Jane Smith · Book 1
12 Months to Live
- Published
- 1 January 2023
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN-13
- 9780316570640
- Type
- novel

About this book
12 Months to Live opens the series in 2023 at 416 pages, co-written by James Patterson and Mike Lupica around defense attorney Jane Smith's terminal diagnosis and her vendetta against the man who destroyed her family.
Its place in Jane Smith
12 Months to Live is book 1 in the Jane Smith series. It is followed by Hard to Kill. See the full Jane Smith reading order.
Jane Smith is a defense attorney given twelve months to live by a terminal diagnosis -- and decides to spend what's left of her life going after the man who destroyed her family. James Patterson and sportswriter-turned-novelist Mike Lupica built the series around that premise's mix of legal thriller mechanics and ticking-clock urgency, with Jane's health becoming as much a plot engine as any of the cases she takes. 12 Months to Live (2023) sets up her diagnosis and vendetta; Hard to Kill (2024) and The Hamptons…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316570640