#PrivateRogue #NetGalley #JamesPatterson. The latest in the Private series and focused around Jack Morgan and his original team members but also including some from the other offices. An original storyline that includes various victims, cross country settings and some unknown enemies. It shows the impact of corruption in politics and power in various settings. It keeps you guessing throughout as even the characters don't know why they've been targeted. I enjoyed this and I like the series but this particular story could be read without reading all the others first and be just as good a read. Short chapters as the usual easy read style of James Patterson.

A good addition to the private series.

I have found this series to wax and wane but this was a strong novel based around what would seem to be a simple missing person's case.

With James Patterson and Adam Hamdy as co-authors you know this is going to be a great read, and it doesn’t disappoint. Following on from Private Moscow, it shows Jack Morgan in a slightly different light to start with, coping with nearly dying, being in a hostile situation and realising his feelings for Justine, his right hand woman. He’s trying to stand back and not be so hands on until this case becomes more than a missing daughter. It’s fast paced, authentic and grabbed me from the first page. As with all of this series, it offers great characterisations, excellent research and a thoroughly gripping read. Roll on the next one. A definite recommendation.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I think that I have to count amongst my biggest regrets the fact that when I started reading again in earnest a few years ago, I didn't rekindle my old obsession with action thrillers. I definitely regret not having found this series sooner as, two books out of sixteen in, I am hooked. Heck, I was there after Private Moscow, but if there was any doubt then Private Rogue has blown it to smithereens. Which is not a bad comparison given how this book starts. The grounding (understatement) of a team of US Special Forces operatives who have been sent to Afghanistan on a rescue mission then. ends in complete and utter devastation. Only one person survives and they well and truly have a target on their back.

High action, tense and with such urgency inherent in the text that if I had any belief I was in for an early night, that was also gone. I devoured this book in two sittings, getting over half way through in one evening before finally admitting that sleep might be good for my soul, if not my impatience to find out what was going on. But, tense as the opener was, it was only part of the story. The Private series is about a global team of private investigators after all and, best will in the world, they generally have bugger all to do with the Special Forces ops. So cut to Jack Morgan and his team who are engaged to find a missing family, a search which isas fraught with danger as a trip to the Afghan mountain ranges as it turns out.

Split between action in upstate New York and the inhospitable mountain ranges on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, the book absolutely gallops along. The writing is tight, the plot full of intrigue and pulse pounding moments that kept me completely invested in what I was reading and most definitely kept sleep at bay. The chapters are short, pacy, each one leaving readers with a kind of cliffhanger that makes it virtually impossible to ignore the 'one more chapter' call. And it really helps that the authors have created characters that you are completely invested in. Although, yes, this is about Jack Morgan and his team, I was completely invested in the lives and fates of the US pilot trapped and hunted in Afghanistan, and the mother and her two children who are being equally hunted back in the US. Although not immediately stated, the link between the two events is clear, even if the why of it is not.

I love the action. sequences, the pace, the energy and, more than anything, the characters. Jack and his team are memorable, occasionally quirky, full of humour, but dedicated and focused. There is none of the inherent sexism that perhaps dogged action thrillers of old, all characters, male and female, giving as good as they get. I do love Sci and Mo-Bot, two of Jack's top tech and science geeks, who bring a unique personality and a little less machismo to the story and are as important as the all action Jack given the nature of the threats. the team face. It's never about one person, even if Jack has the lion's share of the attention with many of the chapters told from his point of view. It's a team game and the respect that Jack has for those around him makes you believe in what they are doing. It certainly makes me want to read more.

Fast paced, edge of the seat action, emotionally driven story laced with a very generous helping of corruption and espionage. The kind of brilliant storytelling that makes me power to the last page. Everything I look for in my action thrillers and I am one very happy reader. Loved it.

Not the James Patterson still crime with a international political espionage undertones an intriguing and gripping storyline.A must read for all fans of Mr Patterson.

I would like to thank Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for an advance copy of Private Rogue, the sixteenth novel to feature Jack Morgan, owner of the Private investigation company.

Jack is contacted by Donald Singer and begged to find his daughter, Beth, and grandchildren who went missing the day before in upstate New York. At the same time a marine pilot is shot down in Afghanistan and while he escapes the crash he soon finds himself pursued by Russian mercenaries. Jack ends up back in Afghanistan to save Beth.

I thoroughly enjoyed Private Rogue, which is an action packed thriller with an international setting and an interesting motive. The narrative is split three ways between the pilot in Afghanistan and his efforts to evade capture, Beth and her efforts to evade capture in New York and Jack’s efforts to save them all and work out what is worth killing for.

The novel is very evenly paced as it’s high octane, tense and thrilling throughout. It does require a certain suspension of disbelief as the characters not only escape certain death on several occasions but have the nous to fight back, but then, that’s vintage Patterson. Why let a little reality get in the way of constant thrills and spills? On the other hand, Russian mercenaries and spies running an operation against Americans is not as outlandish a proposition as it might have been 10 years ago. I’m not going to pretend that I understand the science underpinning the motive, don’t know if it’s possible and don’t really care, but I can grasp the importance of it. Thank goodness the reveal doesn’t come until near the end of the novel and the authors don’t dwell on it.a brief mention is enough so that it doesn’t detract or distract from the general mayhem.

I think Mr Patterson has upped his game by collaborating with Mr Hamdy. The series seems more mature and readable in his hands. I like the prose and the smooth way the novel segues from one voice to another. It makes for an all round better read that is very immersive.

Private Rogue is a good read that I read in one sitting, so I have no hesitation in recommending it.

Amazing as always. Perhaps a slightly slower start than other books in the series but such a good plot & well written. Highly recommend anything by James Patterson.

I don't like giving spoilers on a book, this is how I found it though.
I found this book a bit slower to get started than other Private books. Once the story starts to take shape though you forget the slow start. I found it got really exciting and couldn't wait to get through it.
By the end I realised I'd been wrong about which characters were good and bad. Great surprise ending. Would highly recommend.

An excellent book that keeps you gripped from start to finish. The characters are well written and will keep you wanting more.

Brilliant adventure with Jack and the Private agency involved in a seemingly simple missing persons case which turns out to be much more deadly. My favourite out of all the Private stories so far.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and authors for this ARC.

This is a great follow on from Private Moscow. It started off with a bang and I thought this was a thrilling, action packed, fast paced read with so many cliff hanger chapter endings I was desperate to know what happened next. Jack Morgan and his team are all so likeable, as are Beth and her family who find themselves targeted by dubious characters and end up running for their lives. This is a very well written, engaging read that at times had the ‘wow’ factor and definitely hit the mark with me. I loved that a couple of characters from the previous book made a brief appearance in this one. Overall a great read that flowed really well and was hard to put down. It had everything I like, a great plot, twists galore and raced to a final conclusion with all loose ends tied up nicely. Looking forward to the next one.

Excellent book again following Jack Morgan of Private investigations full of intrigue and twists. Love the main character Beth as she struggles to keep her children safe.
Really enjoyed the story and finished it in one night as I could not put it down,
Would recommend to anyone even if you have not been following the other Private books.

Thank you to Random House and Netgalley for this ARC of the latest in the Private series and what an addition to an amazing series. This story is fast paced and you are on the edge of your seat all the way through. It is the sort of book where, when you are reading it, you want to get back to the previous characters and then when you are reading about them, you want to be back with the others. 5 stars all the way.

Non-stop, exciting action, plenty of twists and turns, some tragic events, but a satisfying final outcome and a another great story in the Private series.

James Patterson; Adam Hamdy What a book I really loved this I must admit I wasn’t expecting it to be great as I have become a bit bored with these books but you really wrote a first class book it was exciting from beginning to the end what more can I say