Run for Your Life, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. His message is clear: remember your manners or suffer the consequences!Run for Your Life, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge For some, it seems that the rich are finally getting what they deserve. For New York's elite, it is a call to terror.

The Commissioner deems Bennett’s experience with the Catastrophic Response Unit as critical to leading the investigation. The Commissioner’s concern and his request of Bennett appear even more justified as the Teacher next strikes by murdering an maitre d’ at a fancy New York Twenty-One Club.

At first these murders appear to be directed at somewhat random people or perhaps people that cater to the rich, but as Bennett and others in the police force, soon find a pattern in the killings.

Discovering a secret pattern in The Teacher's lessons, Detective Bennett realizes he has just hours to save New York from the greatest disaster in its history.

James Patterson's books are up and down. Some good, some not so good, some pretty bad. I don’t expect too much when I start reading a new book by him, but I still for some reason do. I mostly like his writing style and the pace of his stories. There are few dull moments in his books. The short chapters are nice. As well, you can read the whole book in a day.

I liked the main character Michael Bennett. He is a NYPD cop and single dad with an astonishing number of kids. And he is a likeable, smart guy.

The storyline of the book, however, I didn’t much care for. But Run for Your Life is a better book than Step On a Crack. I recommend it to Patterson fans.

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Step On A Crack, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

The former president and his wife celebrate Christmas with their annual dinner at New York elegant L'Arene Restaurant, as usual. Then, after taking Step on a Crack, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge a bite of her fois gras, the former first lady falls unconscious, a victim of a peanut allergy. She is dead by the time she reaches the hospital. So begins James Patterson's latest Thriller, Step on a Crack.

The story shifts to NYPD homicide detective Michael Bennett who gets his ten adopted children ready to visit his cancer stricken wife Maeve. Once back home with the kids, Michael Bennett gets a call to come down to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, there was report of shots fired. At the scene, Bennett becomes hostage negotiator.

Detective Michael Bennett is about to face the greatest challenge of his career. After the death of a beloved former first lady, the most powerful people in the world gather in New York for her funeral. Then the inconceivable occurs. Billionaires, politicians, and superstars of every kind are suddenly trapped within one man’s brilliant and ruthless scenario.

Bennett speaks with a man inside known only as Jack. Without much effort from law enforcement, a majority of the people who were attending the funeral of the First Lady are set free. But there is a group of roughly thirty wealthy and famous people still inside: a pop queen, handsome leading man actor, several billionaires, the mayor of New York, and even the President.

Step on a Crack, is, I think is one of the worst Patterson novels I’ve read, and I’ve read most of them. The plot was pretty thin and rushed, although not totally without its moments. The characters were a tad weak and lacked emotion. I don’t recommend Step on a Crack, unless you are a Patterson fan or have already read Run for Your Life and found that you liked it.


James Patterson & Howard Roughan: You've Been Warned

The Patterson bestseller factory has turned out another high-drama thriller, this time in collaboration with Honeymoon coauthor Roughan. You've Been Warned may not be his best, but it is good.

James Patterson: You've Been WarnedKristin Burns, a New York City nanny and aspiring photographer, is devoted to the two children under her care,but her desire for their father, Michael Turnbull, leads her to a risky, torrid affair with him.

Kristin's anxiety about her guilty secret is heightened by a series of frightening nightmares centering on a vision of four body bags being loaded onto gurneys in front of a prominent Manhattan hotel. Her nightmares also feature recurring encounters with dead people, including her father and the pediatrician who abused her as a child. Kristin's breathless, superficial narration doesn't generate a lot of reader sympathy or interest in figuring out the source of her macabre experiences.

See our reviews of other Patterson books: The Jester, Cross, Black Market, and Beach Road. Other interesting books by this highly productive writer are, among other, The 6th Target, Step on a Crack, and The Quickie.

James Patterson and Peter de Jonge: Beach Road.

Tom Dunleavy has a one-man law firm in legendary East Hampton, but very few clients. He serves the locals. The Beach Road, by James Patterson and Peter de Jongebillionaires and mega celebrities swarming the beaches have their own lawyers on their payroll.

A friend of Tom's, Dante, is arrested for a triple murder near a movie star's mansion. Tom knows that Dante Halleyville is innocent. Dante asks him to represent him in what could be the Trial of the Century.

Tom recruits Manhattan superlawyer Kate Costello to help. She's a tough hire, because Kate is his ex-girlfriend, but she agrees. In their search to find who really executed three locals, Tom orchestrates a series of revelations to expose the killer and what emerges is staggering.

Beach Road is a page-turner of a book, with a lot of twists in the tale. Perhaps even too many twists. Still, I recommend it as light and suspenseful entertainment.



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