Didn't they already collaborate on a book or two?
Posted on 05/31/2025 9:58:43 AM PDT by simpson96
Former President Bill Clinton and bestselling author James Patterson previously collaborated on thrillers set in the White House: "The President Is Missing" and "The President's Daughter," both #1 New York Times bestsellers. Now they've joined forces for their third novel, "The First Gentleman" (to be published June 2 by Little, Brown & Co.).
In their latest thriller, the president of the United States is running for re-election while her husband stands trial for murder.
Prologue
President Wright Administration Year Three: September
Brentwood, New Hampshire
Cole Wright is sitting in the rear seat of a black up-armored Chevy Suburban, one of three in a convoy speeding its way down Route 125 in the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire.
Two dark green state police cruisers, lights flashing, are leading this no-frills motorcade, scaled down for the occasion. The presidential limousine — the Beast — is back at the airport, along with the Secret Service counterassault team, support personnel, news media vans, and a fully equipped ambulance.
Three years after the election, Cole still gets pumped from seeing traffic part like magic, even though he's well aware that it's for the convenience and safety of the woman sitting beside him — his wife, Madeline Parson Wright, the president of the United States.
He's just the First Gentleman.
A light drizzle spatters against the bulletproof windows. The agent accelerates to seventy along the two-lane highway.
"Two minutes out," says Burton Pearce, the president's chief of staff. Pearce perches in a rear-facing jump seat across from the First Couple. He's pale and serious, wearing one of his many identical gray suits. "The Gray Ghost," staffers call him. The president nods without looking up.
Cole glances over to see the CONFIDENTIAL stamps on the pages Maddy is reading as the convoy hums along.
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Looks like a rather “lightweight” literary style.
Dumbed down for liberals, I presume.
The Suckass Book Trilogy
I’m a Patterson fan but will pass on this effort.
I wonder how many copies of this book were bounced off Bill’s head at the idea of a female president not named Hillary.
Didn't they already collaborate on a book or two?
USED TO LIKE JAMES PATTERSON
WILL NO LONGER BUY HIS BOOKS.
Hahah I thought they were referring to “Buzz” Patterson, and thought “Whhhuuuuuuut?”
That goes double for Stephen King.
Most likely all of them.
Felt the same way about Louise Penny when she collaborated with H Clinton.
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