The Writer
A Thriller
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4.3 • 617 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
“Consider blocking out a few hours of uninterrupted reading time” for The Writer, #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson’s “Excellent…perfectly executed…genuinely suspenseful” (Booklist) thriller about a true-crime author swept up in a murder plot.
“Entertaining…one gonzo plot twist follows the next…loads of fun.” (Publishers Weekly)
NYPD Detective Declan Shaw gets a call: How fast can you get to the Beresford building on Central Park West?
In the tower apartment, Shaw finds a woman waiting for him. She’s covered in blood. A body is lying dead on the floor of the luxurious living room.
Every book in the apartment’s floor-to-ceiling shelves is by the same author: bestselling true-crime writer Denise Morrow.
"This is you?" Shaw asks the woman. "You're a writer?"
Only one person knows the ending to this story. Is it the victim or the killer?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A guilt-stricken cop investigates a bestselling author for murder in the entertaining fifth collaboration between Patterson and Barker (after Confessions of the Dead). Facing an inquiry from internal affairs, NYPD detective Declan Shaw plans to jump in front of a subway train to prevent an unspecified secret from coming to light. Before he can do so, his investigative partner, Jarod Cordova, calls him with disturbing news: popular true crime writer Denise Morrow arrived at her Manhattan apartment to find her husband, David, stabbed to death, but when police arrived, she warded them off with a gun, insisting she'd only allow Shaw inside. When Shaw arrives, he finds Morrow soaked in blood and standing near a bloody knife. She has an airtight alibi, however, and holds considerable sway over Shaw, because she's working on a book that casts doubt on a case he and Cordova handled several years earlier, which led to the conviction of a New York City parks employee for the murder of a 14-year-old girl. Shaw and Morrow's cat-and-mouse game quickly becomes preposterous, but the narrative only gains steam as one gonzo plot twist follows the next. Though goofy, it's loads of fun.
Customer Reviews
Okay but…
The ending sucked! I hope there’s a sequel
Plot twists galore, but…
As one other reviewer pointed out, there wasn’t a single character that you could root for or feel compassion for. In the end, you are left disliking the entire lot.
Terrible
A plot so convoluted that by the time it is explained you no longer care. More holes in the plot than a Swiss cheese.