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Richard North Patterson
RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON is the author of The Spire, Eclipse and fourteen other bestselling and critically acclaimed novels. Formerly a trial lawyer, he was the SEC liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor and has served on the boards of several Washington advocacy groups. He lives in San... show more



RICHARD NORTH PATTERSON is the author of The Spire, Eclipse and fourteen other bestselling and critically acclaimed novels. Formerly a trial lawyer, he was the SEC liaison to the Watergate special prosecutor and has served on the boards of several Washington advocacy groups. He lives in San Francisco and on Martha's Vineyard with his wife, Dr. Nancy Clair.

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Birth date: February 22, 1947
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SusannaG - Confessions of a Crazy Cat Lady
Unlike most of Richard North Patterson's books, this one is not a murder mystery. (He writes good murder mysteries, by the way.) It's a coming of age story. In 1968, a sheltered young woman from one of New England's upper crust families, Whitney Dane, discovers that her "perfect family" of fina...
CarlAlves
CarlAlves rated it 9 years ago
The Race is poorly written, not very believable, trite, and annoying to read. There was little to no credibility or positive aspects about this novel. What makes it worse was that the author clearly had a political agenda in this novel. The level of bias interfered with any possibile enjoyment. I do...
CarlAlves
CarlAlves rated it 10 years ago
In Eclipse, Damon Pierce is an Irish lawyer, who despite success that he has experienced in his career, seems to be drifting listlessly. That changes when he gets a frantic message from Marissa Okari, an old friend of his who he had a romantic interest in that never materialized. Marissa is living i...
debbiekrenzer
debbiekrenzer rated it 10 years ago
I received this e-galley from Net Galley and Open Road Media free in exchange for an honest review and here it is. I've never had the occasion to read anything by this author but I had heard of him. Apparently, this is one of his earlier works and the publisher is looking to reprint it. At least tha...
CarlAlves
CarlAlves rated it 10 years ago
No Safe Place is a political thriller that has no interest in realism or believability. In this convoluted story line, Kerry Kilcannon is a senator whose brother is killed while running for the White House. He decides on his own run, even though he has an affair with a reporter that can bring him do...
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