Dead Drop

Fans of J.D. Robb, Steig Larsson, and Robert Ludlum will love this pulse-pounding thriller from best selling author Jack Patterson! "Jack Patterson knocks it out of the park!" – Vincent Zandri, NY Times best selling author "…Pure genius …" – Suspense Magazine "You can tell that Jack Patterson knows what it's like to live in the newspaper world but … he's also proven he can write one heck of a murder mystery." – Josh Katzowitz, NFL writer for CBSsports.com and author of Sid Gillman: Father of the Passing Game "Jack Patterson has hooked me. I'll be back for more." – Bob Behler, 3-time Idaho broadcaster of the year and the voice of Boise State football "Jack's storytelling is the literary answer to Lay's potato chips: you just want one more and before you know it, you've eaten the whole bag." — David Bashore, The Times-News Award-winning author and national award-winning journalist Jack Patterson returns with another Cal Murphy mystery thriller exploring a murder with the backdrop of professional soccer. When Seattle soccer star Sid Westin is gunned down during a bank robbery, reporter Cal Murphy becomes convinced that Sid wasn't just a random casualty. Contrary to all the evidence on the scene, Cal believes it was calculated and premeditated. After persuading struggling detective Mel Kittrell to get involved and declare Sid's death a homicide, Cal must sift through a long list of suspects with Kittrell to determine the killer—all while everything precious to him becomes endangered. Loaded with mystery, twists, and intrigue, Dead Drop will leave readers guessing until the last page.