Number 1: The Murder House (co-written by David Ellis)
When Jenna resigns from the NYPD and moves to the Hamptons to work as a detective for her Uncle (who is the chief), the biggest murder case in that area occurs. Will Jenna jeopardize everything she has, including her life, to solve the crime? The pages in this book turn themselves, and will keep you guessing until the very end.
Number 2: The Jester (co-written by Andrew Gross)
The Jester is unlike anything else that James Patterson has ever written. This book is set in the middle ages, and revolves around the time of the holy war. When the main character's wife is missing when he returns home from war, he will do anything to get the love of his life back. This book is so different than the other books I've read by Patterson that is stands out in the best way!
Number 3: First to Die
First to Die is the first book in Patterson's Women's Murder Club series. So far I have read the first seventeen out of twenty books in this series. The premise of the series is that a set of four women (a detective, a medical examiner, a journalist, and a defense lawyer) form a strong bond and help each other solve crimes and personal problems.
Number 4: Sunday's at Tiffany's (co-written by Gabrielle Charbonnet)
Not everyone knows that James Patterson also writes some contemporary novels, and this is one of them. This book starts when Jane is a little girl with an imaginary friend named Michael. We go through Jane's childhood, and then her adult life which changes drastically when she thinks she sees her imaginary friend-- again.
Number 5: Toys (co-written by Neil McMahon)
This book is set in a futuristic United States. In this new world there are two classes, the elites and the humans. Humans are viewed as the rodents of the earth and the elites have a plan to exterminate them. I flew through this book. It is a little different from some of Patterson's crime fiction, as I would consider this more of a sci/fi or dystopian, but I think that's why I liked it so much.
Number 6: The Family Lawyer (co-written by Robert Rotstein)
If you are short on time, this is the book you should read! The Family Lawyer is one of Patterson's bookshots. This means its less than 200 pages, but you get all the action normally found in one of his full length novels. The Family Layer is about a father defending his daughter in court after she is accused of a heinous crime. I read this book in an hour and a half, and was left in total shock!
Number 7: Private Rio
Set during the days leading up to the Olympic Games in Rio multiple things are keeping the agents of Private busy. First of all two very prominent teenagers are kidnapped while doing charity work in an under-privilaged area. Secondly the threat of a new virus that reared its ugly head four years prior is going to be released. Can the agents stop both of these plots in time for the Olympic Games?
Number 8: Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
This is the first book I ever read by James Patterson. It is a little different than his more adult stuff, but it still hooked me on his writing style. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment is about a group of kids that have been genetically altered to be able to fly. The kids escape the lab they were being held prisoner, and are on the run from the "erasers". Erasers are genetically altered robot/wolf/kids that are tasked to bring the six kids back to the lab. This book is the first in a series of nine books. I've read most of them, but I do intend to reread them and finish the series.
Number 9: Never Never (co-written by Candice Fox)
This is the first book in a relatively new series about Detective Harriette Blue. Detective Blue is a rough and tumble cop whose brother is accused of being a serial rapist and murderer. Blue's chief sends her to investigate a murder far away in a mine until some of the heat where she lives calms down. She doesn't know who she can trust including the partner that was sent to help her.
Number 10 (Highly Anticipated): Crazy House (co-written by Gabrielle Charbonnet)
Though I haven't read this one yet, it caught my eye in the bookstore and I can't wait to get started! This is the first book in a duology about a girl that is snatched from her home and thrown into a prison known as Crazy House. No one has ever made it out of Crazy House before, and the girl can only hope her twin sister can find her before it's too late.
-Sarah
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