LIFEGUARD - Little Brown

THE DANGER ISN'T IN THE WATER. Working as a lifeguard at a Florida resort, Ned Kelly meets the woman of his dreams. It feels perfect in every way, except that she is used to caviar and Manolo Blahniks, and he is used to burgers and flipflops. She is a guest at the luxurious hotel; he lives above a garage. So when Ned's cousin offers to cut him in on a rich deal, a fast break-and-enter to grab paintings, Ned can't turn it down. The risk is hight, and the reward is even greater, $5 million. But on the night of the heist, something goes devastingly wrong. WHO WILL SAVE THE LIFEGUARD? Forced to run away from his job, his town, and the woman he's fallen in love with, Ned knows that only distance and secrecy can save his life. But who is pursuing him? The FBI? Whoever sabotaged the heist?.Or is it all somehow tied into his new love, and his oldest enemies? Written with the astonishing pace and hairpin-turn plotting that only James Patterson can master, Lifeguar is the wildest thriller yet from 'one of America's most influential authors'