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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 1   readafew | Aug 26, 2009 |  August 22 2009: I just finished this book today. Another really good Alex Cross story. Geoffrey Shafer is a really diabolical character and the story certain provides a new twist on Role Playing Games. I couldn't put the book down. (  ) LittleRed1966 | Aug 22, 2009 | This is the literary equivalent of pop corn and I am not sure why I am still reading James Patterson, except that I have a few of his books lying around and I have a rule that if a book comes into my house it has to be read before it leaves. (  ) riverwillow | Jun 9, 2009 | I really enjoyed this Alex Cross book. I hadn't really enjoyed the last 2 books as much but this book just flowed really well. The book kept me interested from beginning to end and it didn't feel like two separate plot lines were going on like the last novel did. I couldn't put this book down and I can't wait to read the next one. (  ) meags222 | Mar 20, 2009 | The fifth book in the Alex Cross series. This time around Alex is fresh off the Mr. Smith killings and looking for some down time with his family and new love. But of course, this isn’t a perfect world and he is immediately pulled back into a series of strange and brutal murders of local young female prostitutes, all naked and without ID. When the murderer starts targeting well know people, Alex is determined to find how they are all connected, as the threats on his family increase. This was a good Cross book. I love how they all flow so nicely together. Alex becomes a stronger character in each one and his love of Christine and his children is more apparent than ever before. The next in the series will probably be hot on the heels of this recent read, as a cliffhanger looms over my head. ( ) blondierocket | Mar 10, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0446608815, Mass Market Paperback)Likened to a "young Muhammad Ali," Alex Cross, the Porsche-driving profiler, doctor, detective, and father of two has seen his fair share of vicious killers. From a bloodthirsty butcher who came after his family (Cat and Mouse) to a devilish duo working cross-country (Kiss the Girls), Cross has managed to outmaneuver all of his enemies. Until he meets the Weasel.A series of killings in the forgotten, crime-infested ghettos of southeast D.C. has sent Cross and his 6'9" 250-pound partner, John Sampson, in search of the "Jane Doe" killer. However, their racist, tyrannical boss George Pitman orders them to stay out of the southeast and investigate the high-profile murder of a wealthy white man. Cross already has suspicions that the murders are linked, but when Sampson's ex turns up in an abandoned southeast warehouse kicked to death, the two detectives carry on with their original investigation. Meanwhile, Cross's longtime love, Christine (Cat and Mouse), has taken prominence in his life, and it looks as if the two will finally get hitched--with one glitch: Cross puts everything he loves in jeopardy as he obsessively goes after the Weasel. Akin to a slick Hollywood action flick, Pop Goes the Weasel doesn't have time for meaningful character development or thoughtful moral analysis. And it doesn't need to. Its winning formula is based on short scenes (chapters average about 3 pages), addictive plot progression, and mean dialogue: "Sampson sighed and said, 'I think her tongue is stapled inside the other girl. I'm pretty sure that's it, Alex. The Weasel stapled them together.' I looked at the two girls and shook my head. 'I don't think so. A staple, even a surgical one, would come apart on the tongue's surface.... Crazy glue would work." --Rebekah Warren (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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This books starts out as a police procedural and slowly devolves into a poor James Bond international mystery. Overall the book is pretty good, and fast paced and has very few boring parts. However, the closer you look at it the more outrageous it seems and the last 1/4 of the book is rather ridiculous in hindsight. The biggest problem I see is Cross and Sampson always seem to know which murders are committed by our serial killer, even when he uses a new M.O. Overall, a decent book and well worth the entertainment value, however the plot does leave some holes that are quietly glossed over.
The book was read by Michael Kramer. I happen to like his reading and I think he does a good job. The only negative I would say, is his Jamaican accent sounded more like New Delhi. (