A unputdownable new conspiracy thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

He’s a notorious killer.
She’s the surgeon who must save his life.

After a high-profile assassination attempt shocks the nation, the world’s deadliest hitman disappears.

So does cosmetic surgeon Dr Henley Russell.

Kidnapped from her Los Angeles home, Henley is given an impossible choice: save the wounded assassin known only as Booth – or her niece dies.

But before either of them can walk away, armed hitmen descend on the house they are hiding in.

Now Henley and Booth are unlikely allies, running from enemies who will stop at nothing to bury the truth.

And their search for answers will uncover a conspiracy that reaches all the way to the White House…

PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON

‘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' IAN RANKIN

'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL

‘Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

‘Patterson is in a class by himself’ GUARDIAN

‘One of the greatest storytellers of our time’ DAILY MAIL

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