James Patterson

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Audio Tape - Hodder Headline Audio (2002)

2nd Chance
With Andrew Gross
Master of suspense, James Patterson, takes us into a terrifying underworld with this second thriller in his dazzling new ‘Women’s Murder Club’ series.
When a little girl is shot on the steps of a San Francisco church, Detective Lindsay Boxer knows it’s time to reconvene the `Women’s Murder Club’. Working with reporter Cindy Thomas, assistant DA Jill Bernhardt, and medic examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay tracks a mystifying killer who soon turns his pursuers into his victims.
The unorthodox allegiances of `Women’s Murder Club’ leads them suspect the unexpected - the killer may be an ex-cop. But nothing could prepare them for the demented logic behind his choice of victims. Read by Melissa Leo and Jeremy Piven
‘A master of the suspense genre’ The Sunday Times

4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs

Audio Tape ISIS (2001)

1st to Die
1st to Die, the electrifying first novel in a new series from James Patterson, creator of Alex Cross, introduces Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club, whose fight against the criminal mind has only just begun.
As the only female homicide inspector in San Francisco, Lindsay Boxer has to be tough. But nothing has prepared her for the honeymoon murders.
A brutal maniac begins a killing spree -slaughtering newly-wed couples - and Lindsay takes the case. She is sickened by the deaths, but her determination to bring the murderer to justice is threatened by a personal tragedy. So she turns to Claire, a coroner, Cindy, a journalist, and Jill, an attorney, for help with both crises - and the Women’s Murder Club is born.

Pat Starr is an American actress living in London. She has worked extensively in the theatre with West End roles in The Rose Tattoo, All My Sons and Kennedy’s Children and a one-woman show, Tea With Liszt. Dozens of television appearances include Tender is The Night and Bob Martin. Her 22 movies include Reds and Four Weddings and a Funeral. She also sings regularly with a jazz band in London.
Unabridged: 7 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 8 hrs 20 mins

Audio Tape - ISIS (2001)

Roses are Red
CD Edition
‘Betsey, it’s Steve. There’s a man here in our house. He has a gun pointed at me. He says that unless the woman in your office leaves the bank with the money by eight-ten exactly, Tommy, Anna and I will be killed.’
A series of meticulously planned bank robberies ends in murder, and Alex Cross must pit his wits against the bizarre and sadistic mastermind behind the crimes. Torn between dedication to his job and commitment to his family, Cross cannot ignore the case, despite the risks he knows will come with hunting down a killer - and the heartbreaking cost.
James Patterson takes us from deep inside the mad world of a psychopath’s masquerade right to the heart of fiction’s most brilliant detective. Alex Cross is back in an explosive tale where mind games lead to violence, and the slightest mistake will be punished with death.

Paul Birchard comes from Los Angeles. His work in movies and television includes The Tailor of Panama, Memphis Belle, Poirot, Absolute Hell, Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and many others. His solo stage performance of The Pat Hobby Stones by F. Scott Fitzgerald has garnered rave reviews in Dublin, London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and he counts himself very fortunate to have worked with the late Lindsay Anderson on the play The Fishing Trip. Paul has read numerous stories and novels for BBC Radio, as well as unabridged audio books.
Unabridged: 8 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 9 hrs 10 mins

Audio Tape ISIS (2001)

Cradle and All
Kathleen, from privileged Rhode Island; Colleen from a poor Irish village - two teenagers on the opposite sides of the Atlantic whose lives are in great danger. Both girls are pregnant.
A private detective named Anne Fitzgerald suddenly has the case of a lifetime - caught between the certainty of science and the possibility of a miracle which could stop the terrible epidemics now sweeping the globe.
This is James Patterson at the height of his powers in a story that will keep his million of fans on the edge of their seats.

Laurel Lefkow, whose childhood was spent in many parts of the world, has worked in various countries including Kenya, Hong Kong and the U.S.A.
Her theatre credits include A Shayna Maidel (West End), Little Foxes, Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, Look Back in Anger and The Heiress, while her television work has included Tracy Ullman: A Class Act, Small Metal Jacket and In Suspicious Circumstances.
Unabridged: 6 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs 50 mins

Audio Tape - Hodder Headline Audio (2001)

1st to Die
1st To Die is the electrifying first novel in a thrilling new series from megabestselling James Patterson. The creator of Alex Cross - one of the most popular series characters in thriller fiction - now introduces Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club, whose fight against the criminal mind has only just begun.
As the only woman homicide inspector in San Francisco, Lindsay Boxer has to be tough. But nothing has prepared her for the honeymoon murders.
A brutal maniac begins a killing spree -slaughtering newlywed couples - and Lindsay takes on the case. She is sickened by the deaths, but her determination to bring the murderer to justice is threatened by a personal tragedy. So she turns to Claire, a coroner, Cindy, a journalist, and Jill, an attorney, for help with both crises: and the Women’s Murder Club is born.
`A master of the suspense genre’ The Sunday Times

4 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 6 hrs