NYPD Red

by 6 books in this series
#1 - NYPD Red
#1 - NYPD Red
The first book in the bestselling NYPD Red series, from the world's foremost thriller writer.
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Every cop wants to be part of NYPD Red.


The elite team in New York's police department, they handle the headline cases - the ones involving the city's most high-profile people. For Detective Zach Jordan, it's his dream job - but he's about to step into a nightmare.

At a major film festival, a maniac begins a brutal public killing spree. His target? Hollywood's biggest stars.

Zach is assigned a new partner, Detective Kylie MacDonald - his ex-girlfriend. But they'll need to put their history aside to have a chance of stopping this homicidal psychopath before he brings New York City to its knees...
#2 - NYPD Red 2
#2 - NYPD Red 2
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NYPD Red - the task force attacking the most extreme crimes in America's most extreme city - hunts a killer who is on an impossible mission.

A vigilante serial killer is on the loose in New York City, tracking down and murdering people whose crimes have not been punished. The number of victims grows, and many New Yorkers secretly applaud the idea of justice won at any price.

NYPD Red Detective Zach Jordan and his partner Kylie MacDonald are put on the case when a woman of vast wealth and even greater connections disappears. Zach and Kylie have to find what's really behind this murderer's rampage while political and personal secrets of the highest order hang in the balance. But Kylie has been acting strange recently - and Zach knows whatever she's hiding could threaten the biggest case of their careers.
#3 - NYPD Red 3
#3 - NYPD Red 3
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A chilling conspiracy leads NYPD Red into extreme danger

Hunter Alden Jr. has it all: a beautiful wife, a brilliant son and billions in the bank. But when his son goes missing and he discovers the severed head of his chauffeur, it's clear he's in danger of losing it all.

The kidnapper knows a horrific secret that could change the world as we know it. A secret worth killing for. A secret worth dying for.

New York's best detectives, Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald, are on the case. But by getting closer to the truth, Zach and Kylie are edging ever closer to the firing line...
#4 - NYPD Red 4
#4 - NYPD Red 4
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A jewel heist. A murdered actress. A killer case for NYPD Red.

In a city where crime never sleeps, NYPD Red is the elite task force called in when a case involves the rich, famous and connected. Detectives Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald are the best of the best - brilliant and tireless investigators who will stop at nothing to catch a criminal, even if it means antagonising the same powerful people they're supposed to be helping.

When a glitzy movie premiere is the scene of a shocking murder and high-stakes robbery, NYPD Red gets the call. In a hunt that takes Zach and Kylie from celebrity penthouses to the depths of Manhattan's criminal underworld, they have to find the cold-blooded killer - before he strikes again.
#5 - NYPD Red 5
#5 - NYPD Red 5
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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The one who knows the secrets is the one who holds the power.

The richest of New York's rich gather at The Pierre's Cotillion Room to raise money for those less fortunate. Detectives Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald of the elite NYPD Red task force are there providing security.

The night is shattered as a fatal blast rocks the room, stirring up horrifying memories of 9/11. Is the explosion an act of terrorism - or a homicide?

A big-name female filmmaker is the next to die, in a desolate corner of New York City. As the attacks keep escalating, Zach and Kylie realise the perpetrators may be among the A-list New Yorkers NYPD Red was formed to protect.
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Book five in the bestselling NYPD Red series. Also published as Red Alert in the US.

'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' Lee Child

'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer . . . Simply put: nobody does it better.'
Jeffrey Deaver

'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.'
Ian Rankin
#6 - NYPD Red 6
#6 - NYPD Red 6
At the wedding of the century, a brazen kidnapper steals the star of the show...

Erin Easton's wedding in one of New York's biggest venues may have a TV crew documenting every extravagant detail, but when the bride disappears from the reception, it's no diva turn. Her dressing room is empty except for a blood-spattered wedding dress.

Detective Kylie MacDonald of NYPD Red, already at the scene as a plus-one, brings in her partner, Detective Zach Jordan, to search for the missing bride. Unable to rule anything out, every A-list celebrity on the guest list has to be considered either a target of suspicion . . . or a target.

INCLUDES AN EXTRACT FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER, BY BILL CLINTON AND JAMES PATTERSON

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