The House of Wolves is a gripping, suspenseful tale that takes you into the life of the ruthless Wolf family, especially Jennifer Wolf, a science teacher and high school football coach whose comfortable life gets turned upside down when her father dies unexpectedly, leaving her in charge of both the family’s NFL team and local newspaper which ruffles a lot of feathers and leaves her a target for those who are willing to do whatever it takes, even kill, to get what they want. To kill all the wolves dead.Įdgy, menacing, and tortuously thrilling! Lurking in the shadows is the real alpha wolf. Only one of them earned their father’s love.

All four have the means and the motive to commit murder, but only one of them is most like Joe Wolf. Kill or be killed. So when the patriarch takes a deadly cruise on San Francisco Bay, Joe Wolf’s bloodline becomes SFPD’s lifeline.ĭetective Ben Cantor trails the “pack of wolves” as the siblings vie for control of their legacy of power and assets. Joe Wolf applies a cutthroat determination to his life’s work, from to building a California business empire to parenting three sons and a daughter. For fans of Succession, Yellowstone-and #1 bestselling duo James Patterson and Mike Lupica. End of.The murder of a billionaire patriarch triggers a bloody battle for control of his empire. 'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.' MARK LAWSON, GUARDIAN It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.' MICHAEL CONNELLY 'Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. Simply put: nobody does it better.' JEFFREY DEAVER 'It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer. 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades.' LEE CHILD Meanwhile, a more sinister player lurks in the shadows, one who knows the Wolfs' secrets better than Cantor ever will. All four have the means and the motive to commit murder.

So when he is found murdered on his yacht adrift in San Francisco Bay, SFPD detective Ben Cantor knows exactly where to begin his investigation.Īs the siblings vie for control of their father's vast power and assets, the detective pieces together the hierarchy of the 'pack of wolves'. Joe Wolf has raised three sons and one daughter using the same cut-throat mentality that built his California business empire: Kill or be killed. The dynamics are simple in the Wolf family.

The house of wolves by james patterson