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Contents

 

About the Book

About the Authors

Also by James Patterson

Title Page

Dedication

Prologue: The Red, Red Carpet

One

Two

 

Part One: Long Days. Short Nights.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

 

Part Two: Best. Mom. Ever.

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

 

Part Three: Some Days are Diamonds. Some Days are Stones.

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

Chapter 67

Chapter 68

Chapter 69

Chapter 70

Chapter 71

Chapter 72

Chapter 73

Chapter 74

Chapter 75

 

Part Four: The New Normal

Chapter 76

Chapter 77

Chapter 78

Chapter 79

 

Acknowledgments

Sneak Preview

Copyright

ABOUT THE BOOK
 

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.

 
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
 

JAMES PATTERSON
is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Since winning the Edgar™ Award for Best First Novel with
The Thomas Berryman Number
, his books have sold in excess of 300 million copies worldwide and he has been the most borrowed author in UK libraries for the past eight years in a row. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and standalone thrillers. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.

 

James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books specifically for young readers. James is a founding partner of Booktrust’s Children’s Reading Fund in the UK.

 

MARSHALL KARP
has written for stage, screen, and TV and is the author of the Lomax and Biggs series. He is also the co-author, with James Patterson, of the other books in the NYPD Red series.

 
Also by James Patterson
 
NYPD RED SERIES
 

NYPD Red (
with Marshall Karp
)
NYPD Red 2 (
with Marshall Karp
)
NYPD Red 3 (
with Marshall Karp
)

 
ALEX CROSS NOVELS
 

Along Came a Spider • Kiss the Girls • Jack and Jill • Cat and Mouse • Pop Goes the Weasel • Roses are Red • Violets are Blue • Four Blind Mice • The Big Bad Wolf • London Bridges • Mary, Mary • Cross • Double Cross • Cross Country • Alex Cross’s Trial (
with Richard DiLallo
) • I, Alex Cross • Cross Fire • Kill Alex Cross • Merry Christmas, Alex Cross • Alex Cross, Run • Cross My Heart • Hope to Die • Cross Justice

 
THE WOMEN’S MURDER CLUB SERIES
 

1st to Die • 2nd Chance (
with Andrew Gross
) • 3rd Degree (
with Andrew Gross
) • 4th of July (
with Maxine Paetro
) • The 5th Horseman (
with Maxine Paetro
) • The 6th Target (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 7th Heaven (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 8th Confession (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 9th Judgement (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 10th Anniversary (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 11th Hour (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 12th of Never (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Unlucky 13 (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 14th Deadly Sin (
with Maxine Paetro
) • 15th Affair (
with Maxine Paetro, to be published February 2016
)

 
DETECTIVE MICHAEL BENNETT SERIES
 

Step on a Crack (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •
Run for Your Life (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •
Worst Case (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •
Tick Tock (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •
I, Michael Bennett (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •
Gone (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •
Burn (
with Michael Ledwidge
) •
Alert (
with Michael Ledwidge
)

 
PRIVATE NOVELS
 

Private (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Private London (
with Mark Pearson
) • Private Games (
with Mark Sullivan
) • Private: No. 1 Suspect (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Private Berlin (
with Mark Sullivan
) • Private Down Under (
with Michael White
) • Private L.A. (
with Mark Sullivan
) • Private India (
with Ashwin Sanghi
) • Private Vegas (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Private Sydney (
with Kathryn Fox
)

 
STAND-ALONE THRILLERS
 

Sail (
with Howard Roughan
) • Swimsuit (
with Maxine Paetro
) • Don’t Blink (
with Howard Roughan
) • Postcard Killers (
with Liza Marklund
) • Toys (
with Neil McMahon
) • Now You See Her (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Kill Me If You Can (
with Marshall Karp
) • Guilty Wives (
with David Ellis
) • Zoo (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Second Honeymoon (
with Howard Roughan
) • Mistress (
with David Ellis
) • Invisible (
with David Ellis
) • Truth or Die (
with Howard Roughan
) • Murder House (
with David Ellis
)

 
NON-FICTION
 

Torn Apart (
with Hal and Cory Friedman
) •
The Murder of King Tut (
with Martin Dugard
)

 
ROMANCE
 

Sundays at Tiffany’s (
with Gabrielle Charbonnet
) •
The Christmas Wedding (
with Richard DiLallo
) •
First Love (
with Emily Raymond
)

 
OTHER TITLES
 

Miracle at Augusta (
with Peter de Jonge
)

 
FAMILY OF PAGE-TURNERS
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOKS
 

The Worst Years of My Life (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • Get Me Out of Here! (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar (
with Lisa Papademetriou
) • How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • Ultimate Showdown (
with Julia Bergen
) • Save Rafe! (
with Chris Tebbetts
) • Just My Rotten Luck (
with Chris Tebbetts
)

 
I FUNNY SERIES
 

I Funny (
with Chris Grabenstein
) •
I Even Funnier (
with Chris Grabenstein
) •
I Totally Funniest (
with Chris Grabenstein
) •
I Funny TV (
with Chris Grabenstein
)

 
TREASURE HUNTERS SERIES
 

Treasure Hunters (
with Chris Grabenstein
) •
Danger Down the Nile (
with Chris Grabenstein
) •
Secret of the Forbidden City (
with Chris Grabenstein
)

 
HOUSE OF ROBOTS SERIES
 

House of Robots (
with Chris Grabenstein
) •
Robots Go Wild! (
with Chris Grabenstein
)

 
OTHER ILLUSTRATED TITLES
 

Kenny Wright: Superhero (
with Chris Tebbetts
) •
Homeroom Diaries (
with Lisa Papademetriou
)

 
MAXIMUM RIDE SERIES
 

The Angel Experiment • School’s Out Forever • Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports • The Final Warning • Max • Fang • Angel • Nevermore • Forever

 
CONFESSIONS SERIES
 

Confessions of a Murder Suspect (
with Maxine Paetro
) •
The Private School Murders (
with Maxine Paetro
) •
The Paris Mysteries (
with Maxine Paetro
) •
The Murder of an Angel (
with Maxine Paetro
)

 
WITCH & WIZARD SERIES
 

Witch & Wizard (
with Gabrielle Charbonnet
) • The Gift (
with Ned Rust
) • The Fire (
with Jill Dembowski
) • The Kiss (
with Jill Dembowski
) • The Lost (
with Emily Raymond
)

 
DANIEL X SERIES
 

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (
with Michael Ledwidge
) • Watch the Skies (
with Ned Rust
) • Demons and Druids (
with Adam Sadler
) • Game Over (
with Ned Rust
) • Armageddon (
with Chris Grabenstein
) • Lights Out (
with Chris Grabenstein
)

 
GRAPHIC NOVELS
 

Daniel X: Alien Hunter (
with Leopoldo Gout
) •
Maximum Ride: Manga Vols. 1–8 (
with NaRae Lee
)

 

For more information about James Patterson’s novels, visit
www.jamespatterson.co.uk

 

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For Jody and Harold
—MK

PROLOGUE
THE RED, RED CARPET
ONE
 

LEOPOLD BASSETT FLITTED
across the room to where his brother, Maxwell, was quietly nursing a glass of wine.

“Max, I just heard from my spotter in the lobby,” Leo said in a giddy half whisper. “Lavinia is on her way up. Can you stop brooding for twenty minutes?”

“I’m not brooding. I was just enjoying this absolutely
exquisite
Sancerre and trying to calculate how much this latest junket of yours is costing us.”

“You can stop calculating,” Leo said, “because now that I know Lavinia is coming, it’s worth every dime. She’s the only one we really care about.”

“Then why did
we
pay fifteen thousand dollars for the Royal Suite at the Ritz-Carlton, and what are the rest of these freeloaders doing here besides pigging out on caviar and swilling champagne?”

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