12 Months to Live
A Jane Smith Thriller
Little, Brown and Company · Print & ebook · April 29, 2025
Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith has a terminal diagnosis, so she'll have to work fast to get to the truth of a murder in this thrill ride from the world's #1 bestselling author.
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- Who it’s for
- A brisk, suspenseful ride with a playful snap and plenty of forward momentum.
- Genres
- Legal Thrillers, Suspense, Mystery
- Published
- Little, Brown and Company, April 29, 2025
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Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith has a terminal diagnosis, so she'll have to work fast to get to the truth of a murder in this thrill ride from the world's #1 bestselling author. Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might’ve committed several murders. But Jane doesn’t have much time. She’s just been informed she has twelve months to live—unless she’s murdered before her expiration date.
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"Patterson and Lupica make a great team."—Carl Hiassen, bestselling author of Bad Monkey
Quick-Strike Thriller
A brisk, suspenseful ride with a playful snap and plenty of forward momentum.
Come here for
- fast legal-thriller propulsion
- playful suspense with a detective-forward edge
Expect
- crime-fiction tension
- women-detective energy
Where it sits
| Legal Thrillers | 88% |
|---|---|
| Mystery | 24% |
| Suspense | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Suspense
- Crime Fiction
- Legal Thrillers
- Women's Fiction
- Authors
- James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Eva Kaminsky
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- April 29, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Suspense