NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson

NYPD Red 2 by James Patterson

NYPD Red hunts a terrifying killer who wants more than blood he wants to send a message.

When NYPD Red arrives at a crime scene, everyone takes notice. Known as the protectors of the rich, famous, and connected, NYPD Red is the elite task force called in only for New York City s most high-profile crimes. And Detective Zach Jordan is the best of the best, a brilliant and relentless pursuer of justice. He puts professionalism above all, ignoring his feelings for his partner, Detective Kylie McDonald, the woman who broke his heart when they first met in the academy.

But even with their top-notch training, Zach and Kylie aren t prepared for what they see when they re called to a crime scene in the heart of Central Park. They arrive to find a carousel spinning round and round, its painted horses grinning eerily in the early morning dark. There is only one rider: a brutally slaughtered woman, her body tied up and dressed in a Hazmat suit, on display for the world to see.

The victim, a woman of vast wealth and even greater connections, is the fourth in a string of shocking murders that have hit the city. As the public pressure mounts, and political and personal secrets of the highest order hang in the balance, Zach and Kylie must find out what s really behind the murderer s rampage. But Kylie has been acting strange recently and Zach knows whatever she s hiding could threaten the biggest case of their careers.

NYPD Red 2 is the next outstanding novel in James Patterson s newest series, a thriller that careens through New York City and deep into the psyche of a depraved killer you ve never seen before.

An award-winning former advertising executive, MARSHALL KARP is a playwright, a screenwriter, and has written and produced numerous TV shows. Having paid his dues in Hollywood, he began killing the people he used to work with. His first novel, The Rabbit Factory, set in a Disneyesque studio, introduces LAPD Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs. In Bloodthirsty, they returned when some of the most powerful and hated men in show business turn up dead. Marshall is at work on the further adventures of Lomax & Biggs deep in the woods of New York's Hudson Valley, where he subsists on nuts, berries, and reader feedback. If you'd like to be a character in Marshall's next book, visit his site at www.lomaxandbiggs.com. The link that lets you enter the contest isn't that easy to find, but then, you like a good mystery, don't you?