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Escape

By: James Patterson, David Ellis
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
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In this companion to #1 New York Times bestseller The Black Book, Detective Billy Harney chases down a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape artist while a young girl's life hangs in the balance.

As Chicago PD’s special-ops leader, Detective Billy Harney knows well that money is not the only valuable currency. The filthy rich man he’s investigating is down to his last twenty million. He’s also being held in jail.

For now.

Billy’s unit is called in when an escape plan results in officers down and inmates vanished.

In an empty lot, Billy spots two Kevlar vests. Two helmets. Two assault rifles. And a handwritten note:

Hi, Billy
Are you having fun yet?

©2022 James Patterson and David Ellis (P)2022 Little, Brown & Company

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Escape

Great book! Just enough twists to keep you interested! Love this series! Will definitely listen to this one all the way through!

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Great series

Looking for something new. Well you found it. Great characters . Leaving you wanting to hear more about them. Enjoy!

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Waiting on the next book

Enjoyed the book. The narrator makes it seems like Billy is a real person.
Great!!

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what a story!

what a 3rd book in the series. it kept you wanting to hear more. love the cliff hanger at the end. it means another book hopefully will be in the works.

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great book!

this book was wonderful. it grabbed my interest from the beginning ended w me wanting more!

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Billy Harney is back

While not as thrilling and heart-wrenching as the two previous installments, this was a good work in the Billy Harney series. We didn’t get as much of Harney-family shenanigans in this installment, but, for me, the most emotionally resonant parts of the story were involving such scenes. I’m not sure if there will be more books in this series, but I sure hope so. I’ve become quite fond of the Billy Goat. The narration was excellent as usual.

P.S. One big negative of this series is a disproportionate number of strong female characters getting fridged.

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wtf

This book should totally kept going now we're hanging to see what happens and that really sucks

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Very entertaining enjoy the read also like the story as well kept my attention the whole way through

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pretty good story

did a good job of keeping me on my toes and keeping me guessing until the end. I would definitely recommend it

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Amazing book from start to finish !!!

I loved it !!! very exciting book, grabbed my attention and never let go .

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