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James Patterson is one of the top-selling novelists in the
world today. His debut novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, won the
Edgar Award for the best first mystery novel. It was published by
Little, Brown in 1976 when he was just twenty-seven years old, after
being turned down by more than two dozen other publishers.
He has since written a string of major national bestsellers that
includes the seven books in the series featuring detective/psychologist
Alex Cross -- Along Came A Spider, Kiss the Girls, Jack & Jill,
Cat & Mouse, Pop Goes the Weasel, Roses are Red and Violets
are Blue -- as well as Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, Cradle and
All, When the Wind Blows, and Hide & Seek. There are currently
two books in the bestselling "Women's Murder Club" series,
1st to Die and 2nd Chance. James Patterson lives in Palm Beach County,
Florida, with his wife and their young son. His official website
is www.jamespatterson.com.
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The Beach House
Jack Mullen is in law school in New York City when the news comes that his brother, Peter, has drowned in the ocean off East Hampton. Jack knows his brother practically grew up in the water, and that this couldn't be an accident. Someone must have wanted his brother dead. But the police say otherwise. As Jack tries to uncover details of his brother's last night, he confronts a maddening barricade of lawyers, police, and paid protectors who separate the wealthy summer residents from local workers like Peter. Motivated by a hundred forms of grief, Jack rallies his hometown friends to help him find the truth of Peter's death-no matter how rich or corrupt the people who stand in their way. Jack's relentless crusade puts him into a head-on collision with one of the most powerful and ruthless men in New York, a man who wipes out resistance with a snap of his fingers. As it unfolds that his brother was involved with some of the richest women and men in America-in ways Jack never imagined-his dream of justice fades. Only if he can somehow beat the rich at their own game will he be able to avenge his brother. The Beach House is a breathtaking legal thriller of deceit and revenge-with a finale so shocking, it could only have come from the mind of James Patterson.
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James Patterson's Summer Reading List
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
During my tour I heard incredible things
about it from booksellers who have already read it
Eureka
by William Diehl
I've loved Diehl's stuff ever since Sharky's Machine.
Claire Marvel
by John Burnham Schwartz
I read Reservation Road a couple of years ago and have been
waiting ever since for Schwartz's next book.
North of Nowhere
by Steve Hamilton
I really like his main character, Alex McKnight, and I'm ready
to re-visit Paradise, Michigan.
The Master of Rain
by Tom Bradby
I've heard really good things about the book and I'm in the
mood for a Shanghai thriller.
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