PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.' MARK LAWSON, GUARDIAN'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer...Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER '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