Smart characters, shocking twists... you count down to the very last page to discover what will happen next -- Lisa Gardner 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 -- Heidi Perks Terrific, high-octane, really pacy... every scene is a film - every character real, and every plot point leaves us breathless -- Jo Spain Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination * New York Times Book Review * A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting * The Guardian * Patterson is in a class by himself * Vanity Fair * No one gets this big without natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades -- Lee Child James Patterson is the boss. End of. -- Ian Rankin 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 -- Michael Connelly