12 Months to Live

<p><strong>Her name is Jane Smith. But to friends and foes, she's Jane Effing Smith.</strong><br /><br />Why? Because she's the best criminal defence attorney in the Hamptons - the elite world of New York's rich and infamous. Because she's as good an investigator as she is a lawyer. Because she's tough. She's strong.<br /><br />As Jane is preparing to defend a high-profile client accused of a triple homicide, she's also hired to revive a cold case - a cluster of unsolved murders.<br /><br />Then another bombshell lands. A devastating medical diagnosis. Terminal. She's got a year to live.<br /><br />But for now, she has a trial to win. Unless one of her many enemies kills her first.<strong><br /><br />PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON</strong><br /><br />'The master storyteller of our times' <strong>HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON</strong><br /><br />'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' <strong>JEFFERY DEAVER</strong><br /><br />'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' <strong>LEE CHILD</strong><br /><br />'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' <strong>MICHAEL CONNELLY</strong><br /><br />'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' <strong>IAN RANKIN</strong><br /><br />'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' <strong>PATRICIA CORNWELL</strong><br /><br />'Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there's no stopping his imagination' <strong><em>NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW</em></strong><br /><br />'Patterson is in a class by himself' <strong><em>GUARDIAN</em></strong></p>