one by one children of new yorks wealthiest are taken hostage but the criminal doesnt crave money or powerhe only wants to ask the elite if they know the price others pay for their luxurious lifestyles and if they dont he corrects their ignoranceby killing themto detective michael bennett it becomes clear that these murders are linked and must be part of a greater more public demonstration with the city thrown into chaos he is forced to team up with fbi agent emily parker and the two set out to capture the killer before he begins his most public lesson yeta deadly message for the entire city to witnessfrom the bestselling author who brought you the alex cross novels comes james pattersons most actionpacked series yet with the heartpounding suspense that only patterson delivers worst casel leave you gasping for breath until the very endfrom the shocking first page to the last exhilarating scene worst case is a nonstop thriller from americas 1 storyteller forbes