Countdown

An undercover CIA officer has seven days to save her country from the world's most dangerous double agent. The CIA's highly classified Special Activities Division is in the business of tracking people down and keeping secrets hidden. Then a botched field operation reveals some dark dealings between an officer's superiors and an informant, including a plot that could kill thousands of Americans. Knowing that her leadership is corrupt to the core, intelligence officer Amy Cornwall is forced to give up her identity and work from the shadows. But it's not easy staying hidden when your enemies are elite intelligence operatives. Will she get the truth out into the light before losing her identity, her history, her family? The countdown has already begun.

Readers are loving Countdown: "A fantastic nail biting read full of twists and turns," "Couldn't put the book down," "Another excellent read by James Patterson," "Impressive," "Great book!"

Praise for James Patterson: "One of the greatest storytellers of all time," Patricia Cornwell; "A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting," Brand Lawson, Guardian; "No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades," Lee Child; "James Patterson is The Boss. End of," Ian Rankin. Countdown was a Sunday Times bestseller on 01/04/2023.