Sometimes two minds are better than one. All of these collaboration fiction novels are available from the JMRL catalog:

Agnes & the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer – After being rescued during a break-in by an unlikely hit man who has been directed by the mob to protect her, food writer Agnes Crandall finds her situation further complicated by a missing cache of money that becomes a key factor in a Southern mafia wedding.

Truth or Die by James Patterson & Howard Roughan – When his journalist girlfriend’s latest scoop leads to a violent confrontation, attorney Trevor Mann discovers a shocking secret that governments and terrorist organizations would do anything to possess.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan – When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other’s best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.

Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer – Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy-tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.

The Cinderella Murder: An Under Suspicion Novel by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke – In her new reality television series that explores unsolved crimes, Laurie Moran brings together the friends and family of a murdered UCLA student to see what new evidence from the cold case comes to light.

The Heist by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg – In the first entry of a collaborative comic suspense series, FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare uses her own schemes to outmaneuver charming con man Nicolas Fox, who becomes an unlikely partner when her next mission pits her against a formidable adversary.

Gideon’s Sword by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child – After his relentless quest to avenge his father’s death leads him to become a rogue operative with only one year to live, Gideon Crew must search the globe for the plans to build a menacing weapon of mass destruction.