
<b>'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades' </b>LEE CHILD<br /><br /><b>Cross Rivers is the kind of small town where everyone knows your name – and your secrets. </b><br /><br />Silas Tucker was destined for glory until a devastating accident brought him back to the place where his life fell apart. His father was gunned down on a deserted country road when Silas was just a boy. The killer never brought to justice.<br /><br />Now, teenage girls are vanishing and the Southern Mafia's shadow looms over his hometown.<br /><br />The community is terrified. The police need help. And Silas Tucker has nothing left to lose.<br /><br /><b>When the law isn’t enough, sometimes you have to take justice into your own hands. </b><br /><br /><b>--------------------------------------------------</b><br /><br /><b>PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON</b><br /><br />‘Nobody does it better' <b>JEFFERY DEAVER</b><br /><br />'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' <b>MICHAEL CONNELLY</b><br /><br />'James Patterson is The Boss' <b>IAN RANKIN</b><br /><br />‘Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination’ <b><i>NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW</i></b><br /><br />‘Patterson is in a class by himself’ <b><i>GUARDIAN</i></b><br /><br />‘One of the greatest storytellers of our time’ <b><i>DAILY MAIL</i></b>