The Red Book

What a read! 
Sequel to the Black Book, and Det Billy Harney is back at work and placed in a new high profile team.
Is Billy placed there to fail? 
Great book where Billy has to work out who to trust and also can he trust his own mind, following his head injury and past case.
Unputdownable.

Fantastic read. I have been completely unable to put this one down. I cannot wait to read more by this author. 
Full review to follow on publication.

Just finished this addictive thriller by @jamespattersonbooks 👮🏻‍♂️
Thanks to @netgalley for giving me the opportunity to review this 📚

This is the second book in a new series (the black book is the first) 

It’s full of twists & turns & you end up not knowing who to believe or trust 😱

A brilliant new outing for Detective Billy Harney 👮🏻‍♂️

Another Page Turner From James Patterson 🤓 

The sequel to The Black Book, I've not read the first book in this series but in no way did it affect my reading of the story.  Any information that follows on, is covered.  

The Red Book is told over three parts, part one:  Detective Billy Harney returning to duty, after leave, given a new unexpected work position.  Sent with his new partner, who due to his prior reputation doesn't wish to work with Billy.  Their first case together to an apparent drive by shooting, which is not all what it first seems.  

Part two, takes Billy back to memories from four years ago after the death of his wife and daughter, to the present.  Desperately working his ongoing case and seeking more knowledge of how his wife died.  Part three, again looking back to around the time Billy's wife died and endeavoring to find out what actually happened at this time, to the present.

Great read, the more you learn, the more you want to keep reading.  Another page turner from James Patterson.

Having read the previous book (The Black Book) by the same authors I was looking forward to this sequel. ONe of the things to consider when reading this book is that you don't have to have read the previous one, it just fills out some of the back story for you.

Summary: A drive-by shooting in a drug dealing neighbourhood open up a whole slew of problems for the newly promoted Billy Harney, who is back to work following a bullet to the head previously.

The authors on this throw a lot of twists and turns in this story that you don't always see where it is going next, and it is not necessarily relating to the main story. The characters introduced all have alternative motives for doing anything that could help or hinder the investigation and this makes the story very interesting.

If you like American police thrillers, you will enjoy this, especially the deceptions involved.

Would highly recommend.

I was provided a free ARC in return for a honest review.

Coming back to the police force a hero but under a cloud. Partnered with another cop with a bad reputation. Life is not going to be easy. Reliving the death of his daughter and suicide of his wife adds more burdens. But all is not as it seems. Unpicking the lies, cover ups and downright manipulation from even inside his own family.
Keeps your turning the pages in a compulsive manner.

Brilliantly intense.

Billy Harney, the broken detective, is partnered with a woman tainted by a harassment scandal.  His first assignment after rehab for a family tragedy is a drive by shooting that spirals outward into a tense and moving drama.

To say this book is intense is an understatement.  It is one of the most enjoyable reads I have had in a long time.

More a thriller than a procedural, this book is, in my view, on par with Michael Connelly at his finest.

I am a big fan of James Patterson and his books and this was no different. I read the first one in the series and this was just as good. Love all the twists and turns that always come along

I always enjoy James Patterson’s books, he tells such a good story. I haven’t read the preceding novel, but that didn’t matter. It is a high octane, well crafted novel with many hooks and side alleys. The troubled main detective has had a difficult past, which is not helped by his new partner who has a previous harassment charge against her and they get off to a poor start. However, nothing is as it seems and it is an exciting charge to the conclusion. Once all the characters are in place it becomes hard to put down and I enjoyed every minute of it. Definitely recommended. Thanks to Random House and NetGalley for an ARC in return for an honest review..

I hadn’t read the first book in this series, and although this is a stand-alone read, the background to why Billy Harney is such a damaged soul would be more understandable. Having lost both his 4 year old daughter and his wife at the same time, it’s something that would almost unbalance any sane person. Billy also brought down his own father who was a crooked cop. All this adds to why Billy is as he is. 
This as usual is a fast paced action thriller. And people are not what they seem. There are lots of side stories, that inter link through the main story, with sex trafficking and drugs to name but two. A well written, and researched story that is easy to read with a satisfying ending as always. 

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

It’s a long time since I read a James Patterson book so I was looking forward to this one and wasn’t disappointed.  I really like Detective Billy Harney, who has been on ‘paid administrative leave’ since he took down some corrupt police officers, and managed to get himself shot in the head in the process.  To some of his colleagues he is a hero, to others he is a villain.  On his return to work he is moved to a new department - Special Operations Section - and given a new partner, Carla Griffin, who has a bad reputation within the force.  Of course, they both have interesting back stories which are revealed throughout the book.  As they investigate a drive-by shooting where three people and a child are killed, Harney realises there is more to this than meets the eye.  No need to tell the story here, it’s enough to know that it’s a great American police thriller with the usual good cops, bad cops, and enough twists and turns to keep you turning the pages.  I really enjoyed the way Harney and Griffin’s relationship developed, and would read another book with them in it.  A good read!

Absolutely love a James Patterson book & this one certainly didn’t disappoint.  Highly addictive read I’d recommend to anyone.

I gave up on James Patterson books a few years ago, finding them a bit 'quick and slick' with the short chapters and pared down writing. The Red Book, written with the collaboration of David Ellis, was a pleasurable surprise and has re-affirmed me as a fan of Patterson. Although the main character, Detective Billy Harney, has the conventional troubled past, it doesn't dominate the story but is interwoven skilfully and completely believably. His sidekick has her own secrets and the twisty reveal is excellently done. I had not realised that this was the second in the series but will now search out its predecessor, The Black Book. Highly recommended.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Brilliant book from page one totally absorbed fast loving moving plenty of twists and turns, gritty right through to the conclusion

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an advance copy of this book. 
A usual from James Patterson, entertaining with a good plot and characters but a quick read. 
Enjoyable and would recommend.

You know that any book that James Patterson has been involved with will be fast paced and unputdownable. This book is no exception. although it is the second in a series it makes no difference, A gritty police novel dealing with drug gangs and prostitute rings in Chicago.
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK for the advance copy of this book.

I have not read The Black Book and so feel I may have missed out a bit on some of the backstories of the characters (something I intend to remedy buy buying it!) but actually this book does work as a standalone as well as enough detail is given to allow you to keep up with the past. The main plot twist is very cleverly revealed with the focus of the investigation immediately shifting and yet more horrors revealed. 
A great read and I look forward to going backward to The Black Book to meet Billy properly!

I want to thank @netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this book I am an ardent @jamespatterson fan and have read a huge number of his books
I have not however read the previous book to this one called The BlacK Book but I think you learn everything you need from this book 
The story revolves around Detective Billy Harney who has just returned to the force and been put in charge of a new unit SOS he has also been partnered with a female detective who has a less than reputable past
There first day there is a shoot out involving a drug cartel but an innocent young child is killed so there is much pressure on them to solve it in record time 

But have they got the right people? Billy is troubled that there is another girl who has been killed in shooting she has no name no identification no one knows her?... why? Billy sets  out to find out if the small tattoo on her ankle means anything 

Billy is about to enter a whole world of memories of his dead wife, his dead child, his corrupt father will he solve this crime?