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'Patterson has the rare gift of enthralling as he informs' Mark Lawson, GuardianCan an honest man become president? In this timely and provocative novel, a maverick candidate takes on his political enemies and the ruthless machinery of American politics. Corey Grace - a handsome and charismatic Republican senator from Ohio - is plunged by an act of terrorism into a fierce presidential primary battle with the favourite of the party establishment and a magnetic leader of the Christian right. A decorated Gulf War Air Force pilot known for speaking his mind, Grace's reputation for voting his own conscience rather than the party line has earned him a reputation as a maverick and an iconoclast. But Grace is still haunted by a tragic mistake buried deep in his past, and now his integrity will be put to the test in this most brutal of political contests, in which nothing in his past or present life is off-limits, including his ongoing romance with Lexie Hart, an African-American movie star. Depicting contemporary power politics at its most ruthless, The Race takes on the most incendiary issues in American culture: racism, terrorism, religious fundamentalism, gay rights, and the rise of media monopolies with their own agenda and lust for power. As the pressure of the campaign intensifies, Grace encounters betrayal, excruciating moral choices, and secrets that can destroy lives. Ultimately, the race leads to a deadlocked party convention where Grace must resolve the conflict between his romance with Lexie and his presidential ambitions - and decide just who and what he is willing to sacrifice...

The Race

William Lasko is a self-made millionaire with an eye for wealth and influence, the ear of the president, and a talent for using both to get what he wants. Now the Economic Crime Commission wants Lasko brought down, and US Attorney Christopher Paget is tipped to take on the job.

La Loi de Lasko

'A must read' Former President Bill Clinton 'Patterson has the rare gift of enthralling as he informs' Mark Lawson, GuardianFifty-nine days. That's how long Rennell Price has to live - after spending fifteen years on death row after being convicted along with his brother for the horrifying murder of a young girl. But lawyer Terri Paget has dedicated her life to fighting for people like Rennell Price. This time, Terri has a client she believes may actually be innocent, which means that an unpunished killer may still be free. As Terri prepares for a last appeal, she gets a new weapon for her battle - fresh evidence suggesting that another man, not Rennell, helped his brother commit the atrocity. But as more people are drawn into Terri's last-ditch battle, and as political agendas and personalities clash while time is running out for Rennell Price, this much is clear: The serious doubts about Rennell's guilt may not be enough to save him... New York Times bestselling author, Richard North Patterson, tackles one of the most important and controversial issues of our time - the death penalty - with an engrossing thriller that is both entertaining and informative, a edge of your seat page-turner and a sophisticated examination of crime and punishment.

Conviction

Pour les yeux d'un enfant

'Richard North Patterson has outdone himself - Exile is his best novel yet.' Bill ClintonFrom one of America's most compelling novelists comes the mesmerising story of a lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate a prime minister. David Wolfe's life is approaching an exhilarating peak: he's a successful San Francisco lawyer, he's about to get married, and he's being primed for a run for Congress. But when the phone rings and he hears the voice of Hana Arif - the woman with whom he had a secret affair in law school -he begins a completely unexpected journey. The next day, the prime minister of Israel is assassinated by a suicide bomber while visiting San Francisco; soon, Hana herself is accused of being the mastermind behind the murder. Hana may well be guilty but David cannot turn away the one woman he can never forget... Culminating in a tense and startling trial with international ramifications, Exile is that rare novel that both entertains and enlightens. At once an intricate tale of betrayal and deception, a moving love story, and a fascinating journey into the lethal politics of the Middle East, this is Richard North Patterson at his most brilliant and engrossing.

Exile

Corey Grace, a Republican senator, insists on voting his own conscience rather than the party line, and this independence has earned him a reputation as an unpredictable iconoclast. He is still haunted by a tragic mistake buried deep in his past, and now his integrity will be put to the test in the most brutal of political contests.

THE RACE

Exclus, SDF, chômeurs : en quelques mois, Kerry Kilcannon est devenu le champion des minorités. Et le candidat démocrate le mieux placé dans la course aux primaires en ce début de millénaire.
Sean Burke, lui, n'a que mépris pour une Amérique qui, estime-t-il, a trahi les siens. Pour ce militant anti-avortement, le combat politique est vain. Seule la violence, désormais, peut provoquer l'électrochoc nécessaire.
Et le prochain meeting du sénateur Kilcannon pourrait être le théâtre de son plus sanglant coup d'éclat...
Avec ce récit d'une chasse aux suffrages se transformant peu à peu en chasse à l'homme, Richard North Patterson démontre sa maîtrise de tous les rouages du suspense.

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