The Ninth Month

By James Patterson

Book Overview

In this action-packed thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, a mother-to-be sees the women in her social circle start to disappear--and she could be next ...

Emily Atkinson leads a complicated life in New York City. She's a successful marketing executive who lives in a luxury apartment and enjoys a glamorous existence until she lands in the hospital with a double diagnosis: she parties too much--and she's pregnant.

Her nurse and new best friend, Betsey, helps Emily rediscover how much she loves morning runs in the park and quiet nights at home. But as a series of women in her wealthy social circles go missing, Emily's pregnancy becomes decidedly high-risk.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538720833
• ISBN13: 9781538720837
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

It’s kind of boring. Definitely not his best work.

I liked the characters. Didn’t like the storyline or the ending

Not good

This book had little to no story line, just a crazy pregnant lady and all her phobias

Wow, could not put it down

What would you do to save your unborn child. Emily is a single woman who sometimes has a job sometimes not and lives her life way past the point of no return. After collapsing on the street she is rushed to the hospital with heart failure and is kept there for weeks. Her nurse is a caring woman named Betsey who becomes her best friend and want to help her through getting clean. About this time she finds out she is pregnant and so Emily is determined to do anything to prevent the loss of her child. But, as in reality Emily slips when she gets worried, anxious or just plain wanting a drink. She is very close to bar owner Ted who we find out is not all he is cracked up to be. Someone wants Emily dead and the child with her. She must run and hide and when she runs someone sets her apartment up to look like she was killed and the body disposed of. A series of clues leads two detectives on the case plus Betsey has decided that she MUST find out what happened and joins in the search. Ending is quite surprising but with all of James's Books it is an easy read and moves quickly