He is an American author and he is widely known for his books about the psychologist Alex across on the Alex Cross series. James Patterson was born on the 22nd of March 1947. A young and forgotten girl is the closest thing Bennett has to a partner in his frantic hunt for the ghostlike perpetrator behind the violence.On his website, James has a separate listing for the 'main' Private series which is in this order: Private, Private: #1 Suspect, Private L.A., Private Vegas, Private Paris and The Games. But far from the city streets he knows so well, no one will talk to the big-city detective, and the bodies keep piling up. When local cops uncover a grisly crime scene buried deep in the woods, they consult the vacationing Bennett, who jumps at the chance to atone for his own sins. But it turns out the brochures don't tell the full story the seemingly perfect community has a deadly vice. Reeling from a crisis that would destroy lesser families, the Bennetts escape New York for a much-needed vacation. Haunted by guilt and shame, Michael Bennett is living with a father's worst nightmare. Through twist after twist, he fights to understand exactly how he fits into the killer's plan, before he becomes the ultimate victim.ĭetective Michael Bennett and his family are ready to escape New York for a vacation in Maine-but a shocking scene deep in the woods reveals a dark world of drugs and murder. But he can tell it's personal, and that it's part of something huge. Michael Bennett can't tell what's driving the assassin.

The assassin takes advantage of the chaos, enticing an officer into compromising Bennett, then luring another member of Bennett's family into even graver danger. But the leads they're chasing turn out to be phantoms. And a series of murders follows, each with a distinct signature, alerting Bennett to the presence of a professional killer with a flair for disguise.īennett taps his best investigators and sources, and they fan out across the five boroughs. One of Bennett's children sustains a mysterious injury.

New York's top cop is not the only one at risk. An officer is taken down - and, despite the attackers' efforts, it's not Michael Bennett. And they know where he and his family live.Īn anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhattan proves to be a setup.

Only Detective Michael Bennett stands in the way of two lethal cartels fighting for New York City's multi-million-dollar opioid trade.

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