A sharp psychological thriller exposing the dark underbelly of provincial society in Austria.

Hannah Connelly, a twenty-eight-year old designer and rising star in the fashion world, is plunged into a web of horror and grief when she learns that Connelly Fine Reproductions, the family owned furniture business founded by her grandfather, has been levelled by an explosion in the middle of the night.

With these words echoing in his head, eminent Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. A threat to his life will propel him and a young doctor, Sienna Brooks, into a breakneck chase across the city of Florence.

In the comfortable suburb where she lives, Heloise is just a mom, the youngish widow with a forgettable job who somehow never misses her son's soccer games or school plays. But in discrete hotel rooms throughout the area, she's the woman of your dreams - if you can afford her hourly fee.

Detective Michael Bennett arrests an infamous Mexican crime lord in a deadly chase that leaves Bennett's lifelong friend Hughie McDonough dead. From jail, the prisoner vows to rain epic violence down upon New York City--and to get revenge on Michael Bennett.

For STEP ON A CRACK James Patterson has landed 34 celebrity characters - film stars, business tycoons, politicians, chat show hosts - together in a terrifying crisis. Is this a record?