The First Gentleman

By: President Bill Clinton, James Patterson

Narrated by: Aja Naomi King, Saskia Maarleveld, Will Collyer, James Fouhey

Brought to you by Penguin.

The global number one bestselling authors team up again for a gripping political thriller, unravelling a shocking murder accusation at the White House.

Clinton and Patterson are back. And they're better than ever.

The President of the United States is up for re-election.

Her husband is on trial for murder.

Is the First Gentleman a killer?

A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the football star-turned-political spouse.

‘Bill Clinton reveals key White House details in murderous new political thriller… It’s a twisty thriller with plenty of inside jobs, political sabotage and many, many deaths’ USA Today

'It's a novel that only those two could conjure up... gripping.' BBC Online

'Even better and more political than its predecessors... A gripping tale that leaps off the page’ Daily Mail

©2025 President Bill Clinton and James Patterson (P)2025 Penguin Audio

the first Gentleman

loved the story. it's exactly how things goes in our country. a lot of bribery and corruption. trying to hide it away. but the truth always come out. doesn't matter the time. good read as always

Predictable and poor performances

You could figure out who the bad guy was by chapter 4- zero surprises in this book. This is not always a deal breaker but the book had far too much repetition, long drawn out scenes and internal dialogue pointing out obvious things. It couldn’t decide if it was a crime novel, courtroom drama or political thriller. Didn’t do any of the three well.

On top of being poorly written, the performances of the main character was insufferable. She came across as having low energy, very little drive and did things in the book that were just a no no for someone being sold to us as a Yale law professor. The more I read, the more I hated that character.
I haven’t read their other collaborations but understand they are much better.