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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Now I fully understand what a 'white knuckle page turner' really means. We meet Alex Cross for the first time and it's love at first sight. (  ) sandburg | Sep 14, 2009 |  A nice thriller. It is slow at times, and the ending was anticipated, but it still was a nice traveling book. (  ) jubjub_luver1 | Aug 5, 2009 | Meet Alex Cross, the star of a long series of standalone crime thrillers. Alex is well fleshed in his début, without deviating from the central story of a genius, but psychopathic, killer. The plot is unpredictable and the narrative is easy to read and absorbing from start to finish. This novel deservedly put Patterson on the map, it's a good read, although at times it tries too hard to create the ultimate psycho. Recommended. (  ) SonicQuack | Aug 4, 2009 | I really enjoyed this, even though I had already seen the film which although it is different to the book, gives away major aspects of the plot! I'm looking forward to reading more Alex Cross novels. ( ) riverwillow | Jun 10, 2009 | i ALMOST put this book into my rejections pages, but something egged me on for the next two chapters. patterson knows his storytelling art, but as a writer he falls short. He is often described as the Jacquelyn Suzzanne of detective novels and I can relate to that. His simplistic, short chapter, often changting of the point of view, all contribute to hope for me making it BIG someday. As I said, his storyhtelling is ecellent and the page-turner is always one for me (unless i am in chronic depression). ( ) andyray | Jun 1, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0446364193, Mass Market Paperback)A missing little girl named Maggie Rose. A family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C. The thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school teacher. A psychopathic serial kidnapper/murderer who calls himself the Son of Lindbergh. He is so terrifying that the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police cannot outsmart him-even after he's been captured.Gary Soneji is a mild-mannered mathematics teacher at a Washington, D.C., private school for the children of the political and social elite. He's so popular that the kids all call him "Mr. Chips." And he's very, very smart. Growing up, he always knew he was smarter than the rest of them-he knew that the Great Ones always fooled everybody. He kidnaps Maggie Rose, the golden-haired daughter of a famous movie actress, and her best friend, Shrimpie Goldberg, the son of the secretary of the treasury, right out from under the noses of their two Secret Service agents. But Gary Soneji is not surprised at his skill. He's done it before. Hundreds of times before.Alex Cross must face the ultimate test as a psychologist: how do you outmaneuver a brilliant psychopath? Especially one who appears to have a split personality-one who won't let the other half remember those horrific acts?Soneji has outsmarted the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police. Who will be his next victim?(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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