In 2018 the first book by Bill Clinton and James Patterson was released - Mary Altaffer / AP / SIPA

After a first success in bookstores, it is difficult to resist the pleasure of repeating the feat. For example, 73-year-old former President Bill Clinton participated in the development of a new detective novel, The President's Daughter , co-written with author James Patterson. , with which he had already collaborated for The president has disappeared .

“Working with Bill Clinton has been one of the successes of my career and I am delighted to be able to work with him again. I am pleased to announce our second novel, The President's Daughter , and we look forward to bringing it to readers, ”tweeted James Patterson on Thursday.

The best-selling author had co-signed in 2018 with the former Democratic president.The president has disappeared , the intrigue of which revolved around a cyberterrorist attacking the White House. Sold with more than three million copies, this novel is soon to be adapted into a television series starring David Oyelowo, according to the publisher's website.

A publication in 2021

Their new work, published by Knopf and Little, Brown, is due out in June 2021, and will deal with a threat of kidnapping on the daughter of a former president, according to a publisher's summary. It is not known if Bill Clinton was inspired by his only daughter, Chelsea, herself the author of several children's books.

"I never imagined writing a book with a storyteller like Jim, let alone two," said Bill Clinton, in a publisher statement quoted by American media. “I think readers will enjoy reading The President's Daughter  as I have enjoyed working on it. "

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