James Patterson: Never Say Die (USA 2026)

From the Publisher:
Elinor Gilbert is the Invisible Woman -- but not the kind who can walk through walls.
Former special agent Elinor Gilbert has disappeared from law enforcement. She hasn't been on a case in years -- until her old FBI boss offers a special surveillance detail.

The target: An art dealer suspected of ties to organized crime.
The location: A ritzy New York mansion.
The assignment: An undercover gig... as a grandmotherly live-in nanny.

Elinor is torn. Detective work comes naturally to her. Babysitting (kiddies and canines) does not.
But as she investigates, Elinor discovers why a person living in the shadows might want to reappear.

Part crime thriller, part hilarious social satire, The Invisible Woman is the story of a sleuth in search of herself.

James Patterson: Never Say Die.Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 9780316587075 (January, 2026), 352 p., $30.00, eBook $14.99.

James Patterson: Never Say Die (UK 2026)

From the Publisher:
Nick Andino is a normal twelve-year-old who works in his family's Greek diner in Athens, Ohio. He's no hero material - he's too shy to talk to his crush, Daisy, and is being bullied by Orson 'Dingus' Macklemore, whose parents rent the diner to Nick's mom.

But Nick must become a hero quick - with the help of Zeus and Hermes, Nick discovers that he is suffering from a case of 'destinitis' and must travel back in time to Ancient Greece to save his family line.

James Patterson: Never Say Die. Arrow (Young), ISBN: 9781529120424 (January, 2026), 320 p., £8.99, eBook £4.99.