James Patterson combines his position as a bestselling novelist with a full-time career as the chairman of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in New York. His phenomenal international No 1 bestseller Along Came a Spider introduced his detective hero Alex Cross, who reappeared in Kiss the Girls, Jack and Jill and Cat and Mouse. He is also the author of the bestselling thrillers Hide and Seek and Black Market.
‘Guaranteed: you’ll devour this yarn-burner in one sitting.’
New York Daily News
‘A fast-moving narrative that never lets up. The villain is one of
the most awful monsters I’ve encountered in recent fiction.’
CAMPBELL ARMSTRONG ‘I really like James Patterson’s novels… now
comes The Midnight Club and it just might be his best ever.’
Larry King, USA Today
'A fast-moving narrative that never lets up. The villain is one
of the most awful monsters I've encountered in recent fiction.'
CAMPBELL ARMSTRONG
'I really like James Patterson's novels... now comes The
Midnight Club and it just might be his best ever.'
Larry King, USA Today
Edgar-winner Patterson ( The Jericho Commandment )he is also chairman of J. Walter Thompson USAalmost captures the slick, conspiracy-theory giddiness of pre- Prizzi Richard Condon. While leading a raid against top drug-dealer Alexandre (``the Grave Dancer'') St.-Germain, New York police Lieutenant John (``Stef'') Stefanovitch is caught in a devastating ambush and crippled. French-born St.-Germain, enforcing and enjoying his harsh, ``street law'' terror, kills Stef's wife. Two years later St.-Germain is gunned down in a posh Manhattan brothel. Hidden videotapes catch St.-Germain asking, ``Is it the Midnight Club?'' Wheelchair-bound Stef, with true-crime bestselling writer Sarah McGinniss, starts to uncover an international crime cartel making billions a year, and a secret NYPD execution squad. Plenty of gore, many plot twistssome quite murkyand a little sex will keep readers turning pages up to the melodramatic, rather unlikely ending. 50,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo; author tour. (Jan.)
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