The Noise A Novel (2021) Contents 5 CHAPTER ONE TENNANT 6 CHAPTER TWO TENNANT 7 CHAPTER THREE TENNANT 8 CHAPTER FOUR TENNANT 9 CHAPTER FIVE TENNANT 10 CHAPTER SIX MARTHA 11 CHAPTER SEVEN MARTHA 12 CHA.
Contents CHAPTER ONE: TENNANT CHAPTER TWO: TENNANT CHAPTER THREE: TENNANT CHAPTER FOUR: TENNANT CHAPTER FIVE: TENNANT 10 CHAPTER SIX: MARTHA 11 CHAPTER SEVEN: MARTHA 12 CHAPTER EIGHT: MARTHA 13 CHAPTER NINE: TENNANT 14 CHAPTER TEN: TENNANT 15 CHAPTER ELEVEN: MARTHA 16 CHAPTER TWELVE: MARTHA 17 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: MARTHA 18 CHAPTER FOURTEEN: MARTHA 19 CHAPTER FIFTEEN: MARTHA 20 CHAPTER SIXTEEN: MARTHA 21 CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: FRASER 22 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: MARTHA 23 CHAPTER NINETEEN: MARTHA 24 CHAPTER TWENTY: MARTHA 25 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: TENNANT 26 CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: TENNANT 27 CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: MARTHA 28 CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: FRASER 29 CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: MARTHA 30 CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: MARTHA 31 CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: TENNANT 32 CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: TENNANT 33 CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: MARTHA 34 CHAPTER THIRTY: MARTHA 35 CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: FRASER 36 CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: FRASER 37 CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: FRASER 38 CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: MARTHA 39 CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: MARTHA 40 CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: MARTHA 41 CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: MARTHA 42 CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: MARTHA 43 CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: MARTHA 44 CHAPTER FORTY: MARTHA 45 CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: MARTHA 46 CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: MARTHA 47 CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: MARTHA 48 CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR: MARTHA 49 CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: MARTHA 50 CHAPTER FORTY-SIX: MARTHA 51 CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN: MARTHA 52 CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT: MARTHA 53 CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: MARTHA 54 CHAPTER FIFTY: MARTHA 55 CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE: MARTHA 56 CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO: MARTHA 57 CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE: MARTHA 58 CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR: MARTHA 59 CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE: FRAVEL 60 CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX: MARTHA 61 CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN: MARTHA 62 CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT: TENNANT 63 CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE: TENNANT 64 CHAPTER SIXTY: TENNANT 65 CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE: MARTHA 66 CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO: TENNANT 67 CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE: MARTHA 68 CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR: MARTHA 69 CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE: FRASER 70 CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX: MARTHA 71 CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN: FRASER 72 CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT: FRASER 73 CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE: FRASER 74 CHAPTER SEVENTY: FRASER 75 CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE: FRASER 76 CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO: MARTHA 77 CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE: MARTHA 78 CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR: MARTHA 79 CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE: MARTHA 80 CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX: MARTHA 81 CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN: MARTHA 82 CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT: PRESIDENT 83 CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE: FRASER 84 CHAPTER EIGHTY: MARTHA 85 CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE: MARTHA 86 CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO: MARTHA 87 CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE: FRASER 88 CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR: PRESIDENT 89 CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE: MARTHA 90 CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX: MARTHA 91 CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN: MARTHA 92 CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT: HARBIN 93 CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE: FRASER 94 CHAPTER NINETY: HARBIN 95 CHAPTER NINETY-ONE: FRASER 96 CHAPTER NINETY-TWO: MARTHA 97 CHAPTER NINETY-THREE: HARBIN 98 CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR: FRASER 99 CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE: MARTHA 100 CHAPTER NINETY-SIX: FRASER 101 CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN: HARBIN 102 CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT: FRASER 103 CHAPTER NINETY-NINE: PRESIDENT 104 CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED: MARTHA 105 CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ONE: PRESIDENT 106 1 WEEK LATER CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THREE: MARTHA About the Authors JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time His books have sold in excess of 400 million copies worldwide He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including non-fiction and stand-alone thrillers James is passionate about encouraging children to read Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, Dog Diaries, Treasure Hunters and Max Einstein series James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author in UK libraries for the past thirteen years in a row He lives in Florida with his family J.D BARKER is the international bestselling author of numerous books, including Dracul and The Fourth Monkey His novels have been translated into two dozen languages and optioned for both film and television Barker resides in coastal New Hampshire with his wife, Dayna, and their daughter, Ember A list of titles by James Patterson appears at the back of this book • Tick Tock (with Michael Ledwidge) • I, Michael Bennett (with Michael Ledwidge) • Gone (with Michael Ledwidge) • Burn (with Michael Ledwidge) • Alert (with Michael Ledwidge) • Bullseye (with Michael Ledwidge) • Haunted (with James O Born) • Ambush (with James O Born) • Blindside (with James O Born) • The Russian (with James O Born) PRIVATE NOVELS Private (with Maxine Paetro) • Private London (with Mark Pearson) • Private Games (with Mark Sullivan) • Private: No Suspect (with Maxine Paetro) • Private Berlin (with Mark Sullivan) • Private Down Under (with Michael White) • Private L.A (with Mark Sullivan) • Private India (with Ashwin Sanghi) • Private Vegas (with Maxine Paetro) • Private Sydney (with Kathryn Fox) • Private Paris (with Mark Sullivan) • The Games (with Mark Sullivan) • Private Delhi (with Ashwin Sanghi) • Private Princess (with Rees Jones) • Private Moscow (with Adam Hamdy) • Private Rogue (with Adam Hamdy) NYPD RED SERIES NYPD Red (with Marshall Karp) • NYPD Red 2 (with Marshall Karp) • NYPD Red 3 (with Marshall Karp) • NYPD Red 4 (with Marshall Karp) • NYPD Red 5 (with Marshall Karp) • NYPD Red 6 (with Marshall Karp) DETECTIVE HARRIET BLUE SERIES Never Never (with Candice Fox) • Fifty Fifty (with Candice Fox) • Liar Liar (with Candice Fox) • Hush Hush (with Candice Fox) INSTINCT SERIES Instinct (with Howard Roughan, previously published as Murder Games) • Killer Instinct (with Howard Roughan) THE BUCK BOOK SERIES The Black Book (with David Ellis) • The Red Book (with David Ellis) STAND-ALONE THRILLERS The Thomas Berryman Number • Hide and Seek • Black Market • The Midnight Club • Sail (with Howard Roughan) • Swimsuit (with Maxine Paetro) • Don’t Blink (with Howard Roughan) • Postcard Killers (with Liza Marklund) • Toys (with Neil McMahon) • Now You See Her (with Michael Ledwidge) • Kill Me If you Can (with Marshall Karp) • Guilty Wives (with David Ellis) • Zoo (with Michael Ledwidge) • Second Honeymoon (with Howard Roughan) • Mistress (with David Ellis) • Invisible (with David Ellis) • Truth or Die (with Howard Roughan) • Murder House (with David Ellis) • The Store (with Richard DiLallo) • Texas Ranger (with Andrew Bourelle) • The President is Missing (with Bill Clinton) • Revenge (with Andrew Holmes) • Juror No 3 (with Nancy Allen) • The First Lady (with Brendan DuBois) • The Chef (with Max DiLallo) • Out of Sight (with Brendan DuBois) • Unsolved (with David Ellis) • The Inn (with Candice Fox) • Lost (with James O Born) • Texas Outlaw (with Andrew Bourelle) • The Summer House (with Brendan DuBois) • 1st Case (with Chris Tebbetts) • Cajun Justice (with Tucker Axum) • The Midwife Murders (with Richard DiLallo) • The Coast-toCoast Murders (with J.D Barker) • Three Women Disappear (with Shan Serafin) • The President’s Daughter (with Bill Clinton) • The Shadow (with Brian Sitts) NON-FICTION Torn Apart (with Hal and Cory Friedman) • The Murder of King Tut (with Martin Dugard) • All-American Murder (with Alex Abramovich and Mike Harvkey) • The Kennedy Curse (with Cynthia Fagen) • The Last Days of John Lennon (with Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge) • Walk in My Combat Boots (with Matt Eversmann and Chris Mooney) MURDER IS FOREVER TRUE CRIME Murder, Interrupted • Home Sweet Murder • Murder Beyond the Grave • Murder Thy Neighbour • Murder of Innocence • Till Murder Do Us Part COLLECTIONS Triple Threat • Kill or Be Killed • The Moores are Missing • The Family Lawyer • Murder in Paradise • The House Next Door • 13-Minute Murder • The River Murders • The Palm Beach Murders For more information about James Patterson’s novels, visit www.penguin.co.uk THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING Find us online and join the 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FRASER CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: MARTHA CHAPTER NINETEEN: MARTHA CHAPTER TWENTY: MARTHA CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: TENNANT CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: TENNANT CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: MARTHA CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: FRASER CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: TENNANT CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: TENNANT CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: FRASER CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: FRASER CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: FRASER CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE: FRAVEL CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT: TENNANT CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE: TENNANT CHAPTER SIXTY: TENNANT CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE: MARTHA CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO: TENNANT CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE: MARTHA CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR: MARTHA CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE: FRASER CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN: FRASER CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT: FRASER CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE: FRASER CHAPTER SEVENTY: FRASER CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE: FRASER CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT: PRESIDENT CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE: FRASER CHAPTER EIGHTY: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE: FRASER CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR: PRESIDENT CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT: HARBIN CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE: FRASER CHAPTER NINETY: HARBIN CHAPTER NINETY-ONE: FRASER CHAPTER NINETY-TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER NINETY-THREE: HARBIN CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR: FRASER CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER NINETY-SIX: FRASER CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN: HARBIN CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT: FRASER CHAPTER NINETY-NINE: PRESIDENT CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED: MARTHA CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ONE: PRESIDENT 1 WEEK LATER CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THREE: MARTHA COPYRIGHT Table of Contents TITLE PAGE ABOUT THE AUTHORS BY THE SAME AUTHOR CHAPTER ONE: TENNANT CHAPTER TWO: TENNANT CHAPTER THREE: TENNANT CHAPTER FOUR: TENNANT CHAPTER FIVE: TENNANT CHAPTER SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHT: MARTHA CHAPTER NINE: TENNANT CHAPTER TEN: TENNANT CHAPTER ELEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER TWELVE: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTEEN: MARTHA CHAPTER FOURTEEN: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTEEN: MARTHA CHAPTER SIXTEEN: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: FRASER CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: MARTHA CHAPTER NINETEEN: MARTHA CHAPTER TWENTY: MARTHA CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: TENNANT CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: TENNANT CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: MARTHA CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: FRASER CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: TENNANT CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: TENNANT CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: FRASER CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: FRASER CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: FRASER CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: MARTHA CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT: MARTHA CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE: FRAVEL CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT: TENNANT CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE: TENNANT CHAPTER SIXTY: TENNANT CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE: MARTHA CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO: TENNANT CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE: MARTHA CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR: MARTHA CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE: FRASER CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN: FRASER CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT: FRASER CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE: FRASER CHAPTER SEVENTY: FRASER CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE: FRASER CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT: PRESIDENT CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE: FRASER CHAPTER EIGHTY: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-ONE: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE: FRASER CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR: PRESIDENT CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN: MARTHA CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT: HARBIN CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE: FRASER CHAPTER NINETY: HARBIN CHAPTER NINETY-ONE: FRASER CHAPTER NINETY-TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER NINETY-THREE: HARBIN CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR: FRASER CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE: MARTHA CHAPTER NINETY-SIX: FRASER CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN: HARBIN CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT: FRASER CHAPTER NINETY-NINE: PRESIDENT CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED: MARTHA CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ONE: PRESIDENT 1 WEEK LATER CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED TWO: MARTHA CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED THREE: MARTHA COPYRIGHT ... chopper less than fifty feet away “Where are we?” Martha had asked, attempting to take in the airfield as they ran, ducking as they approached the spinning blades, her leather overnight bag slapping against her leg... up at her from around a large oak table Two men and a woman One man wore a suit, the second was in a sweatshirt and jeans, the woman wore a tank top and yoga pants, her hair pulled back in a ponytail... He spoke with a slight accent British, but faint Like he came to the States as a child The woman in the yoga pants glanced up at Martha, offered her a soft nod, then went back to reading Martha placed her bag in the corner of the room, sighed, and