Don't Tell Me How to Die

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I have one thing to do before I die.

And time is running out.

I had it all: a fantastic husband, two great kids, an exciting career. And then, at the age of forty-three, I found out I would be dead before my next birthday.

My mother also died at forty-three. I was seventeen, and she warned me that women would flock to my suddenly single father like stray cats to an overturned milk truck. They did. And one absolutely evil woman practically destroyed his life, mine, and my sisters.

I am not letting that happen to my family.

I have three months, and I plan to spend every waking minute searching for the perfect woman to take my place as Alexs wife, and mother to Kevin and Katie.

Youre probably thinking, shell never do it. Did I mention that in high school I was voted Most Likely to Kill Someone to Get What She Wants

From thriller writer Marshall Karp (cocreator with James Patterson of the #1 New York Times bestselling NYPD Red series), and rich with Karps deft array of three-dimensional characters and his signature biting humor, Dont Tell Me How to Die has so many twists and turns, youd swear he wrote it with a corkscrew.

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"[Karp's] new book might just be his best...This is a masterfully plotted novel...Readers who enjoy playing literary detective, who try to see where a story will end up before the author gets there, are advised that they are in for a real challenge here. Karp does not give anything away until he is good and ready. A remarkable and beautifully executed thriller."

-- "Booklist"

"A razor-sharp domestic thriller about a dying woman's desperate mission to handpick her husband's next wife--and she'll stop at nothing to get the job done. Darkly funny and relentlessly suspenseful, Karp displays every skill as one of the greatest storytellers of our generation."

-- "Joe Donahue, host of The Book Show on NPR"

"Gripped me from page one to the end in a single two-day binge."

-- "Maxine Paetro, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Women's Murder Club series"

Author Bio

Marshall Karp cocreated and coauthored the first six books in the #1 bestselling NYPD Red series with James Patterson. Starting with NYPD Red 7: The Murder Sorority, Marshall became the sole author of the series, which features Detectives Kylie MacDonald and Zach Jordan as members of an of an elite squad sworn to "protect and serve New York's rich and famous." Marshall is also the author of five books in the critically acclaimed Lomax and Biggs mystery series, featuring LAPD Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs, who work homicide out of the famed Los Angeles Hollywood Division. For over twenty years Marshall has worked closely with the international charity Vitamin Angels, providing tens of millions of mothers and children around the globe with lifesaving vitamins and nutrients.