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Death of the Black Widow

By: James Patterson, J. D. Barker
Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson
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Summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

A stunning stand-alone thriller following a Detroit cop's hunt for a serial killer like no other, from the bestselling authors of The Noise.

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

You never forget your first case.

Officer Walter O'Brien is called to a murder scene on his first night with Detroit PD. A terrified young woman has bludgeoned her attacker with shocking skill.

She is also a brilliant escape artist. Her flight from police custody makes the case impossible to solve—and, for Walter, impossible to forget.

His fascination with the missing, grey-eyed woman approaches obsession. And when Walter discovers that he's not alone in his search, only one thing is certain . . .

The string of murders didn't begin in his home city—but he's going to make sure it ends there.

©2022 James Patterson (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"James Patterson is The Boss. End of." (Ian Rankin)

"A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting." (Mark Lawson, Guardian)

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mindboggling plot

Thisbook with its time span kept me hooked. i listioned to it in one long go not wanting to miss a word. terrific liston

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A mix of genres

Really enjoyed this listen.
What a clever story and mixing the genres up was genius. The story weaved back and forth and eventually you got what Amy was all about.
One of those listens that kept you guessing all the way.
The performance was great and loved the voices, especially Walter and Amy.

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Supernatural

Supernatural than thriller could be confusing at times. Not of the best novels prefer hid]s original books

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not a crime thriller

more of a supernatural thriller, for me it's miscategorised. if I'd have known, I'd not have bought it as I don't like those books.
quite unstructured in how it's written, hard to follow occasionally
it's like the 2 author's each had totally different book idea and they just threw them together

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Not for me

This is the second book I have read by this pairing I find it more horror than murder mystery.

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Black widow very good read

Interesting book reading this way iis great. You can stop and start even when you are on the move.

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Not my cup of tea!

I usually enjoy James Patterson's books but not this one. I'm glad it an audio book because once I start listening to a book I have to finish it.

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Excellent JP book as ever

Twists galore, can we truly say say we know exactly what we share our world with?

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Misplaced

Thought this was a crime/detective story- instead turned into a horror/ sci fi story
I never read this genre and found it silly and childish
Audible - can I have my money back?

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Hated this book!

the story line was terrible. I got halfway through and kept thinking it will get better but it just did not. I dont enjoy alien out of space science fiction type of books at all and would never have picked this in a million years if I had known. I finished it somehow but definitely not one of james Pattersons best.

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