London Bridges (Alex Cross #10)
by
James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
London Bridges is something of a departure for James Patterson's Alex Cross novels in that it contains a serious speculation about what would--some might say, what will--happen if international crime copies the methods of terrorists or forms an alliance with them. The Russian mafia boss known as the Wolf delivers an ultimatum--large cash payments will be made and various p...more
Hardcover, Large Print, 464 pages
Published
November 8th 2004
by Little Brown and Company
(first published January 1st 2004)
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As a mysterious group of soldiers evacuated the population of Sunrise Valley, Detective Alex Cross is on vacation. He is called into work in Nevada when the entire area is blown up mysteriously in James Patterson’s London Bridges. The local police found a video camera that revealed the suspect behind the bombings. The FBI has been looking for this person for almost three years.
Although Cross has had a lot of experience controlling situations like these, the suspect is in control; he ...more
Although Cross has had a lot of experience controlling situations like these, the suspect is in control; he ...more
As if it's not enough that Alex Cross has a plethora of rather vicious bad guys just chomping at the bit to strike back against him, now he has two. In this novel, we see the return of not just the Wolf from the last Alex Cross novel, but also Geoffrey "Weasel" Shafer from Pop Goes the Weasel. And both are gunning to not just take down Cross, but bring the world to its knees via total city destruction. Yes, the Wolf and the Weasel have designs on completely destroying four major cities...more
James Patterson is a classic author. He is one of those authors who grabs your attention in the first line of the book, and holds it until the very last line. He is a very humble, and timid author, for he doesn't even consider himself a writer. In an interview he once said, "I don't think of myself as a writer. I think of myself as [my wife] Sue's pal and [my son] Jack's friend, and I like to scribble. That seems to be the truth about who I am." You only have to dip into the very first...more
Alex Cross is back at it, this time against his past. The Wolf is still around, everywhere and nowhere as usual. But this time he has a new piece in the game. Colonel Geoffrey Shafer, or The Weasel. Using Shafer as a pawn in his game, The Wolf is deadlier than ever. His plot: terrorizing large cities with dangerous explosives such as a daisy cutter, a thousand gallons of high octane fuel with a dynamite detonator. The targets: London, DC, Frankfurt, and New York. The demand: just over a billion ...more
As much as I enjoy reading James Patterson, and as much as I am in love with Alex Cross (yes, I admit it), this installment failed to satisfy me. And failed miserably. Perhaps my disappointment was in the novel's grand scale international crime? These baddies seemed to kill for the sake of killing. Not to give spoilers, but even the deaths of some antagonists seemed anticlimactic given the way Cross had pursued them and vice versa, and the extent of the trouble they had caused him and the public...more
London Bridges by James Patterson (pp. 378)
Alex Cross is on the hunt for his nemesis, The Wolf - again. With ability to blow up whole cities with suitcase nukes, The Wolf holds the entire planet hostage. Alex Cross goes on an international chase trying to discover who The Wolf is and how he can be stopped.
London Bridges has more drama and creativity to it than other Cross novels. The plot includes a lot of terrorism, nukes, and some references to al-Qaida. Published ...more
Alex Cross is on the hunt for his nemesis, The Wolf - again. With ability to blow up whole cities with suitcase nukes, The Wolf holds the entire planet hostage. Alex Cross goes on an international chase trying to discover who The Wolf is and how he can be stopped.
London Bridges has more drama and creativity to it than other Cross novels. The plot includes a lot of terrorism, nukes, and some references to al-Qaida. Published ...more
Bad villains return, but weak terrorist plot not much fun...
This is the tenth in Patterson's Detective (now FBI special envoy) Alex Cross series, and from the outset, we would surmise that if you are not a faithful follower of the previous nine, you will be lost. First, both central villains are reprised from earlier books (the "Weasel" from "Pop Goes the Weasel"; and the "Wolf" from "Big Bad Wolf"), but it's not so clear how or why they are in...more
This is the tenth in Patterson's Detective (now FBI special envoy) Alex Cross series, and from the outset, we would surmise that if you are not a faithful follower of the previous nine, you will be lost. First, both central villains are reprised from earlier books (the "Weasel" from "Pop Goes the Weasel"; and the "Wolf" from "Big Bad Wolf"), but it's not so clear how or why they are in...more
The book is a thrilling novel of Pattersons' . It's a sequel to many others where the hero of all was Alex Cross . I don't want to go through the story lines , But in brief , Cross is an FBI agent ( originally a policeman in Washington D.C) who has been chasing a criminal 'Geoffrey Shafer' Known as Weasel " a filthy rich sadistic person who likes to rape young girls and then kill them by torturing them " he is involved with the Wolf , a former figure of the Russian Mafia , !! The...more
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James Patterson- London Bridges (Warner Books 2005) 3.5 Stars
Alex Cross has double the trouble in this intense thriller. The Wolf locates The Weasel and the two wreak havoc on the world, enjoying the fact that Cross must run around after their clues. Cross gets pulled into the case after a bomb destroys a Nevada town. The Wolf is threatening the same fate for many major cities around the globe, unless they give in to his demands. Hunting for these two psychopathic killers will ...more
So I picked up a James Patterson book on cassette last week from the library. Dave listens to this guy all the time, and I thought I should check out what his writing is like. Usually I disparage these big name writers - Patterson, Crichton, Grisham, Cornwell - because, well, because I think I’m supposed to, I guess. Literature profs aren’t supposed to like this stuff, but a few years ago my mom introduced me to Patricia Cornwell, and I was hooked (at least for a few books before they really did...more
“London Bridges” is another book of author James Patterson in his “Alex Cross” series; however it is not a continuation of the other novels. The book begins with an evil-minded man named “the Wolf” leading in the bombing of a small Nevada town as a warm-up for the near future. Investigator Alex Cross is on vacation when he is called into the investigation when the FBI and CIA are threatened directly from the Wolf about his future plans to implode New York, Washington, London and Frankfurt if he ...more
I read this book because it's in my collection, but do not recall anything whatsoever about it. The description of the book might be why. It sounds awful to me and nothing like any book I would ever enjoy. I doubt I'll read it again since the first time wasn't memorable at all.
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Published by Hatchette Audio in 2004
Read by Peter J. Fernandez and Denis O'Hare
Duration: 8 hours, 19 minutes
The real problem with James Patterson's works right now is that he has become a corporate thing - James Patterson, Inc. James Patterson, Inc. produces a large amount of books, movies and even TV shows, but like nationwide fast food chains that produce large amounts of food in a short amount of time, Patterson's prodigious output suffers from a serious lack of quality.
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Read by Peter J. Fernandez and Denis O'Hare
Duration: 8 hours, 19 minutes
The real problem with James Patterson's works right now is that he has become a corporate thing - James Patterson, Inc. James Patterson, Inc. produces a large amount of books, movies and even TV shows, but like nationwide fast food chains that produce large amounts of food in a short amount of time, Patterson's prodigious output suffers from a serious lack of quality.
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I LOVED London Bridges, but since I love James Patterson, that's no surprise. This is one of the Alex Cross series. Patterson brings back two of Cross' old nemesis (not sure what the plural of that word is, the Weasel and the Wolf. The Wolf has plans to attack more major world cities if the governments don't come up with the money he wants. He diabolic, evil, heartless and unfortunately, a genius. This book has more curves than a mountain road in Italy. About the time you think Cross has figured...more
James Patterson has struck gold with his mystery/thriller series starring Dr. Alex Cross. Starting with Along Came a Spider and continuing through this effort, London Bridges, Alex has solved crime upon crime and come close to death a number of times. In this installment in the series, Alex is up against two of his worst adversaries: Geoffrey Shafer better known as the Weasel and the Wolf whose true identity no one knows. These two criminals have teamed up to hold four of the largest cities in t...more
Even with all the violence and killing, I enjoy reading a Patterson novel. I am amazed at the wickedness of the villains. In this novel, two mean men: the Weasel and the Wolf, have teamed together in a run to control the world. Wolf is the mastermind and no one knows his true identity. Wolf asks for billions of dollars and release of certain political prisoners in return for not destroying four major world cities. Alex Cross is now working with the FBI and he travels the world in an attemp...more
Another good book by Patterson in the Alex Cross series.
Back Cover Blurb:
Alex Cross is on vacation when he gets the call. A town in Nevada has been annihilated and the Russian super-criminal known as the Wolf is claiming responsibility. Major cities around the globe are threatened with total destruction and the thought of such dark genius at work makes Alex's blood run cold.
Cross is catapulted into an international chase of astonishing danger. Arriving in London, he fights...more
Back Cover Blurb:
Alex Cross is on vacation when he gets the call. A town in Nevada has been annihilated and the Russian super-criminal known as the Wolf is claiming responsibility. Major cities around the globe are threatened with total destruction and the thought of such dark genius at work makes Alex's blood run cold.
Cross is catapulted into an international chase of astonishing danger. Arriving in London, he fights...more
#10 in the Alex Cross series. Cross is still trying to capture the "Wolf", the mastermind who continues to orchestrate catastrophic tragedies across the globe. The "Wolf" is wiping towns off the face of the Earth, and no one seems to have a clue as to how to catch this supergenius criminal. The "Wolf" has many competent men and women on his payroll, making it harder and harder to track who the actual "Wolf" really is. The "Wolf" delivers an u...more
I feel like I was a bit jipped with this book. It was ok but as I was reading it I felt like it could have been so much better. It's one of a series of books about Detective Alex Cross, and the people he was chasing in this book were criminals he'd dealt with in previous books. So while the story was good, I couldn't help but feel like a part of the intrigue and excitement was missing that I would have had if I'd already read the previous books. I have read James Patterson in the past and r...more
I actually hadn't read the first nine books of the Alex Cross series when I read this book (My aunt from London just gave this to me). I was a little lost at first because I really don't know any of the characters but other than that, I had no problems with the book.
What I liked:
(a) The Wolf (Cause the guy's a genius! I love that he confuses everyone with his identity, the way he terrorizes the countries and his fool-proof plans)
(b) Alex Cross (Cause this guy's good... Bu...more
What I liked:
(a) The Wolf (Cause the guy's a genius! I love that he confuses everyone with his identity, the way he terrorizes the countries and his fool-proof plans)
(b) Alex Cross (Cause this guy's good... Bu...more
Definitely a plot driven book, in fact when Patterson incorporates a lot of dialog or relationship stuff, it just comes of as silly. But still, a fun book for me to read. Santa left it in my stocking and I finished it pretty quickly. I'm not ashamed to admit that it appears my favorites are books with crime, mayhem, and murder. But in real life I hate guns and think everyone should watch Mr. Rogers. While I will continue to read a little bit of everything, books like this one are my clear, time-...more
One out of every 17 hardcover books sold in the US are written by James Patterson. Curious to see what the fuss was about, I picked this up.
Thank god I got it at a library, since I cringe at the thought of a dollar of mine greasing the gears of the Patterson book-writing machine. The writing is this book, the 10th in his Alex Cross series, is god-awful, the plotting lazy, and the characters thin as balsa. And so many exclamation points!
But to his credit, Patterson seems ...more
Thank god I got it at a library, since I cringe at the thought of a dollar of mine greasing the gears of the Patterson book-writing machine. The writing is this book, the 10th in his Alex Cross series, is god-awful, the plotting lazy, and the characters thin as balsa. And so many exclamation points!
But to his credit, Patterson seems ...more
Since this is a mystery series I thought each book would be unrelated, so I skipped from 2 to 10. I didn't miss too much that wasn't covered in this book. Once again I'm not impressed with Alex Cross' detective skills. Events unfold, things get blown up, no one gets any closer to finding anything. Eventually, the bad guy falls into Cross' lap. There really wasn't anything special here. The characters aren't impressive, the action isn't exciting, the suspense didn't effect me, and the bad guy isn...more
Even when writing his 10th Alex Cross novel, James Patterson didn't shy away from an insanely complicated plot. Perhaps having a little too much on the plate and not enough appetite at the end to finish it nicely, the story has a few loose endings, but with a novel this large I can't even imagine how many pages it would take to wrap each nerve ending up into a plausible conclusion. That said, I liked the book, I had a blast reading it ( as always when it comes to Cross books) and it kept me in s...more
I picked up London Bridges partly for my desperate need to relax more after graduation and partly due to my love for Alex Cross. I read the reviews on good reads and was SO relieved to see just about everyone saying, "thank god! patterson is back!" You don't read Patterson expecting great literature--you read his books for fun, and London Bridges was fun. It was relevant and suspenseful, like the early Alex Cross books. I really enjoyed it and am definitely going to read the next o...more
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Now that Alex Cross is withthe FBI, he seems to be getting more involved with crimes of more global importance rather than just serial murders. There is still no shortage of death, though! This newest volume in the series brings back two of his sickest challengers: the Weasel and the Wolf. Of course, most of the people he comes up against are pretty messed up.
The Weasel and the Wolf have moved into the realm of terrorism, placing a series of cities around the globe in serious danger....more
The Weasel and the Wolf have moved into the realm of terrorism, placing a series of cities around the globe in serious danger....more
Everywhere I look, Big Bad Wolf/London Bridges get the worst reviews of any book in the Cross series... I disagree.
This plot is very edgy, maybe a little hard to swallow, but provided me with a much needed change of pace.
SPOILER - Don't read if you haven't read the book yet...
Here's what I mean, I'm tired of Cross having meaningless relationships with a different girl in every book. That has finally settled down as this is the fourth consecutive book he has...more
This plot is very edgy, maybe a little hard to swallow, but provided me with a much needed change of pace.
SPOILER - Don't read if you haven't read the book yet...
Here's what I mean, I'm tired of Cross having meaningless relationships with a different girl in every book. That has finally settled down as this is the fourth consecutive book he has...more
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The subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the bestselling author of the past year, bar none, with more than 16 million books sold in North America alone. In 2007, one of every fifteen hardcover fiction books sold was a Patterson title. In the past three years, James has sold more books than ...more
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The subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the bestselling author of the past year, bar none, with more than 16 million books sold in North America alone. In 2007, one of every fifteen hardcover fiction books sold was a Patterson title. In the past three years, James has sold more books than ...more
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