JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Among his creations are some of the world's most popular series including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed adult author in UK libraries for the past fourteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.

23rd Midnight

A serial killer behind bars. A copycat killer on the loose… (Women’s Murder Club 23)

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Smart characters, shocking twists... you count down to the very last page to discover what will happen next

I couldn't turn the pages quick enough. Great plot, fantastic storytelling and character that spring off the page - all the right ingredients for a thriller

Terrific, high-octane, really pacy... every scene is a film - every character real, and every plot point leaves us breathless

Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination

A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting

Patterson is in a class by himself

No one gets this big without natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades

James Patterson is the boss. End of.

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 off the movie projector in the reader's mind

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