Mistress is a stand-alone novel, much more entertaining than the usual Patterson shoot-em-up thriller.

The novel is written in the first person from Ben Casper’s point of view.

Ben has an obsession with recalling trivia that continually sidetracks his thoughts. Movies, U.S. Presidents, popular culture, etc.

At the beginning of the book his friend Diana Hotchkiss appears to commit suicide, but the more Ben looks into it, the more it looks like murder.

When Ben starts looking too much into this, some group then repeatedly tries to kill him and those associated with him.

Twists and turns.