The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI...
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Jan 20, 2012
Randy
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I was a bit disappointed in this one. I know most discerning readers have left Patterson behind. But I've been with him for many years, long before he became a factory.
No mistake, I don't read much of his stuff anymore. But the Alex Cross books were a guilty pleasure I never minded admitting. But this could be my last Patterson.
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No mistake, I don't read much of his stuff anymore. But the Alex Cross books were a guilty pleasure I never minded admitting. But this could be my last Patterson.
Someone has managed to kidnap the President's two children from the private school they attended. The note said, "No demands, no ransom, be p More...
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Jan 24, 2012
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I like James Patterson as an author. He writes enjoyable books that you can knock out quickly. I don;t read them for political commentary or advice on how to live life, but just to read for fun. I am extremely impressed with what he has done with the character of Alex Cross; over almost twenty books he has created a character and a family that you truly care for and enjoy reading about. And in that statement, you hold Patterson's great gift and what I believe now is his great curse.
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Dec 31, 2011
Michelle
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I have read every Alex Cross book there is and have loved every one of them - until now. I found myself to be very disappointed with the latest installment of James Patterson's number 1 detective series.
So, what had me so disappointed with the newest Alex Cross "adventure" (notice the quotations around adventure? My play at being sarcastic)? With a title like Kill Alex Cross I was expecting a fast paced, edge of your seat thriller I wouldn't be able to put down. That's not wh More...
So, what had me so disappointed with the newest Alex Cross "adventure" (notice the quotations around adventure? My play at being sarcastic)? With a title like Kill Alex Cross I was expecting a fast paced, edge of your seat thriller I wouldn't be able to put down. That's not wh More...
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Dec 29, 2011
Paula
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Can you say WOW ? , I did as I opened up to begin Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson, especially when I discovered that this is the 18th book in the Alex Cross Series. Thinking about this brought back a conversation I had with a book lover's group "Bookaholics Anonymous" on Facebook about long-running series - the one in question was Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum as that's just made it's way to it's 18th book. Some people wrote that they couldn't get enough, while others said as the
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Nov 23, 2011
Jill
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I have long been a fan of James Patterson's books, particularly of the Alex Cross series. So it is with sadness that I must give this latest offering only three stars. I must say that this was the least intense and most disappointing of the Cross series. The action was not Patterson's usual edge-of-your-seat caliber, but was choppy and distinctly lacking that "GOTCHA" quality that is Patterson's trademark. The ending was lame and left too many unanswered questions. One reviewer wr
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Sep 29, 2011
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Sep 16, 2011
T.
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Kill Alex Cross is almost a good installment of this series; Alex almost shows more than two emotions, almost has to make a tough moral decision, and I think a plot twist almost happens.
As it is however, K.A.C. is really only half a novel. Despite a rather extreme plotline of the president's children going missing, and a potential plot that may rival 9/11, Patterson doesn't bother to put in the authorly effort required to pull this melodrama off.
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As it is however, K.A.C. is really only half a novel. Despite a rather extreme plotline of the president's children going missing, and a potential plot that may rival 9/11, Patterson doesn't bother to put in the authorly effort required to pull this melodrama off.
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Aug 16, 2011
Krystal
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James Patterson delivers again. This novel starts off with immediate action. The President's children are mysteriously kidnapped and no one has any idea who the
culprit(s) are. The reader meets quite a few nefarious characters right off the bat, most notable: Hala and Tariq, husband and wife, who are both completely indoctrinated into The Family-a terrorist organization. The author is amazingly neutral, he offers both sides of the coin and allows the characters their own thoughts. The More...
culprit(s) are. The reader meets quite a few nefarious characters right off the bat, most notable: Hala and Tariq, husband and wife, who are both completely indoctrinated into The Family-a terrorist organization. The author is amazingly neutral, he offers both sides of the coin and allows the characters their own thoughts. The More...
Nov 18, 2011
I just finished turning the final page in "Kill Alex Cross". I thoroughly enjoyed the story, as I have each of the previous Cross novels. The action moves, and always interspersed is the moments with Alex's family (which I've grown to love!)
As I was reading - and really enjoying the book, I came across two words that really irritated me....(for lack of a better term) Pissed me off!
I am finding it very difficult to understand WHY a re More...
As I was reading - and really enjoying the book, I came across two words that really irritated me....(for lack of a better term) Pissed me off!
I am finding it very difficult to understand WHY a re More...
Sep 28, 2011
Jennifer
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The President's children have been kidnapped. Alex Cross is ready to work the case, but somebody higher up wants him sidelined. Muslim terrorists are carrying out deadly attacks on the nation's capitol - could the two be connected? Meanwhile, Alex has family issues to deal with - it seems Nana Mama has taken in her mugger.
This is James Patterson, people, I don't have to tell you what you're getting. Fast pace, plenty of action, lots of exclamation points and really short ch More...
This is James Patterson, people, I don't have to tell you what you're getting. Fast pace, plenty of action, lots of exclamation points and really short ch More...
Feb 09, 2012
Marianne
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Kill Alex Cross is the 18th in James Patterson’s Alex Cross series. The action starts immediately with the kidnapping from the Branaff School of Zoe and Ethan Coyle, the children of President Edward Coyle and First Lady Regina. This is followed very quickly by a cyanide contamination of part of Washington DC’s water supply and the apparent suicide by cyanide ingestion of a Saudi couple in a hotel room. While Alex Cross manages to question a suspect involved with the kidnapping, he is kept out of
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Dec 06, 2011
Alfredo
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Another excellent outing by both James Patterson and Alex Cross...this time we find our hero crossing more into Jack Bauer territory than Criminal Minds, but it is still excellent and as always, fast paced.
I won't recap the story except to say it involves the kidnapping of presidential children, and terrorists running around in DC. It introduces an intriguing villain that is very different than other ones that Cross has chased in the past.
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I won't recap the story except to say it involves the kidnapping of presidential children, and terrorists running around in DC. It introduces an intriguing villain that is very different than other ones that Cross has chased in the past.
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Feb 17, 2012
Marcie
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I thought I would try a James Patterson (extremely popular novelist, has published a hundred books it seems, they make movies out of them).
I have only one word to sum up the first 86 pages: drivel.
Each chapter is approximately three pages. The tone is too casual for my taste, the word choices as if he's speaking to kindergarteners, the timing choppy -- no depth to explore his characters, subjects, or plot. Why should I care enough to continue reading if he doesn't care en More...
I have only one word to sum up the first 86 pages: drivel.
Each chapter is approximately three pages. The tone is too casual for my taste, the word choices as if he's speaking to kindergarteners, the timing choppy -- no depth to explore his characters, subjects, or plot. Why should I care enough to continue reading if he doesn't care en More...
Nov 29, 2011
Nancy
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I do love his books. Quite the thriller. Fast paced, keeps you want to keep reading. (Seems the way he only has 3 pages to each chapter keeps it moving and I'm sure has actual less words to read.)
Kill Alex Cross is faster, more exciting, and more tightly wound than any Alex Cross thriller James Patterson has ever written! The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high up is using the FBI, Secret Service, More...
Kill Alex Cross is faster, more exciting, and more tightly wound than any Alex Cross thriller James Patterson has ever written! The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high up is using the FBI, Secret Service, More...
Jan 17, 2012
Mark
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Having read all of the Alex Cross novels I can say that this one was neither the worst nor the best, it was, to be blunt, a little mediocre.
James Patterson was very obviously trying to emulate the high standards of the first books in the series and it did indeed have elements of the early Cross novels "Along Came A Spider", "Kiss The Girls", and "Jack And Jill". But it failed to live up to brilliance of those books (especially "Along Came A Spider" More...
James Patterson was very obviously trying to emulate the high standards of the first books in the series and it did indeed have elements of the early Cross novels "Along Came A Spider", "Kiss The Girls", and "Jack And Jill". But it failed to live up to brilliance of those books (especially "Along Came A Spider" More...
Dec 22, 2011
Kay
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As usual this Alex Cross grabbed my attention and kept it. I do enjoy a book Patterson actually writes but I never know what I'm going to get with his co authored books. There are some that really believe Patterson writes or at least helps write these co authored books but really.....! He had this book, The Christmas Wedding, and 2 children's books published in the last month PLUS 3 more novels : Private #1 Suspect, Private Games, Guilty wives,coming in the next two months and 11th Hou
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Dec 02, 2011
Carmen
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Kill Alex Cross is book 18 in the Alex Cross series I still just can't get enough of him!
Ethan and Zoe Coyle are brother and sister who attend Branaff School in Washington DC. Ethan would rather blend in and not be noticed where as Zoe makes her presence known. When Ethan get into a fight and does nothing to defend himself, his big sister Zoe comes to his rescue. Afterwards she takes him to the side to have a private talk with him and they disappear. What makes this worse is that More...
Ethan and Zoe Coyle are brother and sister who attend Branaff School in Washington DC. Ethan would rather blend in and not be noticed where as Zoe makes her presence known. When Ethan get into a fight and does nothing to defend himself, his big sister Zoe comes to his rescue. Afterwards she takes him to the side to have a private talk with him and they disappear. What makes this worse is that More...
Nov 28, 2011
Connie
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KILL ALEX CROSS by James Patterson is 6 Hours & 50 Minutes in MP3 format. It was narrated by Andre Braugher and Zach Grenier. This is #18 in Alex Cross Series.
Brief Description:
The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark.
A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex d More...
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The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark.
A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex d More...
Jan 18, 2012
Don
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This is James Patterson's 18th book in the Alex Cross series. To quote the Washington Post "They used to say that 50 million Elvis Pressley fans couldn't be wrong. James Patterson makes 50 million fans look like a good start.He has sold more than 230 million books and his fans aren't wrong, either.Even in the context of a thriller,Patterson is presenting three different families.Cross' own family, the husdband and wife Arab terrorists, and the U.S. President's family ( son & daughter have
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Nov 24, 2011
William
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Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
Alex Cross is once more in the cross hairs of a psychopath. This time national security and terrorism are assaulting the Cross family.
You have to give Patterson credit both for the pace of his books and the relevancy to current events. This book moved at a break neck pace and yet showed how life goes on even in the midst of a crisis.
Alex Cross shows a more conflicted moral sense in this book than in some of his others. Samson More...
Alex Cross is once more in the cross hairs of a psychopath. This time national security and terrorism are assaulting the Cross family.
You have to give Patterson credit both for the pace of his books and the relevancy to current events. This book moved at a break neck pace and yet showed how life goes on even in the midst of a crisis.
Alex Cross shows a more conflicted moral sense in this book than in some of his others. Samson More...
Nov 29, 2011
Bill
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James Patterson has yet another Alex Cross novel, KILL ALEX CROSS, and this time Cross is embroiled in terrorists attacking Washington DC and the president's children being kidnapped. I actually enjoyed this novel quite a bit. Patterson screws up a lot of books with the coauthor thing he has going, but his Cross books are usually pretty good. The plot isn't so focused on Cross, but instead on the quest to catch a pair of terrorists, a couple named Tariq and Hala, who have plans to strike a major
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Jan 17, 2012
Josh
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I don't normally read thrillers, but I was feeling burned out on sci-fi and looking for something different. I wanted to read a thriller that gave me the feel of a good tHhriller/action movie; intellectually stimulating but gripping in suspense and action, as well. owever, there wasn't nearly as much action as I had hoped from a book such as this. Still, the story was engaging and overall good.
Since I don't have much of a bar to judge it by, I enjoyed this one quite well. It wa More...
Jan 02, 2012
Jennifer
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I read this through my mom's Nook and could not put it down! I finished this in a day and half! I found the plot to be quite suspenseful and fascinating, probably because I lived in DC for the last 8 years and could identify locations that were mentioned throughout several chapters of the book! It was easy to envision all of this story unfolding as if it were really happening but at the same time scary because it mentioned a lot about terrorism and acts similar to 9/11! I think that's what helpe
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Jan 26, 2012
Dave
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This 18th Alex Cross suspense novel is heavy on patriotism and weak on substance. The story was ok at best. The story splits into two weakly related subplots. First, a terrorist attack on DC (reminiscent of an episode of Fox’s 24) that does not leave much room for guess work. Second two very important children are kidnaped. The relationship between the two is purely based on timing.
Other than two references to killing Alex Cross I didn’t see much of a relationship with the title eithe More...
Other than two references to killing Alex Cross I didn’t see much of a relationship with the title eithe More...
Aug 21, 2011
Crystal
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Alex Cross, I have been with him since my step-father-in-law told me about this amazing book he read called Along Came a Spider back when I was in college and it was amazing and it introduced me to thrillers and series books. Until then I had been bumping along reading horror by Stephen King, Dean Koontz (remember when he wrote horror books) and John Saul just to name a few) but James Patterson opened a whole new world to me that started with my beloved Alex Cross. Now I will admit there have
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Dec 29, 2011
Cindy
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I have long been a fan of James Patterson and have followed Alex Cross through his life and all of the Alex Cross books. Some Cross adventures are better than others, but this latest installment in the series was on a high note from beginning to end.
When the president's children are kidnapped and acts of terrorism hit Washington, all stops are pulled out as the FBI, the CIA, and the police are called in to find the answers.
Days pass by and Alex knows that the hope of finding More...
When the president's children are kidnapped and acts of terrorism hit Washington, all stops are pulled out as the FBI, the CIA, and the police are called in to find the answers.
Days pass by and Alex knows that the hope of finding More...
Feb 01, 2012
Deborah
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I am a faithful James Patterson fan. While recuperating from foot surgery I thought that this would be an easy read. At first I thought the great pain medication was clouding my judgement , but nope the book is a bomb. Seriously, Kill Alex Cross as the title indicates we know will not happen. This book lacked the traditional suspense associated with Patterson. The story takes place in Washington. The presidents two children are kidnaped. At the same time Saudi terrorists arrive. Patterson does
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Feb 01, 2012
Rebecca
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I am a faithful James Patterson fan. While recuperating from foot surgery I thought that this would be an easy read. At first I thought the great pain medication was clouding my judgement , but nope the book is a bomb. Seriously, Kill Alex Cross as the title indicates we know will not happen. This book lacked the traditional suspense associated with Patterson. The story takes place in Washington. The presidents two children are kidnaped. At the same time Saudi terrorists arrive. Patterson does
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Jan 04, 2012
Deana
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The president's children are kidnapped from their school, but there are no leads to go on. In the meantime, the DC water supply has been contaminated and it looks like a terrorist attack. There is a Saudi Arabian terrorist cell in DC that has plans to attack all people leading up to the President. Are the kidnapping and the attack related, or two seperate events altogether? Alex Cross is brought in by request from the First Lady because she is aware of Cross's reputation and his experience wi
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Dec 06, 2011
Amy
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