Most Popular Books by J. D. Barker

50 SHADES meets David Fincher''s THE GAME. Soon to be a major motion picture! Would you kill a total stranger to save someone you love? Sugar & Spice is the latest app craze taking the world by storm, but for Abby and Brendan Hollander, downloading it leads to a dangerous game of life and death. When the app assigns them a series of increasingly taboo tasks, they soon find themselves caught up in a twisted web of seduction and violence in this sexually charged dark thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey—master of suspense, J.D. Barker.

In the thrilling sequel to The Fourth Monkey, a new serial killer stalks the streets of Chicago, while Detective Porter delves deeper into the dark past of the Four Monkey Killer. Detective Porter and the team have been pulled from the hunt for Anson Bishop, the Four Monkey Killer, by the feds. When the body of a young girl is found beneath the frozen waters of Jackson Park Lagoon, she is quickly identified as Ella Reynolds, missing three weeks. But how did she get there? The lagoon froze months earlier. More baffling? She’s found wearing the clothes of another girl, missing less than two days. While the detectives of Chicago Metro try to make sense of the quickly developing case, Porter secretly continues his pursuit of 4MK, knowing the best way to find Bishop is to track down his mother. When the captain finds out about Porter’s activities, he’s suspended, leaving his partners Clair and Nash to continue the search for the new killer alone. Obsessed with catching Bishop, Porter follows a single grainy photograph from Chicago to the streets of New Orleans and stumbles into a world darker than he could have possibly imagined, where he quickly realizes that the only place more frightening than the mind of a serial killer is the mind of the mother from which he came.

The first in the 4MK Thriller series comes a dark and twisting novel from the author Jeffrey Deaver called "a talented writer with a delightfully delicious mind." Two days to save her . . . For over five years, the Four Monkey Killer has terrorized the residents of Chicago. When his body is found, the police quickly realize he was on his way to deliver one final message, one which proves he has taken another victim who may still be alive. One day . . . As the lead investigator on the 4MK task force, Detective Sam Porter knows that even in death, the killer is far from finished. When he discovers a personal diary in the jacket pocket of the body, Porter finds himself caught up in the mind of a psychopath, unraveling a twisted history in hopes of finding one last girl, all while struggling with personal demons of his own. Zero. With only a handful of clues, the elusive killer’s identity remains a mystery. Time is running out as the Four Monkey Killer taunts from beyond the grave in this masterfully written fast-paced thriller.

DIE HARD meets TALK RADIO in this heart-pounding, relentlessly fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey-master of suspense, J.D. Barker. "I''m going to offer you a choice." Controversial satellite radio talk show host, Jordan Briggs, has clawed her way to the top of the broadcast world. She doesn''t hold back, doesn''t spare feelings, and has no trouble sharing what''s on her mind. Her rigorous pursuit of success has come at a price, though. Her marriage is in ruins, she hasn''t spoken to her mother in years, and she''s distanced herself from all those close to her. If not for her young daughter, Charlotte, her personal life would be in complete shambles. When a subdued man calls into the show and asks to play a game, she sees it as nothing more than a way to kick-start the morning, breathe life into the beginnings of drive-time for her listeners. Against her producer''s advice, she agrees, and unwittingly opens a door to the past. Live on the air with an audience of millions, what starts out as a game quickly turns deadly-events long thought buried resurface and Jordan Briggs is forced to reconcile with one simple fact-All decisions have consequences.

She destroys the men she loves—and escapes every time. The most dangerous killer James Patterson has ever created is also his most seductive. On his first night with Detroit PD, Officer Walter O’Brien is called to a murder scene. A terrified twenty-year-old has bludgeoned her kidnapper with skill that shocks even O’Brien’s veteran partner. The young woman is also a brilliant escape artist. Her bold flight from police custody makes the case impossible to solve—and, for Walter, even more impossible to forget. By the time Walter’s promoted to detective, his fascination with the missing, gray-eyed woman is approaching obsession. And when Walter discovers that he’s not alone in his search, one truth is certain. This deadly string of secrets didn’t begin in his home city—but he’s going to make sure it ends there.

A detective and an FBI agent join forces on what seems like an open-and-shut case—but a new rash of killings sends them on a pulse-pounding race against time in this intense thriller. Michael and Megan Fitzgerald are siblings who share a terrifying past. Both adopted, and now grown—Michael is a long-haul truck driver, Megan a college student majoring in psychology—they trust each other before anyone else. They''ve had to. Their parents are public intellectuals, an Ivy League clinical psychologist and a renowned psychiatrist, and they brought up their adopted children in a rarefied, experimental environment. It sheltered them from the world''s harsh realities, but it also forced secrets upon them, secrets they keep at all costs. In Los Angeles, Detective Garrett Dobbs and FBI Agent Jessica Gimble have joined forces to work a murder that seems like a dead cinch. Their chief suspect is quickly identified and apprehended—but then there''s another killing just like the one they''ve been investigating. And another. And not just in Los Angeles—the spree spreads across the country. The Fitzgerald family comes to the investigators'' attention, but Dobbs and Gimble are at a loss—if one of the four is involved, which Fitzgerald might it be? From coastal California to upstate New York, Dobbs and Gimble race against time and across state lines to stop an ingenious and deeply deranged killer—one whose dark and twisted appetites put them outside the range of logic or experience.

In this cinematic thriller from a New York Times bestselling author, two sisters must fight for their survival after a natural disaster in the Pacific Northwest. In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse . . .

In this chilling mystery from a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a small New England town is hit with a wave of crimes after the arrival of a mysterious stranger who brings more questions than answers. Hollows Bend, New Hampshire, is a picture-perfect New England town where weekend tourists flock to see fall leaves and eat breakfast at the Stairway Diner. The crime rate—zero--is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett. The day the stranger shows up is when the trouble starts. The sheriff and her deputy investigate the mysterious teenage girl. None of the locals can place her. She can’t—or won’t¾answer any questions. She won’t even tell them her name. While the girl is in protective custody, the officers are called to multiple crime scenes leading them closer and closer to a lake outside of town that doesn’t appear on any map…

Az oregoni Mount Hood közelében egy ismeretlen eredetű, pusztító erejű hanghullám söpör végig egy kis településen. A katasztrófában mindenki életét veszti, leszámítva egy testvérpárt, akik még időben elérték az egyik óvóhelyet. A jelenség hamarosan több helyen megismétlődik, és további megmagyarázhatatlan események is történnek. Egyesek szerint a kínaiak vagy az oroszok vetettek be egy új titkos fegyvert. Mások isteni eredetű megtorlásban hisznek. A kormány a helyszínre küld egy csapatot, hogy kivizsgálja az esetet, de a csapat tagjai egymással ellentétes feladatokat kapnak. Dr. Martha Chan pszichológusnak, aki egészségügyi vészhelyzetekre szakosodott, tanulmányoznia kell a túlélőket. Alexander Fraser főhadnagynak, aki egész életében katonai pályára készült, és nem bízik a civilekben, el kell különítenie őket. Kisvártatva azonban teljesen eluralkodik a káosz, és mindenki kénytelen lesz összefogni, hogy megoldást találjanak az őrjítő zaj eredetére, ami senkit és semmit nem kímél. James Patterson és J.D. Barker második közös regényében a rettegés eddig ismeretlen hangon szólal meg, és ez a hang a két méltán népszerű szerző képzeletvilágának legsötétebb zugaiból származik.

Etterforsker Sam Porter og teamet hans har blitt tatt av saken hvor de jaktet på Anson Bishop, Den fjerde ape-morderen. Så blir liket av en ung jente funnet frosset inn i isen i Jackson Park Lagoon. Hun blir identifisert som Ella Reynolds, forsvunnet for tre uker siden. Men hvordan kom hun dit? Innsjøen frøs til is måneder tidligere. Så hvorfor blir huns funnet med klærne til en annen forsvunnen jente, som ble meldt savnet for to dager siden? Mens etterforskerne i Chicago-politiet prøver å finne svarene på dette, fortsetter Sam Porter i hemmelighet sin jakt på 4AM-morderen, vel vitende om at raskeste vei til Bishop går via moren hans. Et slørete fotografi fører ham fra Chicago til gatene i New Orleans, hvor han snubler inn i en verden mer brutal enn han har kunnet forestille seg.

1986-ban u200ba 22 éves közrendőr, Walter O’Brian borzalmas tetthelyre érkezik Detroit egyik lepusztult negyedében. Egy fürdőszobában megbilincselt, sokkos állapotban lévő lány várja őt, aki egy óvatlan pillanatban önvédelemből végzett az erőszaktevőjével. Mielőtt azonban kihallgathatnák, a lány furcsa módon a kórházba szállítás közben megszökik, és nyomtalanul eltűnik. Hat évvel később Walter O’Brian, mint a Detroiti Rendőrség egyik legfiatalabb nyomozója egy kegyetlen sorozatgyilkos nyomában jár. Az áldozatokban nem csupán hiányzó ujjaik közösek, de a halálnem is: az orvosszakértői jelentések szerint mindannyian természetes úton vesztették életüket. Walter nem hisz a véletlenekben: az a bizonyos 1986-os este azóta is kísérti, erre a lány épp az első holttest megtalálása előtt tűnik fel ismét az életében. Ráadásul mintha egyetlen napot sem öregedett volna. James Patterson és J.D. Barker harmadik közös regénye egyszerre idézi meg a True Detective és az X-akták hangulatát, miközben elmosódik a határ valóság és fantázia, szenvedély és megszállottság közt.