''James Patterson is The Boss. End of.'' Ian Rankin

''One of the greatest storytellers of all time'' Patricia Cornwell

''A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.'' Mark Lawson, Guardian

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The third thrilling instalment of James Patterson''s Instinct series

The stakes are sky-high for Dr Dylan Reinhart.

When a student in Reinhart''s psychology class threatens to kill himself, everyone hopes it''s a hoax.

But when he can''t be found after twenty-four hours, it seems the worst is confirmed. Did he really do it?

The student''s father, a powerful hedge fund CEO, is convinced he didn''t. Only one person can help him get to the truth.

Reinhart is now wrapped up in multimillion-dollar secrets and danger and it''s going to take every bit of his expertise to close the case.

Can he stay ahead of his enemy . . . and his employer?

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Praise for James Patterson

''The master storyteller of our times'' Hillary Rodham Clinton

''No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.'' Lee Child

''It''s no mystery why James Patterson is the world''s most popular thriller writer . . . Simply put: nobody does it better.'' Jeffery Deaver

''Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It''s what fires off the movie projector in the reader''s mind.'' Michael Connelly