Most Popular Books by J. D. Barker

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.

“Consider blocking out a few hours of uninterrupted reading time” for The Writer, #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson’s “Excellent… perfectly executed … genuinely suspenseful” (Booklist) thriller about a true-crime author swept up in a murder plot. “Entertaining…one gonzo plot twist follows the next…loads of fun.” (Publishers Weekly) NYPD Detective Declan Shaw gets a call: How fast can you get to the Beresford building on Central Park West? In the tower apartment, Shaw finds a woman waiting for him. She’s covered in blood. A body is lying dead on the floor of the luxurious living room. Every book in the apartment’s floor-to-ceiling shelves is by the same author: bestselling true-crime writer Denise Morrow. "This is you?" Shaw asks the woman. "You''re a writer?" u200b Only one person knows the ending to this story. Is it the victim or the killer?

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.

For Detective Sam Porter, the words "Father, forgive me" conjure memories long forgotten; a past intentionally buried. For Anson Bishop, these three words connect a childhood to the present as he unleashes a truth concealed for decades. Found written on cardboard near each body, these words link multiple victims to a single killer--discovered within minutes of each other in both Chicago and South Carolina--clearly connected yet separated by impossible miles. Chicago Metro and the FBI find themselves caught in chaos--a hospital on lockdown, a rogue officer, and corruption at the highest levels. When Anson Bishop, the prime suspect in the notorious 4MK serial murders turns himself in, he reveals a story completely unexpected, one that not only upends the current investigation, but one that will change the lives of all involved. With unrelenting tension and pulse-pounding suspense, the past unravels at breakneck speed as the truth behind the Four Monkey Killer''s motive is finally revealed in this masterfully crafted finale

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 . . .

A haunting tale of suspense, rendered with the masterful skill only Barker could muster. Stranger Things is for children. This is ''80s throwback horror at its best.

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…

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.

Michael és Megan Fitzgerald örökbe fogadott testvérek – Michael kamionsofőr, Megan pedig pszichológiát tanul az egyetemen –, akik borzalmas közös múlton osztoznak és csak egymásban bízhatnak. A nevelőszüleik híres intellektusok, egy kiváló diplomával rendelkező pszichológus és egy elismert pszichiáter, akik sajátságos kísérleti környezetben nevelték fel fogadott gyerekeiket, ami bár megóvta őket a világ kegyetlen realitásától, ugyanakkor sötét titkokat is kényszerített rájuk. Los Angelesben Garrett Dobbs nyomozó és Jessica Gimble FBI-ügynök egyesített erővel dolgozik egy gyilkossági ügyön. Találnak is egy gyanúsítottat, és letartóztatják, de ekkor valaki elkövet egy ugyanolyan gyilkosságot. Majd még egyet. Aztán már nemcsak Los Angelesben, hanem az ország különböző részein. A nyomozók felfigyelnek a négytagú Fitzgerald családra: lehet közük a gyilkosságokhoz? Dobbs és Gimble versenyfutásba kezd az idővel, és átszelik az egész országot Kalifornia partjaitól egészen New York államig, hogy megállítsanak egy rendkívül találékony és elmebeteg sorozatgyilkost, akinek olyan sötét és furcsa étvágya van, hogy ellene a logika és a tapasztalat már nem segít.

A negyedik majom és a Szíve helyén sötétség szerzőjének lebilincselő új regénye. Jordan Briggs a New York-i rádiózás királynője, beszélgetős műsorát több mint ötmillióan hallgatják minden nap. Kemény munkával küzdötte be magát a legjobbak közé: nem fogja vissza magát, nincs tekintettel mások érzéseire, és kertelés nélkül kimondja, amit gondol. A sikerért azonban komoly árat fizetett. A házassága romokban hever, évek óta nem beszélt az anyjával, és ellökte magától azokat, akik közel álltak hozzá. Egyedül lányával, Charlotte-tal maradt bensőséges a viszonya. Amikor egy magát Bernie-nek nevező férfi betelefonál a műsorába, és arra kéri, hogy játsszon vele egy játékot – taxi vagy uber? –, Jordan úgy gondolja, hogy ez kiváló lehetőség felpörgetni az adást, és életet lehelni munkába igyekvő hallgatóiba. Csakhogy a válaszát követően hét taxi felrobban a munkahelye előtt. És ez még csak a kezdet. J.D. Barker legújabb regénye zseniális, magasfeszültségű thriller a szerző jól ismert védjegyeivel: szenzációs csavarok és váratlan megoldások teszik felejthetetlenné A hívást, ismételten bizonyítva, hogy korunk egyik legnagyobb krimiszerzője továbbra is pályafutása csúcsán van.