Marshall Karp

The world’s two best assassins hunt a man who has stolen $13 million in diamonds—with a bonus for the one who can kill the other in the process. Matthew Bannon, a poor art student living in New york City, finds a duffel bag filled with diamonds during a chaotic attack at Grand Central Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his gorgeous girlfriend Katherine fill his thoughts— until he realizes that he is being hunted, and that whoever is after him won’t stop until they have reclaimed the diamonds and exacted their revenge. Trailing him is the Ghost, the world’s greatest assassin, who has just pulled off his most high-profile hit: killing Walter Zelvas, a top member of the international Diamond Syndicate. There’s only one small problem: the diamonds he was supposed to retrieve from Zelvas are missing. Now, the Ghost is on Bannon’s trail—but so is a rival assassin who would like nothing more than to make the Ghost disappear forever. From “America’s #1 storyteller” (Forbes) comes a high-speed, high-stakes, winner-take-all thrill ride of adrenalin-fueled suspense. About the author: James Patterson is one of the bestselling authors of all time. He lives in Florida.

"Marshall Karp is the only author I know who can get big laughs out of murdering someone."-James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross Novels "Karp offers multiple twists that will keep most readers guessing until the end, and balances the grim plot with Biggs's inexhaustible supply of genuinely humorous one-liners. Kinky Friedman and Carl Hiaasen fans should latch onto this series."-Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEWThere are 33 million scrapbookers in America. Some are passionate. Some are compulsive. One is homicidal. When Eleanor Bellingham-Crump, an unrepentant socialite responsible for the drunk-driving death of a ten-year-old boy, turns up murdered on the floor of a Hollywood hotel bathroom, LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs are confronted with a crime of artistic brutality. A vigilante is serving their own brand of crafty justice in Los Angeles, punishing those seen as wrongdoers with a pair of scissors through the spleen. And as if a bloody corpse were not enough, the killer leaves behind an intricate scrapbook documenting a motive of vengeance in lurid detail. Marshall Karp, coauthor with James Patterson of the #1 bestselling NYPD Red series, sets this Lomax and Biggs thriller in the normally benign world of scrapbooking. As more bodies are discovered, each with a scrapbook, Lomax and Biggs race to decode the meaning behind the clues before the killer has time to cut, paste...and kill again. Join Hollywood's favorite, and funniest, detectives as they try to peel back the pasted-over layers of this one-of-a-kind mystery to reveal the truth behind a string of cold-blooded killings. Once your adrenaline is pumping and your appetite whetted don't hesitate to move onto the rest of the fast-paced Lomax and Biggs mystery series: The Rabbit Factory; Bloodthirsty; Flipping Out; and Terminal.

"Marshall Karp knows how to keep a story running full speed full time. This one's a blast."-Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer, and the Harry Bosch and the Ren e Ballard mysteries "If you haven't read Marshall Karp yet, start with Flipping Out. Start today. This mystery is right up there with the best of Janet Evanovich and Carl Hiassen. Yep, it's that suspenseful, that funny."-James Patterson, #1 bestselling author of the Alex Cross novels A cop's wife is murdered. As LAPD detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs investigate, the wife of a second cop is also killed. Both victims were part of an ingenious one-of-a-kind house flipping scheme. Nora Bannister, bestselling author of the House to Die For mystery series, buys a house dirt cheap. While her partners turn it into a showplace, Nora sets a murder at the address in her newest bestseller. When the house goes on the market, there's a bidding frenzy because it seems lots of people want to live in a house touched by fame and (fictional) murder. But why is someone killing the house flippers? Lomax and Biggs get pressure from Los Angeles City Hall to bring the cases to a quick conclusion, but there are several suspects, including Nora Bannister's literary assistant who covets her bestseller status; Charlie, who just became the sole heir to Nora's money; and Tony, the husband of one of the house flippers who might have a girlfriend on the side. When Lomax and Biggs race to track down the murderer, because the next logical target is Terry Biggs's wife Marilyn. Marshall Karp, co-author of the bestselling NYPD RED series, takes you on a deadly tour of Southern California real estate as Hollywood detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs untangle a web of money and murder. Once your adrenaline is pumping and your appetite is whetted, don't hesitate to move onto the rest of the fast-paced Lomax and Biggs mystery series: The Rabbit Factory; Bloodthirsty; Cut, Paste, Kill; and Terminal.

"Marshall Karp is up there with Carl Hiassen, Donald Westlake and Janet Evanovich- smart, fact-based, clever, and really, really funny."-Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author, Power Play "Karp's Tinseltown kiss-off reads like a solid Hollywood buddy-cop thriller." -Entertainment Weekly It's a bloodthirsty town, Hollywood is. No matter how popular you are, there's always someone who would be happier if you were dead. Marshall Karp, coauthor with James Patterson of the #1 bestselling NYPD Red series, sets this Lomax and Biggs thriller right smack in the middle of Hollywood's most deadly game: moviemaking. Barry Gerber, one of the most hated, and powerful producers in Hollywood, is a no-show for a red carpet movie premiere. The next morning he turns up dead. Exsanguinated. Drained of blood. No one at the Los Angeles Police Department has ever seen a murder like it. Everyone hated the victim. LAPD Detective Terry Biggs jokes that the murder could be an elaborate public service effort to make Hollywood a better place. But Biggs and his partner Detective Mike Lomax soon find all jokes are off when, two days later, the prime suspect, another despised show-business bad boy, is found murdered in the same sadistic manner. With two A-list Hollywood giants dead, the list of suspects in the mystery becomes as long as the credits in a summer blockbuster. Is it a story of revenge elevated to deadly new heights, a serial killer, or something even more diabolical? Their investigation leads them to a motive far more primal than they imagined. Complicating matters, after a recent high-profile case, Lomax and Biggs were in talks with Gerber to turn their story into a major Hollywood film. His death could mean the end of their dreams of fame and fortune in the movies. Let master storyteller Marshall Karp (a Hollywood veteran himself) take you on a ride-along in a fast-paced, razor-sharp, humor-filled adventure you'll find impossible to put down. Once your adrenaline is pumping and your appetite whetted, don't hesitate to move onto the rest of the fast-paced Lomax and Biggs mystery series: The Rabbit Factory; Flipping Out; Cut, Paste, Kill; and Terminal.

"Totally original, a sheer roller coaster ride.... Shows a master's touch."-David Baldacci, author of Absolute Power and Memory Man "Marshall Karp could well be the Carl Hiaasen of Los Angeles."-James Patterson, author of the Alex Cross mystery novelsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Marshall Karp, author of the NYPD Red series, comes the first Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs mystery, a fast-paced tale that will remind readers of bestselling thrillers from writers like Michael Connelly and Robert B. Parker. Lomax and Biggs are two tough, smart LAPD homicide detectives faced with the case of a lifetime. Rambunctious Rabbit is the Mickey Mouse of creator Dean Lamaar's Disney-esque Familyland. When an actor wearing the famous rabbit costume is strangled, the heinous crime kicks off a rollercoaster ride that stretches from Hollywood to Las Vegas to Woodstock, New York. The case and its ramifications will upend the lives of the hero cops, frighten employees of a major Hollywood studio, rattle Wall Street, aggravate the Las Vegas mob, and put innocent cartoon fans and amusement park visitors in mortal danger. The strangled victim was a convicted pedophile, leaving Lomax and Biggs, the two Los Angeles Police Department homicide detectives assigned to the case, wondering how the man got a job working with kids. Then the bodies begin to pile up.... A Lamaar Studios movie star is whacked with a baseball bat. An All-American mom visiting Familyland is gruesomely stabbed to death in a public bathroom. Bombs explode. Who's behind these well-scripted attacks? Is it an act of revenge, a serial killer, a plot to bring a Hollywood studio to its knees, or all three? Homicide detective Mike Lomax, forty-two, is recently widowed, tough-talking but sensitive, and dealing with a father who wants him to start dating again and a brother who can't seem to avoid money problems and danger. His partner Terry Biggs is a devoted family man who thinks he's as funny as Jerry Seinfeld or Jay Leno. In the course of the investigation, Lomax and Biggs face off with Lamaar Studios' shrewd and scared CEO, a sexy public relations fixer, ex-Lamaar employees with reasons to hold a grudge, and a seductive Las Vegas casino boss with a menacing family history of mob ties. He also discovers the dark side of the bright-and-shiny Lamaar brand, one filled with racism, antisemitism, and maybe even murder. This fast-paced thriller reveals a brazen blackmail plot and a corporate giant willing to do anything to keep its stock price from crashing and introduces a pair of homicide cops as likable and funny as they are overworked and smart. Let Marshall Karp take you on a ride in and around Los Angeles as Hollywood detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs untangle a web of murder and mystery. Once your adrenaline is pumping and your appetite whetted don't hesitate to move onto the rest of the fast-paced Lomax and Biggs mystery series: Bloodthirsty; Flipping Out; Cut, Paste, Kill; and Terminal.