The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

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by James Patterson

standalone novel

published January 2026

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In the new standalone novel by the popular author of the Alex Cross series, an almost invisible FBI agent works in the shadows to bring down criminals who seem to work for the mob.

My name is Elinor Gilbert. And I am the Invisible Woman.

Elinor Gilbert was once a young woman with a thriving career at the FBI. Now, decades past solving crimes with the bureau, she is personally and professionally forgettable. No one sees her, but she sees everything. Elinor Gilbert was once a young woman with a thriving career at the FBI. Now decades past solving crimes with the bureau, she is personally and professionally forgettable. Which is exactly what her former FBI boss needs. He disguises Elinor as a middle-aged nanny, and casts her as an agent on the inside of his investigation into a New York art dealer suspected of ties to organized crime.

But as Elinor pushes toward the truth, her superpower—anonymity—morphs into a fatal flaw. The more the invisible woman integrates into her “host” family, the more dangerously memorable she becomes.