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The Midwife Murders

A newborn baby taken. A twisted truth.

von James Patterson

352 Seiten, Taschenbuch

€ 16,00

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A missing patient is a hospital ward's worst nightmare - until even more people disappear . . .Senior Midwife Lucy Ryuan is used to guiding expectant mothers through pregnancy. But when two kidnappings and a vicious stabbing happen on her watch, her focus abruptly changes.Something has to be done, and Lucy is fearless enough to try.As rumours and accusations fly around Manhattan, Lucy teams up with a sceptical NYPD detective to solve the case. But the truth is far more twisted than either of them could ever have imagined. _____________________________________Readers are loving The Midwife Murders . . .'Keeps you gripped''The characters really come alive''A great read''Fast-paced and kept me guessing''Very difficult to put down'__________________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: 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. End of.' IAN RANKIN'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'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

Über den Autor

James Brendan Patterson, geboren 1947 in Newburgh, New York, gehört mit einer weltweiten Gesamtauflage von 375 Millionen Romanexemplaren zu den erfolgreichsten Bestseller-Autoren unserer Gegenwart. Er hat mehrere erfolgreiche Serien und Charaktere kreiert, darunter die Alex-Cross-Reihe, die Michael-Bennett-Reihe, "Der Club der Ermittlerinnen", "Maximum Ride" sowie die Kinderbuchreihen "School Survival" und "Max Einstein". 2018 erschien der in Zusammenarbeit mit Ex-US-Präsident Bill Clinton verfasste Thriller "The President Is Missing". Der Autor setzt sich auch wohltätig ein und spendete über 70 Millionen Dollar zur Bildungsförderung. Zu den zahlreichen Auszeichnungen Pattersons gehören unter anderem der Children's Choice Book Award, der London Times Book Sense Children's Pick, der Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. James Patterson lebt zusammen mit seiner Familie in Florida.