Confessions of the Dead

It started with the birds. Not much goes on in the quiet town of Cemetery Lake. That is until crows come flying from the sky, attacking everyone in sight.After that, peculiar things begin happening. People go missing. Neighbour turns against neighbour. Husband against wife.Stranger still, the names of the town's residents appear on the arms of two girls. They don't know how the names got there or what they mean.Deputy Matt Maro must uncover the truth before the town destroys itself from the inside out.But he should remember, in Cemetery Lake nothing is as it seems . . .PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD'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.' MICHAEL CONNELLY'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN'The master storyteller of our times.' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'One of the greatest storytellers of all time.' PATRICIA CORNWELL'James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.' STEVE BERRY