Death of the Black Widow - James Patterson

A stunning stand-alone thriller following a Detroit cop''s hunt for a serial killer like no other, from the bestselling authors of The Noise.__________________________THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERYou never forget your first case.Officer Walter O''Brien is called to a murder scene on his first night with Detroit PD. A terrified young woman has bludgeoned her attacker with shocking skill.She is also a brilliant escape artist. Her flight from police custody makes the case impossible to solve - and, for Walter, impossible to forget.His fascination with the missing, grey-eyed woman approaches obsession. And when Walter discovers that he''s not alone in his search, only one thing is certain . . .The string of murders didn''t begin in his home city - but he''s going to make sure it ends there.__________________________Praise for James Patterson''Nobody does it better'' Jeffery Deaver''A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.'' Mark Lawson, Guardian''No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.'' Lee Child''Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It''s what fires off the movie projector in the reader''s mind.'' Michael Connelly''James Patterson is The Boss. End of.'' Ian Rankin