James Patterson: The Season of the Machete (USA 2006)

From the Publisher:
Two killers are chasing an American man who's about to face cold-blooded terror on a picture-perfect vacation... and discover a truth that could destroy them all.

Cool and glamorous, they appear to be a successful couple on a holiday... but Damian and Carrie Rose are psychopathic murderers for hire. On this picture-perfect vacation island, their target is Peter Macdonald, a dashing young American who forsakes a life of leisure to confront cold-blooded terror. But when they clash in a shocking endgame, a hideous truth will emerge -- one that might destroy them all.

James Patterson: The Season of the Machete. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 0446600474 (June, 2006), 341 p., $7.99.

James Patterson: The Season of the Machete (USA 1995)

From the Publisher:
From the bestselling, Edgar Award-winning author James Patterson comes a classic thriller.
Cool and glamorous, they could be a successful couple on a holiday. But Damian and Carrie Rose are psychopathic murderers for hire. Their new venue is a picture-perfect vacation island. Their adversary will be Peter Macdonald, the dashing young American who forsakes a life of leisure for a confrontation with cold-blooded terror. And risks everything only to discover that he alone suspects the hideous truth about the... Season of the Machete.

James Patterson: The Season of the Machete. Warner Vision, ISBN: 0446600474 (April, 1995), 341 p., $4.99.

James Patterson: The Season of the Machete (USA 1977)

From the Publisher:
From the best-selling, Edgar Award-Winning author James Patterson comes this classic thriller.
Cool und glamorous, they could be a successful couple on a holiday. But Damian and Carrie Rose are psychopathic murderers for hire. Their new venue is a picture-perfect vacation island. Their adversary will be Peter Macdonald, the dashing young American who forsakes a life of leisure for a confrontation with cold-blooded terror. And risks everything only to discover that he alone suspects the hideous truth about...

...THE SEASON OF THE MACHETE

James Patterson: The Season of the Machete. Warner Books, ISBN: 0739410164 (January, 1995), 341 p., $14.95 (?).

James Patterson: The Season of the Machete (USA 1977)

From the Publisher:
FEBRUARY 24, 1974 SOMEWHERE IN THE NEVADA DESERT:
The bosses of organized crime and the top dogs of America's secret government plot the spectacular takeover of a romantic resort island. They have approved "Machete" - the brainchild of Carrie and Damian Rose, husband and wife team, supreme artists in strike-and-hide assassination.

THEIR PLAN:
Create terror, confusion and collapse through the random slaughter of innocent people.

THEIR PRICE:
Total anonymity and $1,250,000.

THE ISLAND OF SAN DOMINICA:
A sunbather comes upon a bloody machete in the sand. Nearby, the butchered bodies of a boy and girl.

THE SEASON HAS BEGUN....

James Patterson: The Season of the Machete. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 034527015X (November, 1977), 341 p., $1.75.