The new book Kill Me If you Can, co-written by Marshall Karp and James Patterson, has hit #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List.

James Patterson is America’s top selling author and frequently collaborates with esteemed fellow crime writers (read our blog Beyond James Patterson…). Marshall Karp is the author behind the Lomax & Biggs series, including the hugely acclaimed The Rabbit Factory, and known for his trademark humour.

‘The first-time pairing of powerhouse James Patterson and new favourite Marshall Karp yields an outstanding effort that you’ll devour quickly…Co-author Karp – who writes some of the funnier dialogue of the genre in his own books – can be clearly found in many of the exchanges among characters here. I admit that is an assumption: The collaboration is seamless, and there is no real sense of one writer dominating the text, but I like to think I recognize Karp’s wit. ‘ Courier-Journal

Kill Me If your Can will be released in the UK in November 2011.

For more information about the Lomax & Biggs series click here.