The action is furious, and Patterson and Ellis use the investigation to introduce Billy to readers and give them a thorough tour of the Windy City and its suburbs. This was one of his best books (along with the list of his many co-authors) that I had read in a long time. Patterson and Ellis offer up a decent piece of writing here, sure to find a number of readers eager to explore Billy Harney a little more. However, I must say that back in 2017 I read his heavily promoted novel, “The Black Book” co-written with David Ellis. One key rule to reading Patterson is that you really have to suspend your sense of reality and disbelief to enjoy the adventure.

After five teenage girls are abducted in Chicago, all eyes turn to CPD Detective Billy Harney to find them. Evidently, the success of the first two books have generated enough desire for a third outing and possible series potential with another sympathetic Patterson created law enforcement officer. One that involves being the lead for a task force focused on a major gang bust, taking down Jericho Hooper, the leader of the Imperial Gangster Nation, the biggest and most powerful street gang in Chicago. My other challenge with this one was there was so much going on with the many storylines and characters dropping and out. While not the best of the Patterson’s attributed series, it kept me intrigued until the final page turn, with a cliffhanger of its own.

Harney and his partner, Carla, follow a lead to a remote house, only to find themselves caught in a deadly trap. This was my first James Patterson book with co-author David Ellis —not realizing it was Book 3 of a Billy Harney series.

I had no idea where this story was going; it was all over the place at one point, but the authors did a phenomenal job of bringing everything together for a nice ending which included one hell of a surprise! He has twenty-year-old advanced mathematics prodigy, Mason Tracy, that takes care of his books and keeps everything under the IRS thresholds for investigation.Jericho Hooper is built up pretty big in the beginning but plays a smaller role than expected, and also comes across a bit stiff and one dimensional. His experience and solid writing ability are present in his solo novels, which make for enjoyable reading. I would read another one of his and hope they improve their storytelling and develop him more in his own unique way. However, it’s a trap and the house is rigged, which leads to Harney’s partner dying and the kidnapper slipping through his fingers. When five teenage girls are abducted, Chicago PD Detective Billy Harney leads the investigation to find them.

I loved the super short chapters, the way all the moving pieces slowly came together, and the likeable hero of the story. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around June 20, 2022. It was a detective story of Billy Harney, who survives a shooting with his girlfriend and partner while investigating corrupt government officials and police officers in Chicago. But there are more villains added to the mix as Billy juggles more cases and I wasn't into the rest of the story. Following a few key leads, Harney and his partner travel to a rural home, where they hope to find the girls and solve the case with little issue.The ending was also set up like there might be a book 4 in the future so will definitely keep an eye out for that. As Chicago’s special-ops leader Detective Billy Harney knows well, money is not the only valuable currency. In 2014, he was sworn in as the youngest-serving Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, where he now spends his days writing judicial opinions.