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Private: Booktrack Edition

By: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Narrated by: Peter Hermann
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Private: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!

The police can't help you

Former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily—and his staff of investigators uses the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases.

The press will destroy you

Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multi-million dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of 18 schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed. It nearly pushes him over the edge. Instead, Jack pushes back and devotes all of Private's resources to tracking down her killer.

Only one place to turn: Private

But Jack doesn't have to play by the rules. As he closes in on the killer and chooses between revenge and justice, Morgan has to navigate a workplace love affair that threatens to blow the roof off his plans. With a plot that moves at death-defying speeds, Private is James Patterson sleekest, most exciting thriller ever.

Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.

©2010 James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (P)2018 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"The prolific Patterson seems unstoppable." (USA Today)

"James Patterson knows how to sell thrills and suspense in clean, unwavering prose." (People)

"Patterson's novels are sleek entertainment machines, the Porsches of commercial fiction, expertly engineered and lightning fast." (Publishers Weekly)

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A winner

Love these characters, all of the Private series are good. Narrator is good, too. Waiting for the next Private.

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Private

LOVED the story and the read.. HATED the music behind it.. every time I get it going again, the music slammed into my head and I had to re-set in my mind it to ignoring as background noise, but it took precious time away from the enjoyment of the story

I’d love to listen to it again without the music to see what I missed til my mind started ignoring the background ... otherwise another of Patterson’s triumphs!!

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Excellent book for murder and mystery fans!

Outstanding story plot! It was engaging with a lot of twist and turns to make it a pager turner!

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Worth the credit

Thought the Narrator did a great job. The story line plus the narrator made the book a 5

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Worthwhile good guys vs bad guys!

The story held us all the way through. Great narrations. Thought provoking with good ending.

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Edge of your seat.

Great book and narrator. Couldn’t hardly put it down. I highly recommend this book to all.

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Excellent

Great Read. - several intertwined mysteries
Will follow the other Private books
Always a few twists & Unexpected turns

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A little too much backstory

This book kept me engaged but by the end of it I sort of lost track of what was going on and it really wasn’t any big finale for me

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2 Fab intricate  well written, and well read plots among the Good twin/bad twin background

 Two huge plots narrated extremely well in order to visualize each scene. From
Military PTSD to Hollywood suspense, intrigue, & surprise. been reading & listening to James Patterson for decades; I think this kick off for a series may drop them all!

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Great Story from beginning to end!!

Very entertaining, couldn't wait to hear more of what was happening! Very good story line

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