The Heist

Prepare to be hooked by James Patterson's newest thriller in which an art student must orchestrate the heist of a lifetime to save her father...<BR><BR>'A dizzying switchback thriller... Halston is a brilliant heroine' - The Times<BR><BR>'The Picasso Heist is a thrilling, engaging, funny, at times moving, scintillating read' - Felicity Jones, Oscar-nominated actress and audiobook narrator<BR><BR>'Patterson is in a class by himself' Guardian<BR><BR>_________________________________<BR><BR>A rare masterpiece by Picasso is about to go to auction, and the whole world is watching.<BR><BR>But bright art student Halston Graham sees an opportunity. One that could secure millions for her future - and freedom for her wrongly imprisoned father...<BR><BR>To pull off the crime of the century, she must assemble an unlikely crack team: an expert in forgery, a ruthless mob boss, and an eccentric fashion designer.<BR><BR>In a game where trust is a luxury and failure is not an option, will Halston's brilliance be enough to outsmart her enemies?<BR><BR>_________________________________<BR><BR>PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON<BR><BR>'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFERY DEAVER<BR><BR>'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD<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.' MICHAEL CONNELLY<BR><BR>'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' IAN RANKIN<BR><BR>'Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there's no stopping his imagination' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW<BR><BR>'Patterson is in a class by himself' GUARDIAN<BR><BR>'The master storyteller of our times' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON<BR><BR>'One of the greatest storytellers of all time' PATRICIA CORNWELL