The Imperfect Murder

Prepare to be hooked by this compulsive cat-and-mouse thriller from bestselling thriller author, James Patterson, in which a brilliant cop must nail down an ingenious true crime writer for murder. 'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL________________________________Wife. Writer. Murderer? When Denise Morrow is discovered standing over the body of her husband, a bloody knife between them, Detective Declan Shaw thinks it's an open-and-shut case. But Denise is no ordinary murder suspect. She's a famous true crime author, who knows how killers operate. And how they get away with it. Then, Declan discovers the subject of Denise's next book - the violent murder of a girl called Maggie Marshall. A case that Declan worked on. A case that has haunted him for years. Denise knows much more about Declan than she's letting on, and she might just be the slipperiest suspect he has ever encountered . . ________________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON'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'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged. ' STEVE BERRY'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' DAILY MAIL