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Former Marine and CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's renowned security and detective business--along with a case load that tests him to the breaking point. Getting to the bottom of an NFL gambling scandal and an unsolved LAPD investigation into 13 school girl slayings would be enough.... read more

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Former Marine and CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's renowned security and detective business--along with a case load that tests him to the breaking point. Getting to the bottom of an NFL gambling scandal and an unsolved LAPD investigation into 13 school girl slayings would be enough.... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Former Marine and CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's renowned security and detective business--along with a case load that tests him to the breaking point. Getting to the bottom of an NFL gambling scandal and an unsolved LAPD investigation into 13 school girl slayings would be enough. On top of all that, Morgan takes on solving the horrific murder of his best friend's wife. As Morgan fights the urge to exact brutal revenge on that killer, he has to navigate a workplace imbroglio that could blow the roof off his elite agency. And it's an especially explosive situation . . . because the love affair is his own.

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TO THE BEST OF my understandably shaky recollection, the first time I died it went something like this.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue
"You're Dead, Jack"
(1 - 2)

Part One
Five Years Later, And All Going According To Plan
Chapter 1 - 24

Part Two
Number Thirteen
Chapter 25 - 49

Part Three
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Chapter 50 - 76

Part Four
Shooter
Chapter 77 - 119

Epilogue
It's A Wrap
Chapter 120 - 124

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in Private (Jack Morgan). (standard series)

Followed by Private: #1 Suspect.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. James Patterson (Author)
  2. Maxine Paetro (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-316-09615-7
Page Count: 385

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3566.A822 P75 2010
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Violence


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