Jane Smith · Book 1

12 Months to Live

Published
1 January 2023
Pages
416
ISBN-13
9780316570640
Type
novel
Cover of 12 Months to Live

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.

Key facts about 12 Months to Live

12 Months to Live is a novel by James Patterson and Mike Lupica. Readers have had it since 1 January 2023. It runs to 416 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of 12 Months to Live. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780316570640 to find the main one.

12 Months to Live is book 1 of 3 in the Jane Smith series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Hamptons Lawyer is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 1 January 2025.

Additionally, James Patterson writes Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club and Honeymoon, plus 12 more series. Those series sit on our thriller, science fiction thriller and legal thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Delusional is the latest published James Patterson book on file, from 17 August 2026.

About James Patterson

James Patterson is an American author widely regarded as one of the bestselling and most prolific novelists in publishing history, with hundreds of books credited to his name across thrillers, young-adult fiction and non-fiction. See every James Patterson book in order.

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…

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