THERE are things only a president can know. There are things only a president can do.

And then there are times when the only option is unthinkable - The President Is Missing.

Written by former US President Bill Clinton with best-selling writer James Patterson, The President is Missing is the thriller only a president could write.

With details that only a president could know and the kind of suspense only James Patterson can deliver, this is certainly the pick of book of the month.

"Yes, The President is Missing is fiction," Bill Clinton writes.

"It's a thriller - but James Patterson and I have come up with three of the most frightening days in the history of the presidency. And it could really happen.

"These days, the seemingly impossible can happen. And it happens so fast. I believe that readers will not soon forget President Jonathan Duncan and his story."

Published by Penguin Books, President is Missing is available in bookshops and online. The paperback RRP is $32.99.