Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher, before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series, which has been published in 30 countries and sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. The first book, The Spook's Apprentice, was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.

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James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
An exile can never return... 
 
Finn O'Grady, working the night shift as a security guard in London, receives a phone call at dawn. Bridie, a woman he once loved before he left his hometown of Kilmeaden in the west of Ireland, believes she's in terrible danger and needs his help. 
 
Finn has made a new life for himself and can’t go back to the pain and tragedy he left behind in Ireland. But when Bridie's brother is found brutally murdered, Finn has no choice but to return to a life he'd tried to forget.

The Exile

BookShots

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Going home for the holidays can be murder. 
 
Joanie was dreading Thanksgiving with her family at their strange new house. And that was before she saw her brother Alan standing in the kitchen. It was hard to know what to say to him, seeing as he'd died five years ago...

You've Been Warned - Again

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The family next door has a very dark secret. 
 
The Sanderson family has been forced into hiding after one of them stumbled upon a criminal plot. Or so they think. No one will answer their questions. And the terrifying truth may come too late... 
 
Includes free samples of the electrifying Women's Murder Club BookShot The Trial and Chase, featuring Detective Michael Bennett

The Witnesses

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Did my brother kill your husband? 
 
Mitchum is back. His brother's been charged with murder. Nathaniel swears he didn't kill anyone, but word on the street is that he was involved with the victim's wife. Now, Navy SEAL dropout Mitchum will break every rule to expose the truth – even if it destroys the people he loves.

Malicious

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Harry Posehn is the best dad, the best husband... well, maybe not. 
 
Detective Teaghan Beaumont is getting closer and closer to discovering the truth about Harry Posehn. But there's a twist that she – and you, dear reader – will never see coming.

The House Husband

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I know who killed my son. 
 
Molly Rourke’s son has been murdered… and she knows who’s responsible. Now she’s taking the law into her own hands. Never underestimate a mother’s love.

113 Minutes

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ALEX CROSS, I’m coming for you – even from the grave if I have to. 
 
Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over ten years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today, Cross saw him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something even more sinister? 
 
Nothing will prepare you for the wicked truth.

Cross Kill

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What is her husband's secret? 
 
Miranda Cooper's life takes a terrifying turn when an SUV deliberately runs her and her husband off a desolate Arizona road. With her husband badly wounded, she must run for help alone as his cryptic parting words echo in her head: 'Be careful who you trust.'

Come and Get Us

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I will avenge my husband and children. 
 
Former Marine Corps colonel Amanda Collins and her lethal team have vowed to avenge her family's murder. 
 
And they have nothing left to lose....

The Women's War

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The suspect is your patient, Dr. Cross. 
 
An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in Washington, DC. A cruel hoax or the real deal? By the time Alex Cross and his wife, Bree Stone, uncover the chilling truth, it may already be too late....

Detective Cross

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PLEASE HELP BEFORE HE KILLS ME. 
 
Travelling home for the festive season, Jon Roscoe receives a desperate cry for help. 
 
This year, Christmas with his family isn't quite as he had planned...

Kidnapped

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Private Johannesburg is closing down… 
 
After the tragic suicide of his partner, Khosi, Joey Montague is packing up the branch of Private they'd set up in Johannesburg with US owner Jack Morgan. The investigation agency will be scaled down until Joey can recover from this devastating loss. 
 
As he’s loading the removal van, Joey receives a call from an American woman who has just landed in the city and needs his help. But what at first seems to be a simple protection job soon becomes a matter of life and death – not just for his client, but for Joey himself.

Private Gold

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Michael Bennett, be grateful you're alive. 
 
Someone attacked the Thanksgiving Day Parade directly in front of Michael Bennett and his family. The television news called it 'holiday terror' – Michael Bennett calls it personal. The hunt is on...

Manhunt

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We know you did it – and you won't get away with it. 
 
Accused of murdering five small children, Thomas Scott is released on bail. He faces devastated parents plotting revenge and a fiery detective taking the law into his own hands. But did he do it? The truth will blow you away.

Scott Free

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Eat, drink and be murdered. 
 
Someone is poisoning diners in New Orleans' best restaurants. Now it's up to chef and homicide cop Caleb Rooney to catch a killer set on revenge – a dish best served cold.

Killer Chef

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The greatest story in modern history has a new chapter... 
 
Posing as newlyweds, two ruthless thieves board the Titanic to rob its well-heeled passengers. But an even more shocking plan is afoot – a sensational scheme that could alter the fate of the world's most famous ship.

Taking the Titanic

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A woman violently attacked in her bed. 
 
A billionaire businessman on trial at The Old Bailey. 
 
As the world’s press gather outside London’s luxurious Tribeca hotel, can Jon Roscoe protect his own family from the terrifying consequences of the verdict?

The Verdict

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From the world's bestselling thriller writer, three pulse-pounding stories in one book! 
 
CROSS KILL: Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over ten years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today, Cross saw him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something even more sinister? Nothing will prepare you for the wicked truth. 
 
ZOO 2 (with Max DiLallo): James Patterson's ZOO was just the beginning. The planet is still under violent siege by ferocious animals. Humans are their desperate prey. Except some humans are evolving, mutating into a savage species that could save civilisation – or end it. 
 
THE PRETENDER (with Andrew Bourelle): Logan Bishop is a thief living off a stash of stolen diamonds. But when his murderous ex-partner tracks him down, Logan must find a way to turn the tables – or lose the only woman who can handle the truth.

Triple Threat

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The doctor is in... deadly danger. 
 
Dr Randall Beck is an eccentric psychiatrist with a terminal disease. This makes him fearless, which comes in handy when a patient is murdered before his eyes – a patient with an unspeakable secret.

Dead Man Running

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It's payback time. 
 
A devastated soldier's wife wants special ops veteran Owen Taylor to avenge her broken husband. And she won't have to ask twice.

After the End

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Make believe I love you… 
 
Both survivors of the divorce wars, Christy and Martin don’t believe in love at first sight and certainly not on a first date. But from the instant they lock eyes, life becomes a sexy, romantic dream come true. That is, until they start playing a strangely intense game of make-believe – a game that’s about to go too far.

Let’s Play Make-Believe

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If the mission fails, it's World War III. Any questions? 
 
Owen Taylor is about to be betrayed on his final covert mission. It will take everything he has to make it home alive, and to save the woman he loves.

The End

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Rejected by the Navy SEALs, Mitchum is content to be his small town's unofficial private eye, until his beloved 14-year-old cousin is abducted. Now he'll call on every lethal skill to track her down-but nothing is what it seems...

Hidden

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The perfect crime at 500 miles an hour. 
 
All his life, pilot Jack Flynn dreamed of winning the same air show where his father was killed. To bankroll that dream he just has to steal a $24 million jet and deliver it to shadowy criminals. What could possibly go wrong?

Stealing Gulfstreams

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Are you the lawyer who got blown up with his girlfriend? 
 
Defense lawyer Brian Lord survived the car bomb that killed his fiancée. Out of work and out of his mind, he takes on a lifeguard job at the beach. But there's one wave he'll never see coming...

The Lawyer Lifeguard

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Three thieves have planned the perfect diamond heist. They’ve monitored the Hatton Garden jeweller for months and are ready to make the hit. But they were not expecting a rival crew to show up at exactly the same time. 
 
After a bloody fight, the three thieves come away with the diamonds and set off to meet their buyer in Amsterdam. But now it’s not only the police who are chasing them, and not only the diamonds that are at stake.

Heist

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Fear the man who has nothing left to lose… 
 
Cody Thurston is working his usual shift at the rough East London pub he calls home. When a group of out-of-towners walk in looking for trouble, Thurston sends them on their way using some not-so-gentle persuasion. 
 
As a former special forces operative in the Australian military, Thurston can handle trouble. But these men are more dangerous than he realises, and the actions they take will leave Thurston homeless, alone and seeking revenge.

Absolute Zero

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Two bodies arrived at the morgue. One was still breathing. 
 
A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. A shooter blows away the lover and wounds the millionairess, leaving her for dead. Is it the perfect case for the Women's Murder Club – or just the most twisted?

The Medical Examiner

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A man plunges to his death from the roof of a Manhattan hotel. It looks like a suicide – except the victim has someone else's fingerprints and $10,000 in cash. 
 
Enter Detective Michael Bennett.

Chase

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PART THREE OF A FIVE-PART JON ROSCOE THRILLER 
 
With his future hanging in the balance, Christmas Day brings tragedy for Jon Roscoe.

Kidnapped - Part 3

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