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A body frozen beneath an upstate New York lake reignites a private detective's worst nightmare in this new novel from Sunday Times bestselling thriller author, James Patterson.

The girl in the lake was never supposed to be found. 

When her body surfaces in the frozen waters of Cayuga Lake, a note left on the body turns Brendan Holmes from private investigator to prime suspect.

With a dangerous adversary closing in, Holmes and his partners find themselves forced into a deadly game.

And this time, the rules have changed. They must stop solving crimes...or be forced to commit them.

A HOLMES, MARGARET AND POE MYSTERY

PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON

'Nobody does it better' JEFFERY DEAVER

'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades' LEE CHILD

'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind' MICHAEL CONNELLY

'James Patterson is The Boss' IAN RANKIN

'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' DAILY MAIL

'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.' GUARDIAN