Cross Country (Alex Cross) |
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Product Description
When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington D.C., what they discover is shocking: a stunningly organized gang of lethal teenagers headed by a powerful, diabolical man--the African warlord known as the Tiger. Just when the detectives think they're closing in on the elusive murderer, the Tiger disappears into thin air. Tracking him to Africa, Alex knows that he must follow. Alone.
From the author Time magazine has called "the man who can't miss," CROSS COUNTRY is the most heart-stopping, speed-charged, electrifying Alex Cross thriller yet.
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• (raw Rating:3.5) - Chasing Criminals
05 March, 2010
Alex Cross is pulled into yet another brutal homicide. But, this time it is someone he knows very well--Ellie Cox, an ex-girlfriend from college. Not only is she murdered, but her entire family as well and it is one of the most gruesome scenes Alex has encountered in a long time. Thus begins a series of killing sprees in Washington, DC that leaves entire families murdered, but not before being brutally tortured. Alex gets a break that yields him the name Tiger. Tiger, the proposed mastermind behind all the slayings, is purported to be a leader of an underground world of an organized gang of teenaged thugs trained to be killing machines. With his ear to the ground, Cross learns Tiger has left the country for his home in Nigeria.
Not mystified or worried about any potential danger, Cross sets out for Nigeria leaving his family and current girlfriend in DC in order to pursue and capture a brutal killer. He walks right into Tiger's lair and it will take all of his expertise and a lot of luck to get out of it. Before all is said and done, he will discover horrific things he never imagined about Africa, lose another potential love interest and open his family up to a master killer.
In CROSS COUNTRY, James Patterson puts my favorite character in a situation he and I are unaccustomed to. Cross takes on the role of pursuing a killer to a country where he appears to have no clue about the political atmosphere there. Not only that, but he appears to have no backup help as he pursues his investigation. Frankly, for someone in law enforcement and as meticulous as Cross is, this is quite an unbelievable role and it made the whole book incredulous. Although believability had a hold on me with this one, Patterson can still spin a story that keeps you planted and turning pages.
Reviewed by Brenda Lisbon
of The RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers
- Amazon Customer Review
• Book Received Not In New Condition
16 March, 2010
I expect books in perfect condition when I purchase them from Amazon. The jacket to this book looked rather worn. I was surprised since this was the first time this had happened.
- Amazon Customer Review
• 158 "chapters" In 403 Pages??!!
15 March, 2010
The dimensions are correct, but "448 pages"? My Vision reprint copy has only 427 pages (403 pages devoted to the story, the balance being 'previews'). I found the story content only fair to poor (and a lesson for me to avoid newer Patterson books and stick with his much earlier editions).
What I found especially disturbing for a short novel, was it having no less than ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT chapters!!!
Each chapter has one to two pages of 'blank' page, so it's easy to see that 403 pages of story, minus (conservatively estimating I believe) 158 blank pages devoted to "chapters", reduces the story down to about 245 pages. I mean, really, these are one to three page "chapters". Ugh!!! What a rip-off!
The print size is also LARGER than what I see as normal. That is, each page merely has 35 lines. For this size book, I'm used to 38 lines. So, the larger type reduces the story content still further to the equivalent of 35/38 x 245 pages = about 225 pages.
So, if you're buying this book expecting "448 pages" worth of story for your money, you may be very peeved to encounter what I see as the equivalent of merely 225 pages.
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• Great!
15 March, 2010
This book was shipped fast and in excellent condition. Would definitely buy from this seller again!
- Amazon Customer Review
• Different.. The Chase Is On!!!
17 March, 2010
This book is one of the best books I have read. I read this in a week. It was hard to put down. It wasn't your typical Alex Cross book (thank god). He shows determination to catch a mass murderer. Alex gets his ass whooped trying to solve this murder and in the interim discovers the bigger picture. He discovers Nigeria; kids murdering, raping and stealing. JP depicts that Alex is human by showing affection for another woman. Even the best gets tested every now and then. I am halfway done with I, Alex Cross
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