James Patterson does it again!!! A slight departure from his usual style but what a ride! Atmospheric, intriguing and oh so good!!! A must read for any mystery/crime/ thriller fans!

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for this ARC.

Wow, I found this to be a fast paced, thrilling read which I got through in just over a day. I was drawn in to this book from the beginning and it held my attention all the way through. I liked the authors writing style and that the story was told through different characters, some who were likeable and some not. The book has a great plot line that kept me guessing and a shock at the end I didn’t expect. A great read overall and I’d recommend if you like crime and police thrillers.

This book dragged me right in from the start.

The premise is very interesting and is full of action, I didn’t want to put it down.

Read if you like action packed thrillers.

From the first sentence to the last this is a masterclass in thriller writing. A story of serial murders spread across USA but is it a serial killer or a series of killers? A truly gripping fast moving unusual storyline, could it come true is it possible? Who is the hero? Who is the villain? Will we ever know? Don’t miss this book if you like the best

Absolutely brilliant!
Sick, creepy, shocking, rolled into a suspenseful and an oh-so-cleverly complex mile-a-minute page turning rollercoaster ride of a thriller. I thoroughly enjoyed the short chapters and rapid switching of view-points to keep the narrative flowing.

However the collaboration worked, JD Barker and James Patterson have created a great read.

Should you read it? Will you read it? Will you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it? These aren’t important questions, what is important is Who is on the Mark?

Thanks NetGalley and RandomHouse UK for a Review Copy

This is my first book by either of these authors. I've been wondering about reading James Patterson for some time as he is such a popular author but I have decided that his writing and maybe the genre is not for me. I am not sure how much this books is typical of one or other of the two authors though so I may be doing one an injustice.

The book gallops along at a huge pace with 148 short chapters but it felt frenetic at times. Michael and Megan are the adoptive children of psychiatrist Dr Bart Fitzgerald and psychologist Dr Rose Fitzgerald. Michael uses his previous name of Kepler as he is estranged from his adoptive parents. It starts with Michael coming home to find a dead girl in his bath and a stack of evidence pointing at him as the murderer even though he claims to have never met the girl. More murders are then connected with him as the title suggests.

As the story develops we learn more about Michael and Megan’s childhood which gets more and more unbelievable. I had to suspend belief many times during this novel. There is a lot of violence with guns, hatchets, scissors with pages of blow by blow accounts of who did what and their exact locations. Same with car chases. It would have suited me to have been a hundred pages shorter without this minutiae.

I am rating it low at 3 stars as it really wasn’t a book for me but I can appreciate that fans of these authors and this genre will enjoy it. I don’t want to give spoilers so cannot say too much other than I am still not 100% sure I understand the ending which is always a disappointing after investing so much time to read a book.

With thanks to NetGalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

Action and confusion abound in ‘The Coast-To-Coast Murders’ – the action begins from the outset and doesn’t let up until the very end and the confusion is intentional as the authors play with the psychological twists of the human character. The result is a frightening thriller, the events of which, baffle both the detectives and the reader. And then there is that added twist at the end.
The chapters take the reader between the events as experienced in real time and as memories recounted by one of the main characters. In some novels this can be distracting but here it successfully adds to the plot.
I have to admit to experiencing an initial feeling of annoyance and overriding scepticism when reading the opening chapters as the events and situation all seemed far too impossible. However, as the story unfolds, this is not only explained but becomes integral and means my rating for this rapidly increased.

Thank you to Century (Penguin Random House) and NetGalley for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

The coast-to-coast murders by James Patterson and J.D Barker is a 5 star read.
This story is a huge hit from James Patterson, and his co-author J.D Barker. As always with a James Patterson book you are sucked in from the very first page, the twists and turns keep you on the edge of your seat.
I highly recommend this book.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book through Netgalley.

A twist and turn of a read which kept me gripped throughout the book. I love James Patterson and this book was an enjoyable read. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me review this book.

What a thriller, it took my mind from coast to coast!
Fast paced, with short snappy chapters, I couldn’t turn the pages quick enough to see what was going to happen next.
I guessed some of the twists but not all of them and the authors had me guessing until the very last page!
The writing was superb and what a partnership Patterson and Barker make.
Im sure this will be turned into a film before too long!
Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review.

This is surprisingly my first James Patterson novel - and I loved it. A great story, if slightly longer than it needed to be - with a brilliant twist at the end - the themes of multiple personality disorder were fascinating and I had to really concentrate at times to fully understand who was who, but it was worth it - recommended.

#TheCoasttoCoastMurders #NetGalley A brilliant book, I absolutely loved it and it kept me guessing all the way through. It's got a really good original storyline, new characters that we haven;t seen before rather than the series books, a psychological thriller that I will be recommending to others.

James patterson and Co very rarely disappoint and they didn't this time. The twists and turns leave the reader racing through the next chapter and then back tracking to make sure they didn't miss any clues. A stand alone book, excellent story.

Well I feel like I’ve been placed inside a spinning top that’s been spinning wildly out of control for the past 4 days! WHAT a read! There’s a reason this guy is at the top of the league table and it’s for books like this one.

Hands up... I must admit I’ve never picked up a James Patterson novel before and boy do I feel silly now. His writing is so enthralling it’s like reading a blockbuster movie. Everything is on key, the characters are brilliantly written and all the twists and turns have been expertly hidden until Patterson is ready to let you have them.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I LOVED this book! From the moment I picked it up the plot grabbed me and even when I put it down I was thinking about it. Even when I thought I ‘knew’ it turns out I didn’t! Absolutely brilliant.

Thanks to NetGalley for my advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

As a fan of Patterson I was delighted to receive this via Netgalley.

Michael returns home to find a woman dead in his bath. After reporting it to the police he is questioned and suspected of multiple murders around America. We are introduced to his sister Megan who shares her story throughout the book.

There are many twists and turns in this book and in places it is very easy to lose track due to complex storylines. I felt a little deflated at the end and found the last third of the book hard going. Definitely not one of his best but still an interesting read.

In the main, I’ll let the synopsis speak for itself, but briefly, Detective Garret Dobbs and FBI agent Jessica Gimble take on the almighty case of catching a most devious and clever serial killer. After being alerted to the murder of a young woman in Michael Fitzgerald’s apartment, they quickly find that the killing spree continues from coast to coast, and it’s going to be the mother of all investigations, so hang onto your hats, because the shocks in this riveting psychological thriller begin virtually from the word go!

This was a complex (and at times, confusing tale), but there’s no doubt that it was gripping, and, aided by the use of short chapters, very fast paced, however I do believe a slightly shorter version would have worked equally as well without detracting from the overall storyline - it was rather lengthy. Nevertheless, it was clever, and compelling, and there’s no way I could put it down for long.

A psychological thriller written by two greats - James Patterson and J D Barker, where we are treated to an engrossing storyline, odorous red herrings, and twists galore (the plot was turned on its head more than once) non stop action, and for me, a crazy mixed up son of a gun storyline that yells, make a movie out of me!

What I love about a James Patterson book is that you can just get straight into them.

Michael thought when he got a call to say his apartment had flooded that things couldn't get much worse. Until he finds a dead body in his bath.

He calls the police, he has no idea how the dead woman ended up in his bath tub. He has no idea who she is, but then the police evidence of him not only knowing her, but had a relationship with her.

Then other bodies turn up, linked to Michael but his adoptive parents and an 'experiment' they'd been running.

Michael's sister Megan appears to be the only person he can trust in these murders he has no recollection of, but the evidence puts him there.

It was an absolute rollercoaster of a read, the ending taking me completely by surprise.

This book reminded me of one of my favourite Sidney Sheldon books 'Tell me your dreams.'

Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to review this book, this is my honest opinion.

Einstein famously said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. By that measure, in my dealings with the work of James Patterson at least, I’m fucking nuts. Admittedly, I quote liked his first few books. ‘Along Came a Spider’ came along in 1993 at the height of the serial killer boom and I enjoyed it. I liked the next few Alex Cross novels as well. But then Patterson decided to turn himself into a brand and it all went wrong. I think that Tom Clancy was the first author to do this with the ‘Op Center’ books, the model being that the famous writer has just enough input into a book to justify their name being on the cover, but someone else provides the words. Given the number of ‘James Patterson and…” books there are, Mr P is clearly a heavy smoker. He must be to have built up enough fag packets to write plot outlines on before chucking them at whatever up and coming scribe his publishers have found him that week.
To my eternal regret I’ve read a lot of these books. The first five or so of the ‘Women’s Murder Club’ series, a number of the earlier standalones and the first of the ‘Private’ books. They were all crap. What’s worse I have a shitload more either on my Kindle or in my attic book hoard. I bought the first TEN of the ‘Private’ books in a Kindle deal. SOMEBODY STOP ME.
I think what pulls me back to them, like a moth to a flame, is the same thing that has made them so shamefully popular. They promise a quick, gripping read that will keep you flipping the pages and won’t tax the brain too much. The fact that they generally fail to deliver on all but the last of these things is something I forget every time I see one in a charity shop or a Kindle deal. The blurbs suck me in and I line myself up for another disappointment, Charlie Brown style.
So OF COURSE when I saw there was one of these damn books on NetGalley I requested it. And INEVITABLY it was dreadful. The opening is intriguing (guy finds body in his bathtub, police arrest him, turns out she was his girlfriend although he has no memory of her), but the book completely fails to explain that mystery in a credible or satisfying way. Perhaps Patterson ran out of room on his fag packet. The result is frequently ridiculous, never that interesting and completely uninvolving.
Reader, I read this one so you don’t have to, so please don’t.

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this deeply disturbing book

michael takes a phone call whilst out shopping about there being a leak in his apartment...the long distance lorry driver was just back from his job and rushed back to his apartment to deal with this new dilemma

but what he was about to find was the beginnings of a nightmare that would lead to the biggest manhunt in america

why was there a dead body in his bath and why was he suddenly under suspicion

and with more bodies piling up with all the evidence pointing to michael what could he do....

one of the most disturbing books i have ever read from this author, kept me glued right to the end

Psychological Thriller Done Superbly.

This novel sits right up there with the best of the best, Red Dragon, Manchurian Candidate etc... Twisted, violent and dark. All of the things that make the genre what it is at it's best. A must read for fans of the genre and utterly unputdownable.

Straight Five Star Read