Authors: James Patterson
Middle School: Master of Disaster
February 17, 2020
Rafe thought sixth grade was the worst year of his life. But with seventh grade just beginning, he's about to experience the worst of the worst! His mother loses her job and the family has to move. Now Rafe is enrolled in a middle school in a big city where, as he says, students like him inevitably end up getting beaten up! Fortunately, thanks to his former English teacher, Rafe is accepted into an art school at the last minute. But it's far from paradise! Competition between students is fierce, and Rafe's classmates are either snobs or real bullies. To keep going, he sets himself a new challenge: Operation Live Your Life. To choose the most interesting life possible, Rafe will be able to try all the experiences he hasn't had so far... even the worst ones. Did you think it couldn't get any worse than sixth grade? Worse than the worst? You were wrong! My mother lost her job, so we had to move in with my grandmother. By some miracle, I was accepted into a renowned art school. Don't imagine it's paradise: all the other students are either spoiled snobs or real bullies, not to mention the homework, the competition, the shame... To keep going, I had no choice but to set myself a new challenge: Operation Live Your Life. I wanted to have a super interesting life, to start all over again. So I started doing all the things I'd never done before.
Filthy Rich
October 10, 2016
Jeffrey Epstein rose from humble origins to the rarefied heights of New York City's financial elite. A college dropout with an instinct for numbers and for people, Epstein amassed his wealth through a combination of access and skill. But even after he had it all, Epstein wanted more. And that unceasing desire -- especially a taste for young girls -- resulted in his stunning fall from grace. From Epstein himself, to the girls he employed as masseuses at his home, to the cops investigating the appalling charges against him, Filthy Rich examines all sides of a case that scandalized one of America's richest communities.
Katt vs. Dogg
April 1, 2019
312 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm580L Lexile
Ali Cross
November 25, 2019
312 pages ; 21 cm.700L Lexile
The People vs. Alex Cross
November 20, 2017
"The charges: explosive. Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law -- until now. Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Cross is being turned into the poster child for trigger-happy cops who think they're above the law. Cross knows it was self-defense. But will a jury see it that way? The evidence: shocking. As Cross fights for his professional life and his freedom, his former partner John Sampson brings him a gruesome, titillating video tied to the mysterious disappearances of several young girls. Despite his suspension from the department, Cross can't say no to Sampson. The illicit investigation leads them to the darkest corners of the Internet, where murder is just another form of entertainment. The People vs. Alex Cross: the trial of the century. As the prosecution presents its case, and the nation watches, even those closest to Cross begin to doubt his innocence. If he can't convince his own family that he didn't pull the trigger with intent to kill, how can he hope to persuade a jury? But even with everything on the line, Cross will do whatever it takes to stop a dangerous criminal ... even if he can't save himself."--Amazon.com.
Private: Gold
May 2, 2017
Hired to protect a visiting American woman, Private Johannesburg's Joey Montague soon realizes the case is not what it seems and his partner's death may not be a suicide.
Killer Instinct
September 9, 2019
The murder of an Ivy League professor pulls Dr. Dylan Reinhart out of his ivory tower and onto the streets of New York, where he reunited with his old partner, Detective Elizabeth Needham. As the worst act of terror since 9/11 strikes the city, a name on the casualty list rocks Dylan's world. Is his secret past about to be brought to light? While the terrorist attack unfolds, Elizabeth performs a courageous act that thrusts her into the media spotlight. She's a reluctant hero. And, thanks to the attention, she also becomes a prime target for the ruthless murderer behind the attack. Dylan literally wrote the book on the psychology of murder, and he and Elizabeth have solved cases that have baffled conventional detectives. But the sociopath they're facing now is the opposite of a textbook case. There's no time to study for the test he's about to give them. And if they fail, they die.
Humans, Bow Down
February 20, 2017
The Great War is over. The Robots have won. The humans who survived have two choices--they can submit and serve the vicious rulers they created or be banished to the Reserve, a desolate, unforgiving landscape where it's a crime to be human. And the robots aren't content--following the orders of their soulless leader, they're planning to conquer humanity's last refuge. With nothing left to lose, Six, a feisty, determined young woman whose family was killed with the first shots of the war, is a rebel with a cause. On the run for her life after an attempted massacre, Six is determined to save humanity before the robots finish what the Great War started and wipe humans off the face of the earth, once and for all.