Richard North Patterson
The Devil's Light
By: Richard North Patterson
THE DEVIL'S LIGHT tells the story of an AL Qeda operative named Amer Al Zaroor, who, on orders from Osama Bin Laden, directs the theft of a nuclear weapon from the Pakistani military, and then transports it toward its intended target, Israel....
Published: Feb 2012
Genre: Fiction - General
Pages: 448
No Safe Place
By: Richard North Patterson
New Jersey Senator Kerry Kilcannon's brother was assassinated 12 years ago, and now he may suffer the same fate at the hands of an assassin who has traveled across the country to San Francisco, where Kilcannon is campaigning. With the election at...
Published: Jun 1999
Genre: Fiction - General
Pages: 513
In the Name of Honor
By: Richard North Patterson
Home from Iraq, a lieutenant kills his commanding officer—was it self-defense or premeditated murder? An enthralling novel of suspense about the high cost of war and secrets The McCarrans and the Gallaghers, two military families, have...
Published: May 2011
Genre: Fiction - Suspense
Protect and Defend
By: Richard North Patterson
On a cold day in January President Kerry Kilcannon takes the oath of office-- and within days makes his first, most important move: appointing a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Kilcannon's choice is a female judge with a brilliant record. And...
Published: Oct 2001
Genre: Fiction - Suspense
Pages: 591
Private Screening
By: Richard North Patterson
The nation is stunned silent when presidential hopeful James Kilcannon is shot dead in front of his rock-star girlfriend Stacy Tarrant. Fiercely independent attorney Tony Lord dares to defend the shooter, but the already bizarre plot takes another...
Published: Jun 1986
Genre: Fiction - General
Pages: 448
Dark Lady
By: Richard North Patterson
When Stella Marz, Assistant County Prosecutor and head of the homicide division of the Prosecutor's office, investigates the deaths of two prominent men--one of a heroin overdose, the other hanged and castrated--she uncovers an unexpected web of...
Published: Aug 2000
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
Pages: 427
Caroline Masters
By: Richard North Patterson
Long estranged from her blue-blooded New England family, attorney Caroline Masters is summoned home to defend her niece against charges of murder. Police found twenty-two-year-old Brett Allen blood-splattered and incoherent near the scene of the...
Published: Nov 2000
Genre: Fiction - Media Tie-in
Pages: 512
Conviction
By: Richard North Patterson
Fifteen years after he is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to die for the murder of a nine-year-old girl, overworked pro-bono lawyer Teresa Peralta Paget, her husband, and her stepson, a recent graduate of Harvard Law School, become convinced that...
Published: Oct 2005
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers
Pages: 519
The Outside Man
By: Richard North Patterson
The outside man is society lawyer Adam Shaw. A northerner in a southern town jealous of its secrets, he finds the dead body of his best friend's wealthy wife -- and his friend is missing.brIn a world where wealthy people will stop at nothing to...
Published: Feb 1982
Genre: Fiction - General
Pages: 320
The Spire
By: Richard North Patterson
Mark Darrow grew up in small-town Ohio with no real advantages. But thanks to Lionel Farr, a professor at a nearby college, Darrow became an excellent scholar/athlete and, later, a superb trial lawyer. Now Farr offers his protege a job as his alma...
Published: Apr 2010
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers
Pages: 480
The Race
By: Richard North Patterson
He's a decorated Gulf War pilot. A fashion plate. A ladies' man. An independent thinker who speaks his mind and never takes no for an answer. The only thing Americans can expect from Corey Grace is the unexpected...Love him or hate him, the...
Published: Jul 2008
Genre: Fiction - Political
Pages: 544
Escape the Night
By: Richard North Patterson
"Intricate . . . Intelligent and menacing." The Boston GlobebrBy the bestselling author of "Degree of Guilt," an inescapable tale of suspense, scandal, and shock too terrifying to put aside as it draws you into its vortex of...
Published: Jun 1986
Genre: Fiction - General
Pages: 384
Eclipse
By: Richard North Patterson
Damon Pierce is a gifted California lawyer whose work is starting to seem soulless. Then, from out of nowhere, two life-altering events take place: First, Damon's wife announces that she's leaving him. Next: A woman from his past reappears. Damon...
Published: Sep 2009
Genre: Fiction - Legal
Pages: 560
Silent Witness
By: Richard North Patterson
After the murder of his high school sweetheart left him shattered, Tony Lord vowed never to return to his Ohio hometown of Lake City. Twenty-eight years later, Tony is a successful California criminal lawyer with a beautiful celebrity wife. He's...
Published: Feb 1999
Genre: Fiction - Legal
Pages: 608
The Lasko Tangent
By: Richard North Patterson
"I've got a memo at home that will deliver the whole thing". Alexander Lehman looked around. "But we can't talk about it here. Come to my place after dinner tonight, and I'll show you what I've got". Lehman stood up, smiling in a...
Published: Jul 1985
Genre: Fiction - General
Pages: 368
Exile
By: Richard North Patterson
David Wolfe is a successful American lawyer being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif—the Palestinian woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school—he begins a completely...
Published: Aug 2007
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers
Pages: 768
Balance of Power
By: Richard North Patterson
When celebrations surrounding the President's marriage are interrupted by a brutal mass murder, he must try to keep the country together in the face of a mounting social crisis while navigating the notoriously untrustworthy world of backdoor Beltway...
Published: Jun 2004
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers
Pages: 608
Eyes of a Child
By: Richard North Patterson
Chris Paget's well ordered world is blown apart by his love for his assistant, Terri, in the sequel to Degree of Guilt. Terri's ex husband, Ricky, is determined to destroy them both and instigates a child custody battle for Terri's four-year old...
Published: Nov 1995
Genre: Fiction - Legal
Pages: 752
Degree of Guilt
By: Richard North Patterson
TV journalist Mary Carelli admits that she shot and killed Mark Ransom, one of the world's most famous authors. She claims it was self-defense. She swears he tried to rape her. Now she has to prove it in a court of law—with her former lover...
Published: Feb 2010
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Pages: 720
Fall from Grace: A Novel
By: Richard North Patterson
The mysterious, violent death of a prominent New England patriarch exposes a nest of dark family secrets in New York Times bestselling author Richard North Patterson's twentieth compelling novel.Adam Blaine arrives on the island of...
Published: Jan 2013
Genre: Fiction - Suspense
Pages: 400
The Final Judgment
By: Richard North Patterson
A young man is brutally murdered. His distraught girlfriend is the prime suspect. Her aunt, Caroline Masters, about to take up a top job in the US Court of Appeals, decides to defend the young woman in the murder trial. But this will be Caroline's...
Published: Jan 1997
Genre: Fiction - Legal
Pages: 624