Black Book

Billy Harney was born to be a cop. As the son of Chicago's chief of detectives with a twin sister on the force, Billy plays it by the book. Teaming up with his adrenaline-junkie partner, Detective Kate Fenton, there's nothing he wouldn't sacrifice for his job. Enter Amy Lentini, a hard-charging assistant attorney hell-bent on making a name for herself who suspects Billy isn't the cop he claims to be. They're about to be linked by more than their careers.

A horrifying murder leads investigators to an unexpected address-an exclusive brothel that caters to Chicago's most powerful citizens. There's plenty of incriminating evidence on the scene, but what matters most is what's missing: the madam's black book. Now with shock waves rippling through the city's elite, everyone's desperate to find it.

As Chicago's elite scramble to get their hands on the elusive black book, no one's motives can be trusted. An ingenious, inventive thriller about power, corruption, and the secrets that can destroy a city, The Black Book is James Patterson at his page-turning best.

For Detective Billy Harney, getting shot in the head, stalked by a state’s attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is a normal week on the job. So when a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts—his father was once chief of detectives and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the force—run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes that the three known victims are hardly the only casualties.

When Harney starts asking questions about who's to blame, the easy answers prove to be the wrong ones. On the flip side, the less he seems to know, the longer he can keep his clandestine investigation going ... until Harney's quest to expose the evil that's rotting the city from the inside out takes him to the one place he vowed never to return: his own troubled past.

For now.

Billy’s unit is called in when an escape plan results in officers down and inmates vanished.

In an empty lot, Billy spots two Kevlar vests. Two helmets. Two assault rifles. And a handwritten note:

Hi, Billy Are you having fun yet?

Chicago Blue is the story of a family.

The son of Chicago's ex-chief of detectives, Billy Harney was born to be a cop. So was his twin sister, Patti. The decorated homicide detectives play it by the book. Their father, Daniel Harney, never did. He’s always known how to disappear someone. Especially himself.

Chicago Blue is the story of a police force.

After a long and mysterious absence, Daniel Harney returns to find his former PD under siege. The governor and mayor have been shot. A spree killer is targeting police officers. Can the city be Harney’s once again?

Chicago Blue is the story of a city.

Thrumming with conflict from the West Side to Mount Greenwood, from Woodlawn to the skyscrapers downtown, this is a story as twisty as the Chicago River. The citizens of Chicago are together for better or worse—if they don’t kill one another along the way.

Chicago Blue is an inventive, propulsive thriller about power, corruption, and destructive secrets.