The Girl in the Lake

At a frozen lakeside crime scene, a corpse carries an accusatory “If anything happens to me, arrest Brendan Holmes.”

Mysteries trail Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple, and Auguste Poe wherever they go. At a remote lodge in upstate New York, the embattled private investigators have taken refuge from the assailant who bombed their sleek city headquarters. When the discovery of a body in the lake puts the detectives back in the headlines and under suspicion, the elusive killer issues his despicable stop solving crimes—and start committing them.

“Patterson ... will have readers checking their locks twice.” –Booklist

“Patterson’s latest thriller keeps readers guessing ... a fine chase.” –
People