Run, Rose, Run: A Novel

James Patterson · Dolly Parton

Mar 2022 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Dolly Parton, Kelsea Ballerini, James Fouhey, Kevin T. Collins, Peter Ganim, Luis Moreno, Soneela Nankani, Ronald Peet, Robert Petkoff, Ella Turenne, and Emily Woo Zeller

About this audiobook

From America’s most beloved superstar and #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson comes a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise—and on the run—and determined to do whatever it takes to survive.

Every song tells a story. 

She’s a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. 

She’s also on the run. Find a future, lose a past. 

Nashville is where she’s come to claim her destiny.  It’s also where the darkness she’s fled might find her.  And destroy her. 

Run, Rose, Run is a novel glittering with danger and desire—a story that only America’s #1 beloved entertainer and its #1 bestselling author could have created.  

Audiobook Edition read by DOLLY PARTON, KELSEA BALLERINI, JAMES FOUHEY,
KEVIN T. COLLINS, PETER GANIM, LUIS MORENO, SONEELA NANKANI,
RONALD PEET, ROBERT PETKOFF, ELLA TURENNE, AND EMILY WOO ZELLER

Ratings and reviews

This book held a lot of promise, James Patterson and Dolly Parton, what could be better. Everything could have been better. The cast doing the reading were wooden, no emotion, no inflections and they even read the many songs, no singing, nothing. Dolly read her part but she sounded like her false teeth were loose and the lines she read were devoid of any feeling. The story was weak with some drama at the end but the rest was not good at all. Dont spend your money on it, not worth it and if I were James Patterson I'd take my name off the book.

Wonderful book that I really enjoyed. The book winds around spinning a tale of hopes and dreams and forgetting the bad times in recent past. James and Dolly have a winner together and I hope they collaborate again!

I want to love it because it's Dolly, but it's no better than merely fair. It's formulaic and not hugely engaging. I've noticed this with other Patterson stories and it's only because Dolly's name is on it that I gave it a try. As good as she is as a musician, she's not enough to drag Patterson out of his rut.

About the author

Dolly Parton is a singer, songwriter, actress, producer, businesswoman, and philanthropist. The composer of more than 3,000 songs, she has sold over 100 million records worldwide, and has given away millions of books to children through her nonprofit, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

James Patterson is the world's bestselling author. The creator of Alex Cross, he has produced more enduring fictional heroes than any other novelist alive. He lives in Florida with his family.