PRIVATE by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro - DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK
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Jack Morgan is a war hero, owner of the prestigious Private
Investigative firm Private, the designated good twin and the son of an
abusive criminal who died the way he lived: creating competition between
his sons.
Jack employs the best in their field of expertise
to work at Private paying top dollar to those who show him the skill
set and loyalty that Private has staked its reputation on for their high
dollar clients that pay to get their dirty laundry clean. Jack needs
the best right now because he has three high-profile cases going
simultaneously and if the mob had their way it would be four, but Jack
does have some morals.
He instructs one group to work with
the police to track down the serial killing team who has been targeting
high school girls and taunting the police with cryptic clues. The
killer leaves trophies for the police to find and is escalating the
killings while at the same time making sure no two look alike - unlike
most serial killers. Jack also takes on a job for his uncle, the NFL
team owner who suspects that games are being thrown and the ruin on the
NFL would be something the franchise could not recover from. But worst
of all Jack is dealing with his best friends' wife savage murder and the
more that he uncovers the worse the information becomes about her
character and the life she was leading. He is a man up for the task as
he showed his ability to lead and deal with the gruesome strategies
during his time in Afghanistan which still haunts him everyday with
recurring dreams and missing pieces. Being a helicopter pilot showed
him how to get in control and make the hard decisions of who stays and
who must go.
Along with his business life Jack is
struggling with his twin brother who is a borderline psychopath and full
time obsessive gambler. He has to save him once again all the while
questioning whether he is the one that has been calling him with death
threats. Their father raised them to be pitted against one another and
while Jack took the high ground his brother, Tom decided it was better
to use your fists than your head. There is so much to sort out and so
much damage done to personal relationships that Jack is always looking
over his shoulder questioning himself with a "what if".
It
is impossible for James Patterson to write anything less than a
masterpiece but with Jack Morgan you find complex yes, but compassion as
well. He is complicated and moves past his childhood tragedies to
build a life that runs like his business with honor and discretion. I
hope this book moves into a series as I would be interested to see how
the conflict between the brothers plays out since Cain and Able have
nothing on these two.
