Michael Ledwidge

Snow blankets the avenues of Manhattan's exclusive Upper West Side. The storm is the perfect cover for a fashionable, highly trained team of lethal assassins as they prowl the streets, hunting their prey. But their first hit is simply target practice. Their next mission may very well turn the Cold War red-hot once again. Stepping directly into the line of fire, the president of the United States is in New York for a summit at the United Nations with...

New York detective Michael Bennett faces raising his ten children alone after the death of his wife when he is called upon to help rescue thirty-four high-profile hostages.

A killer who refers to himself as The Teacher stalks New York City, murdering powerful, arrogant people and drawing the attention of Detective Mike Bennett, who tackles the case while also caring for his ten children, who all have the flu virus simultaneously.

In James Patterson's pulse-racing New York Times bestseller, violent animal attacks are destroying entire cities-and two unlikely heroes must save the world before it's too late.
All over the world, brutal animal attacks are crippling entire cities. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence to come...

After witnessing her husband having an affair, New York police officer Lauren Stillwell decides to take revenge by having a one-night stand, and in the course of her cheating she witnesses a murder which threatens both her career and marriage.

One by one, children of New York's wealthiest are taken hostage. But the criminal doesn't crave money or power—he only wants to ask the elite if they know the price others pay for their luxurious lifestyles. And, if they don't, he corrects their ignorance—by killing them.
To Detective Michael Bennett, it becomes clear that these murders are linked and must be part of a greater, more public demonstration. With the city thrown into chaos,...

Detective Michael Bennett takes his family to upstate New York in an effort to escape a lawless crime wave erupting in Manhattan, only to find himself immersed in another nightmare, one that endangers his relationship with his wife.

When a man falls to his death, it looks like a suicide-but Detective Michael Bennett finds evidence suggesting otherwise.
A man plunges to his death from the roof of a Manhattan hotel. It looks like a suicide, except the victim has someone else's fingerprints and $10,000 in cash. Enter Detective Michael Bennett.
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