Description In James Patterson\'s new stand-alone thriller, one secret can bring down a government when the President\'s affair to remember becomes a nightmare he wishes he could forget.
He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family..
He is the author of the Alex Cross novels , the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider .
Since his First novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson\'s books have sold more than 375 million copies.
About the author James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records .
What begins as an innocent respite quickly reveals itself as a twisted case when the White House receives a ransom note along with the First Lady\'s finger.
The First Lady\'s absence comes in the wake of the scandalous, public revelation of the president\'s affair, so at First it seems as though she is simply cutting off all contact as she recuperates at a horse farm in Virginia.
But she couldn\'t have predicted that she\'d be forced to take on an investigation surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the First Lady--with strict orders to keep it a secret.
She knows that something is amiss when she is summoned to a private meeting with the President and his Chief of Staff without any witnesses.
Sally Grissom is a top secret service agent in charge of the Presidential Protection team.
Description In James Patterson\'s new stand-alone thriller, one secret can bring down a government when the President\'s affair to remember becomes a nightmare he wishes he could forget
