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?" ​ Only one person knows the ending to this story. Is it the victim or the killer?