A serial killer is taking out cops in NYC. Could Detective Michael Bennett be next?

Michael Bennett says a prayer every time he witnesses a death. In his line of work, it happens too often. But lately he’s attended so many police funerals that his deepening sadness is crossing into the zone of suspicion.

Bennett must find the person responsible for the deaths of his friends – before he becomes their next target.

With a new baby on the way, Bennett’s protective instincts – as a father, a colleague and a detective – have never faced a bigger test.

A serial killer is taking out cops in NYC. Could Detective Michael Bennett be next?

Michael Bennett says a prayer every time he witnesses a death. In his line of work, it happens too often. But lately he’s attended so many police funerals that his deepening sadness is crossing into the zone of suspicion.

Bennett must find the person responsible for the deaths of his friends – before he becomes their next target.

With a new baby on the way, Bennett’s protective instincts – as a father, a colleague and a detective – have never faced a bigger test.

From the world's greatest thriller writer comes a new novel in the globally bestselling Michael Bennett series...

In New York City, someone has planted a series of deadly bombs. In New Jersey, the National Guard is looted for explosives. In Montana, arson and murder rocks a quiet town.

Two enigmatic brothers keep turning up in the wrong places. They insist they’re trying to make the world a better place.

But with lives hanging in the balance, Detective Michael Bennett is called to investigate.

Can he solve the case before their delusions lead to a nationwide disaster?

NYPD Detective Michael Bennett will stop at nothing to protect family: his wife, his kids—and his fellow officers—in the latest psychological thriller from bestselling author James Patterson.

At every death scene, Bennett says a prayer over the victim. But recently, too many of the departed have been fellow cops.

“I want you to look at these deaths on special assignment,” NYPD Inspector Celeste Cantor says. “Report only to me.”

Bennett excels as a solo investigator. But he's chasing a killer who feeds on isolation... and paranoia.

New York City detective Michael Bennett faces his most terrifying killer ever. It could be anyone. They could be anywhere.

A killer uses fearsome precision to take out impossible targets.

Detective Michael Bennett teams with a shooting expert—a former Army Ranger and sniper with NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit. But Officer Rob Trilling seems more comfortable with rifles than he is with people.

When his new partner begins to log unexplained absences from duty, only Bennett can prove whether the decorated officer is a lonely hunter or a hardened assassin.

A collection of three thrilling, pulse-pounding stories about a private investigator in a small town on the Hudson River in upstate New York.

Sometimes figuring out the truth means going to the point of no return. For Mitchum, returning isn't something he concerns himself with.

HIDDEN: 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...

MALICIOUS: Mitchum's brother has 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.

MALEVOLENT: Mitchum has never been more desperate. One by one his loved ones have become victims of carefully staged attacks. There's only one way to stop the ruthless mastermind intent on destroying everyone around him – to go on the most dangerous hunt of his life.

When a serial killer crashes Detective Michael Bennett's wedding, he and his new partner uncover a gruesome string of cold-case homicides across the country. Weeks before NYPD Detective Michael Bennett is to marry his longtime love, Mary Catherine, an assassin announces his presence in the city with a string of grisly murders. Each victim is a young woman. And each has been killed in a manner as precise as it was gruesome. Tasked with working alongside the FBI, Bennett and his gung-ho new partner uncover multiple cold-case homicides across the country that fit the same distinctive pattern--proving the perpetrator they seek is as experienced at ending lives as he is at evading detection. Bennett promises Mary Catherine that the case won't affect their upcoming wedding. But as Bennett prepares to make a lifetime commitment, the killer has a lethal vow of his own to fulfill.