1st to Die

Critical Praise

"Terrific...A great thriller....What's not to love about a 'club' formed by four women to catch a psycho killing newlywed couples?"
-Providence Sunday Journal

"I sat down with it at ten on a Saturday morning...and refused to do anything...until I discovered that all of the things I figured out early were either wrong or not quite what I assumed."
-Denver Rocky Mountain News

"I can't believe how good Patterson is, whether he's doing a Washington police yarn or traveling a different road with a female narrator. He's always on the mark."
-Larry King, USA Today

"Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind."
-Michael Connelly, author of A Darkness More Than Night

"Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried.... there's no stopping his imagination."
-New York Times Book Review

"Patterson's prose style is smart...powering the plot along smoothly....Works to keep readers glued tight right to the end. A walloping good ride."
-Buffalo News

"[A] neat trick of an ending."
-Janet Maslin, New York Times

"A clever plot with enough Last-minute revelations to keep you guessing."
-Entertainment Weekly

"James Patterson writes his thrillers as if he were building roller coasters. He grounds the stories with a bare-bones plot, then builds them over the top and tries to throw readers for a loop a few times along the way."
-Associated Press