Action and confusion abound in ‘The Coast-To-Coast Murders’ – the action begins from the outset and doesn’t let up until the very end and the confusion is intentional as the authors play with the psychological twists of the human character. The result is a frightening thriller, the events of which, baffle both the detectives and the reader. And then there is that added twist at the end.
The chapters take the reader between the events as experienced in real time and as memories recounted by one of the main characters. In some novels this can be distracting but here it successfully adds to the plot.
I have to admit to experiencing an initial feeling of annoyance and overriding scepticism when reading the opening chapters as the events and situation all seemed far too impossible. However, as the story unfolds, this is not only explained but becomes integral and means my rating for this rapidly increased.

Thank you to Century (Penguin Random House) and NetGalley for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

The coast-to-coast murders by James Patterson and J.D Barker is a 5 star read. 
This story is a huge hit from James Patterson, and his co-author J.D Barker. As always with a James Patterson book you are sucked in from the very first page, the twists and turns keep you on the edge of your seat. 
I highly recommend this book. 
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book through Netgalley.

A twist and turn of a read which kept me gripped throughout the book. I love James Patterson and this book was an enjoyable read. Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for letting me review this book.

What a thriller, it took my mind from coast to coast! 
Fast paced, with short snappy chapters, I couldn’t turn the pages quick enough to see what was going to happen next.
I guessed some of the twists but not all of them and the authors had me guessing until the very last page! 
The writing was superb and what a partnership Patterson and Barker make.
Im sure this will be turned into a film before too long! 
Thank you Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review.

This is surprisingly my first James Patterson novel - and I loved it.  A great story, if slightly longer than it needed to be - with a brilliant twist at the end - the themes of multiple personality disorder were fascinating and I had to really concentrate at times to fully understand who was who, but it was worth it - recommended.

#TheCoasttoCoastMurders #NetGalley A brilliant book, I absolutely loved it and it kept me guessing all the way through. It's got a really good original storyline, new characters that we haven;t seen before rather than the series books, a psychological thriller that I will be recommending to others.

James patterson and Co very rarely disappoint and they didn't this time. The twists and turns leave the reader racing through the next chapter and then back tracking to make sure they didn't miss any clues. A stand alone book, excellent story.

Well I feel like I’ve been placed inside a spinning top that’s been spinning wildly out of control for the past 4 days! WHAT a read! There’s a reason this guy is at the top of the league table and it’s for books like this one.

Hands up... I must admit I’ve never picked up a James Patterson novel before and boy do I feel silly now. His writing is so enthralling it’s like reading a blockbuster movie. Everything is on key, the characters are brilliantly written and all the twists and turns have been expertly hidden until Patterson is ready to let you have them.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I LOVED this book! From the moment I picked it up the plot grabbed me and even when I put it down I was thinking about it. Even when I thought I ‘knew’ it turns out I didn’t! Absolutely brilliant.

Thanks to NetGalley for my advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

As a fan of Patterson I was delighted to receive this via Netgalley.

Michael returns home to find a woman dead in his bath. After reporting it to the police he is questioned and suspected of multiple murders around America. We are introduced to his sister Megan who shares her story throughout the book. 

There are many twists and turns in this book and in places it is very easy to lose track due to complex storylines. I felt a little deflated at the end and found the last third of the book hard going. Definitely not one of his best but still an interesting read.

In the main, I’ll let the synopsis speak for itself, but briefly, Detective Garret Dobbs and FBI agent Jessica Gimble take on the almighty case of catching a most devious and clever serial killer. After being alerted to the murder of a young woman in Michael Fitzgerald’s apartment, they quickly find that the killing spree continues from coast to coast, and it’s going to be the mother of all investigations, so hang onto your hats, because the shocks in this riveting psychological thriller begin virtually from the word go!

This was a complex (and at times, confusing tale), but there’s no doubt that it was gripping, and, aided by the use of short chapters, very fast paced, however I do believe a slightly shorter version would have worked equally as well without detracting from the overall storyline - it was rather lengthy. Nevertheless, it was clever, and compelling, and there’s no way I could put it down for long.

A psychological thriller written by two greats - James Patterson and J D Barker, where we are treated to an engrossing storyline, odorous red herrings, and twists galore (the plot was turned on its head more than once) non stop action, and for me, a crazy mixed up son of a gun storyline that yells, make a movie out of me!

What I love about a James Patterson book is that you can just get straight into them.

Michael thought when he got a call to say his apartment had flooded that things couldn't get much worse. Until he finds a dead body in his bath.

He calls the police, he has no idea how the dead woman ended up in his bath tub. He has no idea who she is, but then the police evidence of him not only knowing her, but had a relationship with her.

Then other bodies turn up, linked to Michael but his adoptive parents and an 'experiment' they'd been running.

Michael's sister Megan appears to be the only person he can trust in these murders he has no recollection of, but the evidence puts him there.

It was an absolute rollercoaster of a read, the ending taking me completely by surprise.

This book reminded me of one of my favourite Sidney Sheldon books 'Tell me your dreams.'

Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to review this book, this is my honest opinion.

Einstein famously said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. By that measure, in my dealings with the work of James Patterson at least, I’m fucking nuts. Admittedly, I quote liked his first few books. ‘Along Came a Spider’ came along in 1993 at the height of the serial killer boom and I enjoyed it. I liked the next few Alex Cross novels as well. But then Patterson decided to turn himself into a brand and it all went wrong. I think that Tom Clancy was the first author to do this with the ‘Op Center’ books, the model being that the famous writer has just enough input into a book to justify their name being on the cover, but someone else provides the words. Given the number of ‘James Patterson and…” books there are, Mr P is clearly a heavy smoker. He must be to have built up enough fag packets to write plot outlines on before chucking them at whatever up and coming scribe his publishers have found him that week. 
To my eternal regret I’ve read a lot of these books. The first five or so of the ‘Women’s Murder Club’ series, a number of the earlier standalones and the first of the ‘Private’ books. They were all crap. What’s worse I have a shitload more either on my Kindle or in my attic book hoard. I bought the first TEN of the ‘Private’ books in a Kindle deal. SOMEBODY STOP ME.
I think what pulls me back to them, like a moth to a flame, is the same thing that has made them so shamefully popular. They promise a quick, gripping read that will keep you flipping the pages and won’t tax the brain too much. The fact that they generally fail to deliver on all but the last of these things is something I forget every time I see one in a charity shop or a Kindle deal. The blurbs suck me in and I line myself up for another disappointment, Charlie Brown style.
So OF COURSE when I saw there was one of these damn books on NetGalley I requested it. And INEVITABLY it was dreadful. The opening is intriguing (guy finds body in his bathtub, police arrest him, turns out she was his girlfriend although he has no memory of her), but the book completely fails to explain that mystery in a credible or satisfying way. Perhaps Patterson ran out of room on his fag packet. The result is frequently ridiculous, never that interesting and completely uninvolving. 
Reader, I read this one so you don’t have to, so please don’t.

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this deeply disturbing book

michael takes a phone call whilst out shopping about there being a leak in his apartment...the long distance lorry driver was just back from his job and rushed back to his apartment to deal with this new dilemma

but what he was about to find was the beginnings of a nightmare that would lead to the biggest manhunt in america

why was there a dead body in his bath and why was he suddenly under suspicion 

and with more bodies piling up with all the evidence pointing to michael what could he do....

one of the most disturbing books i have ever read from this author, kept me glued right to the end

Psychological Thriller Done Superbly.

This novel sits right up there with the best of the best, Red Dragon, Manchurian Candidate etc... Twisted, violent and dark. All of the things that make the genre what it is at it's best. A must read for fans of the genre and utterly unputdownable.

Straight Five Star Read

Found that I really had to keep with this book as it can get confusing in parts.  Eventually you begin to make sense of it and see what is happening. 

Each chapter is told with a different persons point of view which to me moves it along quickly along with the short sharp chapters with a cliff hanger in each.

Well worth a read.

An avid James Patterson fan here so I jumped at the chance to read this. 

It didn’t disappoint; full of twists and turns and differing narrative perspectives which added to the structure of the text. 

I think using this kind of approach to writing is an invaluable tool and one which keeps the pace, which is what you want with a crime thriller. 

The characters were believable and I was constantly reevaluating what was happening and trying to decipher one of the main protagonists and his truth; but I was completely thrown at the end. 

This is a great book. I throughly enjoyed it.

A must read for anyone who loves a decent thriller.

A man comes home from the cinema to find a girl dead in his bathtub. When all the evidence points to him as the killer, he is forced to take matters into his own hands to clear his name.  What starts out as a simple murder investigation spirals into a fast paced thriller of epic proportions.

Utterly brilliant. 

For anyone who likes a fast paced thriller with a furious plot.

Michael and Megan are the adoptive children of Dr Barton and Dr Rose Fitzgerald who are renowned in their expert fields of clinical psychiatry and psychology. Michael is estranged from his parents and is a long haul truck driver, he remains close to student Megan. He’s at a store in LA when he gets a call from a neighbour that his apartment has flooded and is damaging the building. On his return he finds the cause - running bath water with a dead girl in it. Detective Garrett Dobbs investigates and is later joined by FBI agent Jessica Gimble. Michael is now the chief suspect for multiple homicides in at least ten states across the USA. Is Michael the dangerous serial killer ‘The Birdman’ or an unwitting patsy? The story is told principally by Michael, Megan, Dobbs and Gimble. 

Can I get off the crazy train now please??!! My head is completely spinning and I suspect my brains fried. Talk about messed up! Did I like it? Of course I did! Yes, it’s twisted, totally convoluted, jaw dropping, eye popping, chilling but definitely entertaining. Far fetched? Probably, but this is fiction after all although when you hear some real life craziness maybe not. Plot holes? Yes, I’m still trying to figure one or two things out which I’m not sure make sense but it may be that the fast pace means my overworked brain hasn’t caught up. However, it’s a thrill a minute, absorbing,  compelling and gripping. It’s very tense at times and on more than one occasion I had my fists clenched wanting to punch the manipulative, immoral masterminds in this devious plot. It has all the ingredients that you’d expect from these authors, with excitement and high octane action and it will make a great movie. I like the short action packed chapters as they are frequently action packed which are a good match for the unfolding drama. You think you have everything sorted in your head but nope. You cannot relax for a second as it has more plot twists than many thrillers! 

Overall, I think I’ve just about got my breath back but my brain is still in a bit of a spin. I might need to meditate - or medicate! This is a really good thriller which I really enjoyed. 

With thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House / Cornerstone for the ARC for an honest review.

A fast paced psychological thriller. I enjoyed the many twist and turns.  They kept me guessing and engrossed till the end. Highly recommended.

I am a big James Patterson fan and this latest book, Coast to Coast Murders did not disappoint!! Gripping from the first page to the last , this book has it all. Full of twists and turns and what a finale!!! Thank you to Random House and NetGalley for this advanced copy.