Truth or Die
Authors: James Patterson,Howard Roughan
Contents
Also by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
The truth will set you free – if it doesn’t kill you first.
New York attorney Trevor Mann’s world shatters when he receives a phone call telling him his girlfriend has been shot dead in a mugging. But the circumstances point to something more calculated than a random attack.
Claire was a
New York Times
journalist and Trevor is convinced she had unearthed a secret so shocking that she was murdered to keep it from coming to light. Chasing Claire’s leads, Trevor will risk everything to discover what exactly she was killed for.
It’s time to find out the truth, or die.
JAMES PATTERSON
is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Since winning the Edgar™ Award for Best First Novel with
The Thomas Berryman Number
, his books have sold in excess of 300 million copies worldwide and he has been the most borrowed author in UK libraries for the past eight years in a row. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.
James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books specifically for young readers. James is a founding partner of Booktrust’s Children’s Reading Fund in the UK.
HOWARD ROUGHAN
has co-written several books with James Patterson and is the author of
The Promise of a Lie
and
The Up and Comer
. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.
STAND-ALONE THRILLERS
Sail (
with Howard Roughan
)
Swimsuit (
with Maxine Paetro
)
Don’t Blink (
with Howard Roughan
)
Postcard Killers (
with Liza Marklund
)
Toys (
with Neil McMahon
)
Now You See Her (
with Michael Ledwidge
)
Kill Me If You Can (
with Marshall Karp
)
Guilty Wives (
with David Ellis
)
Zoo (
with Michael Ledwidge
)
Second Honeymoon (
with Howard Roughan
)
Mistress (
with David Ellis
)
Invisible (
with David Ellis
)
The Thomas Berryman Number
Murder House (
with David Ellis, to be published July 2015
)
ALEX CROSS NOVELS
Along Came a Spider
Kiss the Girls
Jack and Jill
Cat and Mouse
Pop Goes the Weasel
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Four Blind Mice
The Big Bad Wolf
London Bridges
Mary, Mary
Cross
Double Cross
Cross Country
Alex Cross’s Trial (
with Richard DiLallo
)
I, Alex Cross
Cross Fire
Kill Alex Cross
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
Alex Cross, Run
Cross My Heart
Hope to Die
THE WOMEN’S MURDER CLUB SERIES
1st to Die
2nd Chance (
with Andrew Gross
)
3rd Degree (
with Andrew Gross
)
4th of July (
with Maxine Paetro
)
The 5th Horseman (
with Maxine Paetro
)
The 6th Target (
with Maxine Paetro
)
7th Heaven (
with Maxine Paetro
)
8th Confession (
with Maxine Paetro
)
9th Judgement (
with Maxine Paetro
)
10th Anniversary (
with Maxine Paetro
)
11th Hour (
with Maxine Paetro
)
12th of Never (
with Maxine Paetro
)
Unlucky 13 (
with Maxine Paetro
)
14th Deadly Sin (
with Maxine Paetro
)
DETECTIVE MICHAEL BENNETT SERIES
Step on a Crack (
with Michael Ledwidge
)
Run for Your Life (
with Michael Ledwidge
)
Worst Case (
with Michael Ledwidge
)
Tick Tock (
with Michael Ledwidge
)
I, Michael Bennett (
with Michael Ledwidge
)
Gone (
with Michael Ledwidge
)
Burn (
with Michael Ledwidge
)
Alert (
with Michael Ledwidge, to be published September 2015
)
PRIVATE NOVELS
Private (
with Maxine Paetro
)
Private London (
with Mark Pearson
)
Private Games (
with Mark Sullivan
)
Private: No. 1 Suspect (
with Maxine Paetro
)
Private Berlin (
with Mark Sullivan
)
Private Down Under (
with Michael White
)
Private L.A. (
with Mark Sullivan
)
Private India (
with Ashwin Sanghi
)
Private Vegas (
with Maxine Paetro
)
Private Sydney (
with Kathryn Fox, to be published August 2015
)
NYPD RED SERIES
NYPD Red (
with Marshall Karp
)
NYPD Red 2 (
with Marshall Karp
)
NYPD Red 3 (
with Marshall Karp
)
NON-FICTION
Torn Apart (
with Hal and Cory Friedman
)
The Murder of King Tut (
with Martin Dugard
)
ROMANCE
Sundays at Tiffany’s (
with Gabrielle Charbonnet
)
The Christmas Wedding (
with Richard DiLallo
)
First Love (
with Emily Raymond
)
OTHER TITLES
Miracle at Augusta (
with Peter de Jonge
)
FAMILY OF PAGE-TURNERS
MIDDLE SCHOOL BOOKS
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (
with Chris Tebbetts
)
Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! (
with Chris Tebbetts
)
Middle School: My Brother Is a Big, Fat Liar (
with Lisa Papademetriou
)
Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (
with Chris Tebbetts
)
Middle School: Ultimate Showdown (
with Julia Bergen
)
Middle School: Save Rafe! (
with Chris Tebbetts
)
I FUNNY SERIES
I Funny (
with Chris Grabenstein
)
I Even Funnier (
with Chris Grabenstein
)
I Totally Funniest (
with Chris Grabenstein
)
TREASURE HUNTERS SERIES
Treasure Hunters (
with Chris Grabenstein
)
Treasure Hunters: Danger Down the Nile (
with Chris Grabenstein
)
HOUSE OF ROBOTS
House of Robots (
with Chris Grabenstein
)
KENNY WRIGHT
Kenny Wright: Superhero (
with Chris Tebbetts
)
HOMEROOM DIARIES
Homeroom Diaries (
with Lisa Papademetriou
)
MAXIMUM RIDE SERIES
The Angel Experiment
School’s Out Forever
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
The Final Warning
Max
Fang
Angel
Nevermore
Forever (
to be published May 2015
)
CONFESSIONS SERIES
Confessions of a Murder Suspect (
with Maxine Paetro
)
Confessions: The Private School Murders (
with Maxine Paetro
)
Confessions: The Paris Mysteries (
with Maxine Paetro
)
WITCH & WIZARD SERIES
Witch & Wizard (
with Gabrielle Charbonnet
)
The Gift (
with Ned Rust
)
The Fire (
with Jill Dembowski
)
The Kiss (
with Jill Dembowski
)
The Lost (
with Emily Raymond
)
DANIEL X SERIES
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (
with Michael Ledwidge
)
Watch the Skies (
with Ned Rust
)
Demons and Druids (
with Adam Sadler
)
Game Over (
with Ned Rust
)
Armageddon (
with Chris Grabenstein
)
Lights Out (
with Chris Grabenstein
)
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Daniel X: Alien Hunter (
with Leopoldo Gout
)
Maximum Ride: Manga Vols. 1–8 (
with NaRae Lee
)
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For Dr. Susan Boulware and Gail Pond
OLD HABITS DIE HARD
ONE
AT PRECISELY 5:15 every morning, seven days a week, Dr. Stephen Hellerman emerged from his modest brick colonial in the bucolic town of Silver Spring, Maryland, and jogged six miles. Six-point-two miles, to be exact.
Depending on whether it was Daylight Saving Time or not, it was either still dark or just dawn as he first stretched his calves against the tall oak shading most of his front yard, but no matter what the season, Dr. Hellerman, an acclaimed neurologist at Mercy Hospital in nearby Langley, rarely saw another human being from start to finish of his run.