Run for Your Life book cover by James Patterson

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Where Run for Your Life sits

Series
Book 2 of Michael Bennett. See all Michael Bennett books in order
The book before
Step on a Crack
The book after
Worst Case
Order checked
Last checked: October 15, 2026, against hachettebookgroup.com
Place in the series
It is book 2 of the Michael Bennett series. (hachettebookgroup.com; read November 6, 2026)

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Publication
First published on February 2, 2009. (Wikidata; read November 6, 2026)

What Run for Your Life is about

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  • A cold, careful killer who goes by The Teacher is murdering the arrogant and the powerful of New York City. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) calls himself The Teacher ... killing the powerful and the arrogant
  • Detective Mike Bennett finds a hidden pattern in The Teacher's lessons and realizes he has only hours to stop a huge disaster. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) a secret pattern to The Teacher's lessons, Detective Mike Bennett realizes he has just hours

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Topics

  • Michael Bennett
  • Rich people
  • Serial murderers

Reading ages

  • Adult

Other books in Michael Bennett

18 books listed so far

  1. Book 1: Step on a Crack
  2. Book 3: Worst Case
  3. Book 4: Tick Tock
  4. Book 5: I, Michael Bennett
  5. Book 6: Gone
  6. Book 7: Burn
  7. Book 8: Alert
  8. Book 9: Bullseye
  9. Book 10: Haunted
  10. Book 11: Ambush
  11. Book 12: Blindside
  12. Book 13: The Russian
  13. Book 14: Shattered
  14. Book 15: Obsessed
  15. Book 16: Crosshairs
  16. Book 17: Paranoia
  17. Book 18: Delusional

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