title: The Black Book
author:  James Patterson 
description: Praise for THE BLACK BOOK: <br /><br /><br />"Brilliantly twisty...Many readers will agree with Patterson that this is the 'best book [he's] written in 25 years.'"<b><i><i>Publishers Weekly</i> (Starred Review)<br /></i></b><br /><br />"The mystery is authentic, the lead-up genuinely suspenseful, and the leading characters and situations more memorable than Patterson's managed in quite a while."<b><i><i>Kirkus </i><br /></i></b><br /><br />"It's almost as thrilling to see a writer like James Patterson at the top of his game as it is to read THE BLACK BOOK--a total page-turner that will keep you guessing from start to terrifying finish."<b><i>Karin Slaughter<br /></i></b><br /><br />"THE BLACK BOOK has more twists than a Formula One race, and the pace is just as fast. Deeply rooted characters, a touch of humor, and a climax nobody can see coming--it's vintage Patterson."<b><i>Brad Taylor<br /></i></b>
zlib_text: Table of Contents
   
  THE BLACK PRINCE
  Title Page
  Copyright Page
  Introduction
  Dedication
  Foreword
   
  The Black Prince - A Celebration of Love
  Part One
  Part Two
  Part Three
   
  Postscript by Bradley Pearson
  Four Postscripts by DRAMATIS PERSONAE
  Postscript by Francis
  Postscript by Rachel
  Postscript by Julian
  Editor’s Postscript
  THE BLACK PRINCE
  Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919, grew up in London, and received her university education
  at Oxford and later at Cambridge. In 1948 she became a Fellow of St. Anne’s College, Oxford,
  where for many years she taught philosophy. In 1987 she was appointed Dame Commander,
  Order of the British Empire. She died on February 8, 1999. Murdoch wrote twenty-six novels,
  including Under the Net, her writing debut of 1954, and the Booker Prize-winning The Sea, the
  Sea (1978). She received a number of other literary awards, among them the James Tait Black
  Memorial Prize for The Black Prince (1973) and the Whit-bread Prize for The Sacred and Profane
  Love Machin