Patterson & Pearson team up

James Patterson is collaborating for the first time with a British writer (after this year's European venture with Liza Marklund for The Postcard Killers). From The Bookseller:

Cornerstone has signed a deal for a collaboration between US author James Patterson and British thriller writer Mark Pearson. It is the first time that Patterson has collaborated with a British author.

Private London will be the second title in a new Patterson series, entitled Private, and will be published in May 2011 by Century, with a paperback to follow from Arrow.

The third in Mark Pearson's DI Jack Delaney series, Death Row, due out in July has a cover quote from Mr Patterson: "A very good writer...Mark Pearson really brings to life the gritty underbelly of London".