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Run for Your Life

(with Michael Ledwidge)

Step on a Crack

(with Michael Ledwidge)

Featuring Alex Cross

Alex Cross, Run

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

Kill Alex Cross

Cross Fire

I, Alex Cross

Alex Cross’s
Trial (with Richard DiLallo)

Cross Country

Double Cross

Cross
(also published as
Alex Cross
)

Mary, Mary

London Bridges

The Big Bad Wolf

Four Blind Mice

Violets Are Blue

Roses Are Red

Pop Goes the Weasel

Cat & Mouse

Jack & Jill

Kiss the Girls

Along Came a Spider

The Women’s Murder Club

12th of Never
(with Maxine Paetro)

11th Hour
(with Maxine Paetro)

10th Anniversary
(with Maxine Paetro)

The 9th Judgment
(with Maxine Paetro)

The 8th Confession
(with Maxine Paetro)

7th Heaven
(with Maxine Paetro)

The 6th Target
(with Maxine Paetro)

The 5th Horseman
(with Maxine Paetro)

4th of July
(with Maxine Paetro)

3rd Degree
(with Andrew Gross)

2nd Chance
(with Andrew Gross)

1st to Die

Featuring Michael Bennett

I, Michael Bennett
(with Michael Ledwidge)

Tick Tock
(with Michael Ledwidge)

Worst Case
(with Michael Ledwidge)

Run for Your Life
(with Michael Ledwidge)

Step on a Crack
(with Michael Ledwidge)

The Private Novels

Private Berlin
(with Mark Sullivan)

Private London
(with Mark Pearson)

Private Games
(with Mark Sullivan)

Private: #1 Suspect
(with Maxine Paetro)

Private
(with Maxine Paetro)

Stand-alone Books

NYPD Red
(with Marshall Karp)

Zoo
(with Michael Ledwidge)

Guilty Wives
(with David Ellis)

The Christmas Wedding
(with Richard DiLallo)

Kill Me If You Can
(with Marshall Karp)

Now You See Her
(with Michael Ledwidge)

Toys
(with Neil McMahon)

Don’t Blink
(with Howard Roughan)

The Postcard Killers
(with Liza Marklund)

The Murder of King Tut
(with Martin Dugard)

Swimsuit
(with Maxine Paetro)

Against Medical Advice
(with Hal Friedman)

Sail
(with Howard Roughan)

Sundays at Tiffany’s
(with Gabrielle Charbonnet)

You’ve Been Warned
(with Howard Roughan)

The Quickie
(with Michael Ledwidge)

Judge & Jury
(with Andrew Gross)

Beach Road
(with Peter de Jonge)

Lifeguard
(with Andrew Gross)

Honeymoon
(with Howard Roughan)

Sam’s Letters to Jennifer

The Lake House

The Jester
(with Andrew Gross)

The Beach House
(with Peter de Jonge)

Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas

Cradle and All

When the Wind Blows

Miracle on the 17th Green
(with Peter de Jonge)

Hide & Seek

The Midnight Club

Black Friday
(originally published as
Black Market
)

See How They Run

Season of the Machete

The Thomas Berryman Number

For Readers of All Ages
Maximum Ride

Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure

ANGEL: A Maximum Ride Novel

FANG: A Maximum Ride Novel

MAX: A Maximum Ride Novel

The Final Warning: A Maximum Ride Novel

Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports: A Maximum Ride Novel

School’s Out—Forever: A Maximum Ride Novel

The Angel Experiment: A Maximum Ride Novel

Daniel X

Daniel X: Armageddon
(with Chris Grabenstein)

Daniel X: Game Over
(with Ned Rust)

Daniel X: Demons and Druids
(with Adam Sadler)

Daniel X: Watch the Skies
(with Ned Rust)

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
(with Michael Ledwidge)

Witch and Wizard

Witch & Wizard: The Kiss
(with Jill Dembowski)

Witch & Wizard: The Fire
(with Jill Dembowski)

Witch & Wizard: The Gift
(with Ned Rust)

Witch & Wizard
(with Gabrielle Charbonnet)

Middle School

Middle School: Get Me Out of Here
(with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
(with Chris Tebbetts, illustrated by Laura Park)

Other Books for Readers of All Ages

I Funny: A Middle School Story
(with Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Laura Park)

Confessions of a Murder Suspect
(with Maxine Paetro)

santaKid
(illustrated by Michael Garland)

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Contents

Welcome

Epigraph

Prologue: Sexy Beast

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Book One: Down by the Sea

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Book Two: Double Down

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

Chapter 67

Chapter 68

Chapter 69

Chapter 70

Chapter 71

Chapter 72

Chapter 73

Chapter 74

Chapter 75

Chapter 76

Chapter 77

Chapter 78

Book Three: That’s What Friends are For

Chapter 79

Chapter 80

Chapter 81

Chapter 82

Chapter 83

Chapter 84

Chapter 85

Chapter 86

Chapter 87

Chapter 88

Chapter 89

Chapter 90

Chapter 91

Chapter 92

Chapter 93

Chapter 94

Chapter 95

Chapter 96

Chapter 97

Chapter 98

Chapter 99

Chapter 100

Chapter 101

Chapter 102

Chapter 103

Chapter 104

Epilogue

Chapter 105

Chapter 106

A Preview of
Step on a Crack

A Preview of
I, Michael Bennett

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Copyright

Copyright

The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

Copyright © 2011 by James Patterson

Excerpt from
Step on a Crack
copyright © 2007 by James Patterson

Excerpt from
I, Michael Bennett
copyright © 2012 by James Patterson

Author photograph by Deborah Feingold

Cover copyright © 2012 Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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