James Patterson with J.D. Barker: The Imperfect Murder (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
Wife. Writer. Murderer?
When Denise Morrow is discovered standing over the body of her husband, a bloody knife between them, Detective Declan Shaw thinks it's an open-and-shut case.

But Denise is no ordinary murder suspect. She's a famous true crime author, who knows how killers operate. And how they get away with it.

Then, Declan discovers the subject of Denise's next book - the violent murder of a girl called Maggie Marshall. A case that Declan worked on. A case that has haunted him for years.

Denise knows much more about Declan than she's letting on, and she might just be the slipperiest suspect he has ever encountered...

James Patterson with J.D. Barker: The Imperfect Murder. The perfect wife. The perfect motive. Penguin, ISBN: 9781804953013 (December, 2025), 400 p., £9.99.

James Patterson with J.D. Barker: The Imperfect Murder (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
Wife. Writer. Murderer?
When Denise Morrow is discovered standing over the body of her husband, a bloody knife between them, Detective Declan Shaw thinks it's an open-and-shut case.

But Denise is no ordinary murder suspect. She's a famous true crime author, who knows how killers operate. And how they get away with it.

Then, Declan discovers the subject of Denise's next book - the violent murder of a girl called Maggie Marshall. A case that Declan worked on. A case that has haunted him for years.

Denise knows much more about Declan than she's letting on, and she might just be the slipperiest suspect he has ever encountered...

James Patterson with J.D. Barker: The Imperfect Murder. The perfect wife. The perfect motive. Century, ISBN: 9781529944815 (April, 2025), 389 p., £20.00, eBook £7.99.

James Patterson with J.D. Barker: The Writer (USA 2025)

From the Publisher:
From #1 New York Times murder-thriller author James Patterson, when a world-famous crime writer's husband is found dead, detectives must uncover if she is the target, the next victim -- or a mastermind.

NYPD Detective Declan Shaw gets a call: How fast can you get to the Beresford building on Central Park West?

In the tower apartment, Shaw finds a woman waiting for him. She's covered in blood. A body is lying dead on the floor of the luxurious living room.

Every book in the apartment's floor-to-ceiling shelves is by the same author: bestselling true-crime writer Denise Morrow.

"This is you?" Shaw asks the woman. "You're a writer?"

James Patterson with J.D. Barker: The Writer. You'll never forget the ending. A Thriller. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 9780316570008 (March, 2025), 389 p., $30.00, eBook $14.99.