title: Kill or Be Killed: Thrillers (BookShots)
author:  James Patterson 
description: James Patterson has written more bestsellers and created more enduring fictional characters than any other novelist writing today. He lives in Florida with his family.<br /><br />Maxine Paetro has collaborated with James Patterson on the bestselling Women's Murder Club and Private series. She lives with her husband in New York State.<br /><br />Emily Raymond worked with James Patterson on <i>First Love</i> and <i>The Lost</i>, and is the ghostwriter of six young adult novels, one of which was a #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestseller. She lives with her family in Portland, Oregon.
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  # The  
  Postcard  
  Killers
  
  
  ## A NOVEL BY
  
  
  # James Patterson
  
  
  ## AND
  
  
  # Liza Marklund
  
  
  ![image](../images/00001.jpeg)
  
  
  NEW YORK BOSTON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![CoverImage](../images/00002.jpeg)](part0003.html)
  
  
  [**Begin Reading**](part0003.html)
  
  
  [Table of Contents](part0161.html)
  
  
  [A Preview of _Kill Me if You Can_](part0154.html)
  
  
  [A Preview of _Witch & Wizard: The Fire_](part0157.html)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0165.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A complete list of James Patterson’s books is [here](part0163.html#page-448).
  For previews of upcoming books and more information about
  
  
  James Patterson, please visit
  [JamesPatterson.com](http://www.JamesPatterson.com) or find him on Facebook or
  at your app store.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [Prologue](part0161.html#toc-part001)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [One](part0161.html#toc-chapter001)
  
  
  
  
  
  _Paris, France_
  
  
  
  
  
  “IT’S _VERY_ SMALL,” THE ENGLISHWOMAN said, sounding disappointed.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Mac Rudolph laughed, put his arm around the woman’s slender neck, and all