Dead Drop — Jack Patterson

Fans of J.D. Robb, Steig Larsson, and Robert Ludlum will love this pulse-pounding thriller from best selling author Jack Patterson! “Jack Patterson knocks it out of the park!” �" Vincent Zandri, NY Times best selling author “…Pure genius …” �" Suspense Magazine “You can tell that Jack Patterson knows what it's like to live in the newspaper world but … he's also proven he can write one heck of a murder mystery.” �" Josh Katzowitz, NFL writer for CBSsports.com and author of Sid Gillman: Father of the Passing Game “Jack Patterson has hooked me. I'll be back for more.” �" Bob Behler, 3-time Idaho broadcaster of the year and the voice of Boise State football “Jack's storytelling is the literary answer to Lay's potato chips: you just want one more and before you know it, you've eaten the whole bag.” -- David Bashore, The Times-News Award-winning author and national award-winning journalist Jack Patterson returns with another Cal Murphy mystery thriller exploring a murder with the backdrop of professional soccer. When Seattle soccer star Sid Westin is gunned down during a bank robbery, reporter Cal Murphy becomes convinced that Sid wasn't just a random casualty. Contrary to all the evidence on the scene, Cal believes it was calculated and premeditated. After persuading struggling detective Mel Kittrell to get involved and declare Sid's death a homicide, Cal must sift through a long list of suspects with Kittrell to determine the killer -- all while everything precious to him becomes endangered. Loaded with mystery, twists, and intrigue, Dead Drop will leave readers guessing until the last page.