The First Gentleman

A Thriller

By: James Patterson, Bill Clinton

Narrated by: Aja Naomi King, Saskia Maarleveld, Will Collyer, James Fouhey

America has a powerful new president... And her husband's on trial for murder.

Clinton and Patterson are back. And they’re better than ever.

The President of the United States is up for reelection.

Her husband is on trial for murder.

Is the First Gentleman a killer?

A pair of brilliant investigative journalists set out to answer that burning question about the NFL star-turned-political spouse.

The First Gentleman has all the twists and turns, and the authenticity, one expects from the #1 bestselling authors of The President Is Missing and The President’s Daughter.

©2025 James Patterson (P)2025 Little, Brown & Company

Excellent

Loved the book, particularly as it Brought it all together smoothly with great characters and plot development. Can’t wait for another book to be released. This duo is awesome together! Thanks

Decent Story

Agree with others that the female narrator was a bit flat in her delivery. The story was good albeit a bit difficult to follow but that could be because I was listening instead of reading. Worth the listen. Might make a better movie than it did as a book.

Suspense and current

The ups and downs of the story. Insight in to the White House. Can Congress be given the president’s big idea to save our economic turmoil?

Entertaining

As much as I enjoyed the audio book, I disliked the voice of Brea. Maybe the pace of her speaking was too slow? I think would have just preferred a single voice for the entire book.

Very interesting

Read in 2 days. Kept having to know what happens next. Good it was a female president

The ending. Didn’t see that coming

Wasn’t crazy about the female reader. I kept thinking a child was narrating with her soft voice.

Another great novel

Loved the performance and story line. Never a dull moment. One of those books you can’t stop till it’s finished.

Compelling storyline and exceptional character development.

The storyline and character development were exceptional. I thoroughly enjoyed the plot twist and turns as well as the overall political spin on the First Gentleman of the U.S.

Disappointing

First of all the narration was almost cheesy. The deep deep inflection of some of the men’s voices was hard to take and the narration of the protagonist did not seem to fit her character.
The storyline was at times hard to follow. I have read Clinton’s and Patterson‘s first two books and thought they were entertaining.
But this book was to me not entertaining and at times boring. In fact, I jumped ahead chapter to chapter just to get done with it.
I would not recommend this book.

Timely Book

Suspenseful and so right for this time in history. Well written and narrated. May listen again.