You've Been Warned

You've Been Warned

The Novels of James Patterson

FEATURING ALEX CROSS

Cross

Mary, Mary

London Bridges

The Big Bad Wolf

Four Blind Mice

Violets Are Blue

Roses Are Red

Pop Goes the Weasel

Cat & Mouse

Jack & Jill

Kiss the Girls

Along Came a Spider

THE WOMEN’S MURDER CLUB

The 6th Target(coauthor: Maxine Paetro)

The 5th Horseman(coauthor: Maxine Paetro)

4th of July(coauthor: Maxine Paetro)

3rd Degree(coauthor: Andrew Gross)

2nd Chance(coauthor: Andrew Gross)

1st to Die

OTHER BOOKS

You’ve Been Warned (coauthor: Howard Roughan)

Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

The Quickie(coauthor: Michael Ledwidge)

Step on a Crack(coauthor: Michael Ledwidge)

Judge & Jury(coauthor: Andrew Gross)

Maximum Ride: School’s Out — Forever

Beach Road(coauthor: Peter de Jonge)

Lifeguard(coauthor: Andrew Gross)

Maximum Ride

Honeymoon(coauthor: Howard Roughan)

SantaKid

Sam’s Letters to Jennifer

The Lake House

The Jester(coauthor: Andrew Gross)

The Beach House(coauthor: Peter de Jonge)

Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas

Cradle and All

Black Friday

When the Wind Blows

See How They Run

Miracle on the 17th Green(coauthor: Peter de Jonge)

Hide & Seek

The Midnight Club

Season of the Machete

The Thomas Berryman Number

For more information about James Patterson’s novels, visit www.jamespatterson.com.

For Christine and Trevor, forever my big picture

—H. R.

For Suzie and Jack, my scary ones

—J. P.

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

—Yousuf Karsh

Chapter 1

IT’S WAY TOO EARLY in the morning for dead people.

That’s what I’d be thinking, were I actually thinking clearly right now. I’m not.

The second I turn the corner on my way to work and see the crowd, the commotion, the dingy gray body bags being wheeled out of that oh-so-chichi hotel, I reach for my camera. I can’t help it. It’s instinct on my part.