Richard North Patterson has written a number of novels including the international bestsellers, Degree of Guilt, Eyes of a Child, The Final Judgement, Silent Witness, No Safe Place, Dark Lady and Protect and Defend. His novels have won the Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Grand Prix de Litterature Polici re. He and his wife, Laurie, live with their family in San Francisco and on Martha's Vineyard.
The fluidity of his writing, his superb characterisation and intricate plot combine to ensure a compulsive read * Time Out * Patterson is a fluid prose writer clearly at his best in the taut courtroom scenes... Eyes of a Child is a gripping story... a well crafted book that deserves to do well and almost certainly will * The Times *