The Lazarus Pit

James Patterson

Feb 2005 · AuthorHouse

About this eBook

Readers met Five Lowrey in The Thirteen—a story of life, love, intrigue, and death on Ohio University’s campus in the Fifties.  Sphinxes followed Five into the Army’s Counterintelligence Corps and the world of spies.  His first case took him to France’s Dordogne Valley with its medieval castles, prehistoric caves—and a beautiful Sureté agent who helped him terminate an assassin and find a missing CIC agent.

 

In The Lazarus Pit, Five resumes civilian life as an art professor at Seneca University in West Virginia.  Immersed in the college scene of the Sixties Five becomes involved in the pursuit of radicals who threaten national security.  Exciting adventure follows as West Virginia’s pits and caves play a major role in the radical movement.  And of course Five’s romances continue, with new faces adding interest to the spectrum of former loves.

Ratings and reviews

Interesting. Good depiction of time and place.

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About the author

James Patterson was born in Newburgh, New York, on March 22, 1947. He graduated from Manhattan College in 1969 and received a M. A. from Vanderbilt University in 1970. His first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, was written while he was working in a mental institution and was rejected by 26 publishers before being published and winning the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery. He is best known as the creator of Alex Cross, the police psychologist hero of such novels as Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls. Cross has been portrayed on the silver screen by Morgan Freeman. He has had eleven on his books made into movies and ranks as number 3 on the Hollywood Reporter's '25 Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list. He also writes the Women's Murder Club series, the Michael Bennett series, the Maximum Ride series, Daniel X series, the Witch and Wizard series, BookShots series, Private series, NYPD Red series, and the Middle School series for children. He has won numerous awards including the BCA Mystery Guild's Thriller of the Year, the International Thriller of the Year award, and the Reader's Digest Reader's Choice Award. James Patterson introduced the Bookshots Series in 2016 which is advertised as All Thriller No Filler. The first book in the series, Cross Kill, made the New York Times Bestseller list in June 2016. The third and fourth books, The Trial, and Little Black Dress, made the New York Times Bestseller list in July 2016. The next books in the series include, $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal, French Kiss, Hidden: A Mitchum Story (co-authored with James O. Born). and The House Husband (co-authored Duane Swierczynski). Patterson's novel, co-authored with Maxine Paetro, Woman of God, became a New York Times bestseller in 2016. Patterson co-authored with John Connoly and Tim Malloy the true crime expose Filthy Rich about billionaire convicted sex offender Jeffrey Eppstein. In January 2017, he co-authored with Ashwin Sanghi the bestseller Private Delhi. And in August 2017, he co-authored with Richard Dilallo, The Store. The Black Book is a stand-alone thriller, co-authored by James Patterson and David Ellis. In April 2018, he co-authored Texas Ranger with Andrew Bourelle. In May 2018, he co-authored Private Princess with Rees Jones. In August 2018 he co-authored Fifty Fifty with Candice Fox.