The narrative flow works well for this piece, which has moments of greatness and others that link two larger plot lines together. Billy Harney is a new addition to my roster of Favorite Detectives in Literature and book 3 did not disappoint. He is the creator of unforgettable characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Effing Smith, and Maximum Ride, and of breathtaking true stories about the Kennedys, John Lennon, and Princess Diana, as well as our military heroes, police officers, and ER nurses.

Their arrival at the abandoned farm house began a chain of events, including the death of Carla, that kept Billy forging forward, determined to find the kidnapper and cop killer. He has had to endure the death of his wife, as well as that of his partner, and the imprisonment of his father, also a Chicago police officer. The character of Billy’s sister was further developed in this book, which added depth to the series.While there are quite a few stereotypes here, the storyline still has some interesting twists, turns and tumbles. My other challenge with this one was there was so much going on with the many storylines and characters dropping and out. Although the suspense and mysteries weren’t bad, there were some actions and outcomes that didn’t really make sense to me and hurt the plotting.

In 2014, he was sworn in as the youngest-serving Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, where he now spends his days writing judicial opinions. Ellis, who served as legal counsel to the Illinois legislature, garnered public attention for leading the impeachment proceedings against former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Among his creations are some of the world's most popular series including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels.

However, it’s a trap and the house is rigged, which leads to Harney’s partner dying and the kidnapper slipping through his fingers. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction.

It looks like the ending of this book sets up another book in the series and I for one will be picking it up. After five teenage girls are abducted in Chicago, all eyes turn to CPD Detective Billy Harney to find them. Firm plot lines offer the reader some suspense and leave the book from being too predictable, helping to keep the book mysterious when needed. One key rule to reading Patterson is that you really have to suspend your sense of reality and disbelief to enjoy the adventure. I had no idea where this story was going; it was all over the place at one point, but the authors did a phenomenal job of bringing everything together for a nice ending which included one hell of a surprise!

Multiple plotlines ran parallel until most of them connected in interesting ways and surprising ways; although there was some convoluted and far from realistic situations happening.

As Chicago’s special-ops leader Detective Billy Harney knows well, money is not the only valuable currency. He is the creator of unforgettable characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Effing Smith, and Maximum Ride, and of breathtaking true stories about the Kennedys, John Lennon, and Princess Diana, as well as our military heroes, police officers, and ER nurses. I loved the super short chapters, the way all the moving pieces slowly came together, and the likeable hero of the story. He’s mind candy – simple, fast-paced, detective and mystery-oriented adventures that can be read in about two to three days and easily left behind.He has twenty-year-old advanced mathematics prodigy, Mason Tracy, that takes care of his books and keeps everything under the IRS thresholds for investigation. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around June 20, 2022. I enjoyed Billy Harney as a lead character, his side bar comic moments on the bar stage, and his hope for a potential romance. While not the best of the Patterson’s attributed series, it kept me intrigued until the final page turn, with a cliffhanger of its own. Patterson and Ellis offer up a decent piece of writing here, sure to find a number of readers eager to explore Billy Harney a little more.