The world’s best-selling thriller writer James Patterson is back with his next compelling release GUILTY WIVES, an enthralling murder story making it a must-have summer read, out in hardback and ebook on 19th July 2012.

Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ever been to. Enjoying the time away from their husbands, their lavish presidential suite overlooks Monte Carlo and they surrender to the sun and pool, to the sashimi and sake, to the Bruno Paillard champagne. For four days they're free to live someone else's life. As the weekend moves into pulsating nightclubs, high-stakes casinos, and beyond, Abbie is transported to the greatest pleasure and release she has ever known.

But what happened last night? In the morning's harsh light, Abbie awakens on a yacht surrounded by police. Something awful has happened - something impossible, unthinkable. Abbie, Winnie, Serena, and Bryah are arrested and accused of the foulest crime imaginable and now the vacation of a lifetime becomes the fight of a lifetime.

GUILTY WIVES is the ultimate indulgence, the kind of non-stop joy-ride of excess, friendship, betrayal, and danger that only James Patterson can create.