It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind. 'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' Lee Child
With her brothers trying to seize her newfound power and assets from under her, Jenny discovers that each of them has the means and motive to kill. When Joe's body is discovered adrift in the San Francisco Bay, his daughter Jenny finds herself head of the Wolf empire. Joe Wolf has raised his children to have the same cut-throat mentality that built his own California business empire: kill or be killed. The dynamics are simple in the Wolf family. 'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.' Guardian (Jan.'Simply put: nobody does it better.' Jeffrey Deaver Agent: Robert Barnett, Williams & Connolly. Those expecting the nuances and depth of family business dramas such as HBO’s Succession will be disappointed. Instant New York Times Bestseller James Patterson and Mike Lupica are the thriller dream team Jenny Wolfs murdered father leaves her in charge of a. Readers should be prepared for predictable plot twists and superficial characters. More deaths follow as Jenny falls for someone she shouldn’t, wrestles with fulfilling her father’s wishes, and tries to find his killer while still coaching a high school football team. That rankles her two brothers, who’ve been running the team and the paper, respectively, and vow to resist her takeover by fighting dirty if necessary. Joe’s will leaves her in charge of his chief assets: the Wolves, an NFL franchise (whose aging star quarterback is Jenny’s ex-husband), and the Tribune newspaper. Her pursuit of that possibility comes as her life undergoes a dramatic shift.
Given the number and power of Joe’s many enemies, his daughter, Jenny, suspects her father was murdered. The autopsy reveals both an elevated blood alcohol level and that Joe suffered a heart attack after entering the water.
Bestseller Patterson and Lupica’s fast-paced if faltering sequel to 2022’s The Horsewoman centers on the Wolf family, whose dominance of San Francisco is imperiled after patriarch Joe falls off his boat in San Francisco Bay and apparently drowns.
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