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President Bill Clinton (Author)
Bill Clinton was elected president of the United States in 1992 and served two terms. After leaving the White House, he established the Clinton Foundation, which helps improve global health, increase opportunity for girls and women, reduce childhood obesity and preventable diseases, create economic opportunity and growth, and address the effects of climate change. He is the author of a number of non-fiction works, including My Life, which was a number one international bestseller. With James Patterson, he is co-author of the number one international bestselling novel The President is Missing.

James Patterson (Author)
JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Among his creations are some of the world's most popular series including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed adult author in UK libraries for the past fourteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.

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Brought to you by Penguin. James Patterson and Bill Clinton - the 'dream team' (Lee Child) - return with a thriller even more compelling than global number one bestseller The President is Missing. ____Every detail is accuratebecause one of the authors is President Bill Clinton. The drama and action never stopbecause the other author is James Patterson. ALL PRESIDENTS HAVE NIGHTMARES. THIS ONE IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE. Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL and a former US President, has always defended his family as fiercely as he has his country. Now these defences are under attack. And it's personal. Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie, has been abducted, turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father. Because Keating knows that in order to save Melanie's life he will have to put his own on the line . . . ____'Propulsive, exhilarating, and unnervingly believable. You won't just read The President's Daughter, you'll devour it' KARIN SLAUGHTER'A rollicking ride combining Clinton's insider knowledge of the top echelons of US power with Patterson's snappy pacing and forensic prose' INDEPENDENT'Even better than their first . . . A rattling roller coaster of a thriller' DAILY MAIL'The loneliness of running a superpower and what it's like to send people to die in war feel unimpeachably authentic.' GUARDIAN'Deftly interweaves action scenes and family dynamics' SUNDAY TIMES'Highly entertaining' NEW YORK TIMES'I loved this book . . . An absolute page-turner' ROSS KING'A really propulsive and exciting story . . . a surefire winner' IRISH INDEPENDENT'Full of glorious details into the inner workings of the White House, this is action all the way in a fast and furious tale.' SUN'Superb thriller, expertly told. Read it in two days. More please' PIERS MORGAN'Legendary author James Patterson has teamed up with ex-US President Bill Clinton to write this chilling crime novel' SUNDAY EXPRESS'An absolute rocket . . . Clinton and Patterson are simply the best in the thriller business'ROBERT CRAIS, bestselling author of the Elvis Cole series'Clinton and Patterson's novel puts their respective expertise to good use' TIME'A page-turning, painfully human thriller that reveals the human hearts that beat inside those corridors of power' TONY PARSONS, bestselling author of Your Neighbour's Wife'Brace yourself for a thriller with inside secrets and riveting excitement'WALTER ISAACSON, internationally bestselling author'A smart, taut, utterly fantastic roller coaster that had me holding on for dear life' CHRIS BOHJALIAN, bestselling author of The Flight Attendant____Real reader reviews:'The previous collaboration between the two authors was one of my favourite thrillers ever . . . this one was even better!''A thriller with all the punch and authenticity expected from the two authors''Mind-blowing . . . like, did I really just read that?''Outstanding . . . has you on the edge of your seat''An exciting roller coaster of a page-turning read''A great story, believable characters . . . I couldn't put it down''A terrific pulse-racing thriller''Absolutely blown away'____Praise for the authors' previous collaboration, THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING:'The political thriller of the decade' LEE CHILD'Thoroughly enjoyable . . . a quick, slick, gripping read' THE TIMES'A bullet train of a thriller' AJ FINN'One writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting and another with an exceptional grasp of global politics. The literary running mates have earned a second term.' GUARDIAN'The plotting is immaculate . . . the writing is taut' SUNDAY TIMES'Heart-pounding, gripping, terrifying . . . a genuinely masterful thriller' LOUISE PENNY'Truly authentic . . . I read it in one gulp. You will too.' HARLAN COBEN'This book moves like Air Force One' MICHAEL CONNELLY'Engrossing from page one' DAVID BALDACCI© Bill Clinton, James Patterson 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Zusammenfassung

Brought to you by Penguin.

James Patterson and Bill Clinton - the 'dream team' (Lee Child) - return with a thriller even more compelling than global number one bestseller The President is Missing.
____

Every detail is accurate
because one of the authors is President Bill Clinton.

The drama and action never stop
because the other author is James Patterson.

ALL PRESIDENTS HAVE NIGHTMARES. THIS ONE IS ABOUT TO COME TRUE.

Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL and a former US President, has always defended his family as fiercely as he has his country.

Now these defences are under attack. And it's personal.

Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie, has been abducted, turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security.

As the world watches, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father.

Because Keating knows that in order to save Melanie's life he will have to put his own on the line . . .
____

'Propulsive, exhilarating, and unnervingly believable. You won't just read The President's Daughter, you'll devour it' KARIN SLAUGHTER

'A rollicking ride combining Clinton's insider knowledge of the top echelons of US power with Patterson's snappy pacing and forensic prose' INDEPENDENT

'Even better than their first . . . A rattling roller coaster of a thriller' DAILY MAIL

'The loneliness of running a superpower and what it's like to send people to die in war feel unimpeachably authentic.' GUARDIAN

'Deftly interweaves action scenes and family dynamics' SUNDAY TIMES

'Highly entertaining' NEW YORK TIMES

'I loved this book . . . An absolute page-turner' ROSS KING

'A really propulsive and exciting story . . . a surefire winner' IRISH INDEPENDENT

'Full of glorious details into the inner workings of the White House, this is action all the way in a fast and furious tale.' SUN

'Superb thriller, expertly told. Read it in two days. More please' PIERS MORGAN

'Legendary author James Patterson has teamed up with ex-US President Bill Clinton to write this chilling crime novel' SUNDAY EXPRESS

'An absolute rocket . . . Clinton and Patterson are simply the best in the thriller business'ROBERT CRAIS, bestselling author of the Elvis Cole series

'Clinton and Patterson's novel puts their respective expertise to good use' TIME

**'A page-turning, painfully human th…