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Big Bad Wolf
James Patterson
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Hardcover,
May 2004
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Product Details:
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ISBN:
0316602906
Format: Hardcover, 400pp
Pub. Date: November 2003 |
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Publisher:
Little, Brown & Company
Rangana Bookstore Sales Rank: 3
Series:
Alex Cross Mystery Series, #9 |
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Alex Cross' family is in terrible danger�Xat
the same time that his new job with the FBI brings him the
scariest case of his career. A team of kidnappers has been
snatching successful, upstanding men and women right before
their families' eyes�Xpossibly to sell them into slavery.
Alex's knowledge of the D. C. streets, together with his
unique insights into criminal psychology, make this
mindbending case one that only he can solve�Xif he can just
get his colleagues to set aside their staid and outdated
methods. With unexpected twists and whiplash surprises, this
is another brilliantly irresistible novel from America's
bestselling suspense writer.
Author Biography: James Patterson's most recent major
international bestseller is The Jester. He is the author of
20 books and lives in Florida and New York.
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Publisher's Weekly
In a recent column in Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King
cited Patterson's thrillers as the example of "dopey"
bestsellers. We hope that doesn't mean that those who enjoy
them are dopes, because this new one is vastly entertaining.
Alex Cross, Patterson's black lawman hero, has left the D.C.
police force for the FBI. But Cross was a star cop, so when
the Bureau becomes aware that attractive white women are
disappearing at an unusually high rate in the nation's
capital, Cross, despite still being in training at Quantico,
is brought onto the case and is personally mentored by the
Bureau's director, earning the ire of some Feds but the
support of others. Behind the disappearances is a sexual
slavery operation run as a sideline by one of the more
believable and most compellingly evil villains in the
Patterson universe, the Wolf, a mysterious former KGB man
who's now the world's top mobster. The narrative throughout
is swift and varied, as Patterson cuts among the diabolical
schemes of a Russian magnate who may be the Wolf, the plight
of several kidnap victims, the dogged pursuit by Cross and
company of the Wolf, and the hideous designs of the members
of an encrypted computer chat room who pay the Wolf fortunes
to snatch women who fit their fantasies. And there's
domestic drama, too, as the mother of Cross's young son,
Alex, decides that she wants her boy back. Full of plot
surprises and featuring a balanced mix of intrigue, hard
action and angst, the novel, on which Patterson notably does
not share cover credit, grips from start to finish. The Alex
Cross series remains Patterson's finest, and this is the
finest Cross in years. Maybe we're dopes, but we're smiling
ones. (One-day laydown Nov. 17) Copyright 2003 Reed Business
Information.
Library Journal
There is something to be said for consistency. Alex Cross is
back, and even though he's newly employed by the FBI,
everything still feels familiar and right. "Club Fed"
training is going as well as one would expect, Nana is still
making the best coffee in town, and Alex is still feeling
guilty about his workaholic ways. When the wife of a federal
judge is kidnapped, making it FBI business, Alex is pulled
out of class and sent to the crime scene, creating an
interesting dichotomy of newly minted federal agent/star. It
turns out to be just the latest in a string of such
kidnappings, and the FBI suspects a possible white slavery
ring. Topping the list of suspects is the Russian Red Mafiya
king, who has been shaking things up with La Cosa Nostra.
Things are bumpy at home, too-a custody dispute emerges when
Little Alex's mom blows into town. There are no tidy endings
here, just an engrossing story that will leave readers
clamoring for the sequel. The Big Bad Wolf is the biggest,
baddest Alex Cross novel in years. Strongly recommended for
all public libraries.-Stacy Alesi, Southwest Cty. Regional
Lib., Boca Raton, FL Copyright 2003 Reed Business
Information.
Kirkus Reviews
Dr. Alex Cross has left Metro DC Homicide for the FBI, but
it's business as usual in this laughably rough-hewn fairy
tale of modern-day white slavery. According to reliable
sources, more people are being sold into slavery than ever
before, and it all seems to be going down on the FBI's
watch. Atlanta ex-reporter Elizabeth Connolly, who looks
just like Claudia Schiffer, is the ninth target over the
past two years to be abducted by a husband-and-wife pair who
travel the country at the behest of the nefarious Pasha
Sorokin, the Wolf of the Red Mafiya. The only clues are
those deliberately left behind by the kidnappers, who snatch
fashion designer Audrey Meek from the King of Prussia Mall
in full view of her children, or patrons like Audrey's
purchaser, who ends up releasing her and killing himself.
Who you gonna call? Alex Cross, of course. Even though he
still hasn't finished the Agency's training course, all the
higher-ups he runs into, from hardcases who trust him to
lickspittles seething with envy, have obviously read his
dossier (Four Blind Mice, 2002, etc.), and they know the new
guy is "close to psychic," a "one-man flying squad" who's
already a legend, "like Clarice Starling in the movies."
It's lucky that Cross's reputation precedes him, because his
fond creator doesn't give him much to do here but chase
suspects identified by obliging tipsters and worry about his
family (Alex Jr.'s mother, alarmed at Cross's dangerous job,
is suing for custody) while the Wolf and his
cronies-Sterling, Mr. Potter, the Art Director, Sphinx, and
the Marvel-kidnap more dishy women (and the occasional gay
man) and kill everybody who gets in their way, and quite a
few poor souls who don't. As in summermovies, a triple dose
of violence conceals the absence of real menace when neither
victims nor avengers stir the slightest sympathy.
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Number of Reviews: 8 Average
Rating:
 
A reviewer, A reviewer, December 2, 2003,
Needs some omph!
I enjoyed reading about Alex but his joining the FBI seems
to have taken some of the strength from his normal behavior
and made him seem weak and ineffective.
Also recommended: Three Blind Mice by Patterson and
also Face by Koontz
Amanda, a long time fan, October 29, 2003,
Keeps getting better and better...
OH WOW! I got my hands on an advanced copy and this book is
great! Just when you think you've got it figured out, you
don't. You will NOT believe the end...that is all I'm going
to say :)
Also recommended: Anything by James Patterson, Deaver,
Laurell K. Hamilton is great also.
Eddie Monday, a book reviewer, September 29, 2003,
geoffery is back
James Patterson should stick to his Alex Cross series
instead of other, un-thrilling novels. This book was
awesome, a stellar comeback from Pop Goes The Weasel,
Geoffery Shafer has all the tricks up his sleave. The ending
leaves plenty of room for next years copy, I sure can't
wait!!!!!
Also recommended: Pop Goes The Weasel; Roses are Red;
3rd Degree
Breann ([email protected]), book fanatic,
September 25, 2003,
Another Heartstopper
Like all James patterson's books i'm positive that 'Big Bad
Wolf' will be another great hit.He's like an artist and once
i read one of his pieces i just can't stay away.
Also recommended: Beach house,Roses are red,Pop goes
the weasel,and See how they run.
bill mahoney, A reviewer, September 24, 2003,
Alex Cross is back
After obtaining an advanced copy, I now believe that James
Patterson is the best author going. This book defines the
term page turner, Kyle Craig is someone you don't want to
mess with!
Also recommended: All James Patterson
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