 When those pieces came to the attention of James Patterson, an executive at JWT who was just establishing himself as a best selling author, he hired de Jonge to be the first of his many co-authors on the golf novel "Miracle on the 17th Green" (1996).After two more partnerships with Patterson on "The Beach House" (2002) and "Beach Road" (2006), de Jonge broke off to create his own critically acclaimed series featuring NYPD Det.Darlene O'Hara, modeled in part on NYPD Homicide Det.