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| Double Cross (Alex Cross) | 
 enlarge | Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  169 reviews
Sales Rank: 3204
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.6
ISBN: 0316015059
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316015059
ASIN: 0316015059
Publication Date: November 13, 2007
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Condition: ex-library, nice reading copy
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Product Description
Just when Alex thought his life was calming down into a routine of patients and therapy sessions, he finds himself back in the game--this time to catch a criminal mastermind like no other. A spate of elaborate murders in Washington D.C. have the whole East Coast on edge. They are like nothing Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, have ever seen. With each murder, the case becomes increasingly complex. There's only one thing Alex knows: the killer adores an audience. As victims are made into gruesome spectacles citywide, inducing a media hysteria, it becomes clear to Alex that the man he's after is a genius of terror--and he's after fame. The killer has the whole city by its strings--and he'll stop at nothing to become the most terrifying star that Washington D.C. has ever seen.
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 When Terror and fame meet.... November 13, 2007
68 out of 87 found this review helpful
I have always been a big fan of the Alex Cross Novels (With the exception of London Bridges (Alex Cross Novels) and I don't care for his other books written by other authors with his named stamped on top), so I was excited to receive and advance readers copy of Double Cross (Alex Cross)! I waited for a slow day a the Marina before cracking it open and was soon lost in the world of Cross. Alex has become like a old friend, having read so many of his trails, adventures, and tragedies.
Alex's life has become more settled since we last saw hin in Cross. He is back at work tending to his patients and living a normal life with his girlfriend Brianna Stone--detective Stone that is. But of course this cannot last. Washington DC and the east cost are a jitter because of a number of elaborate murders, these are not just murders but spectacles. This guy is a grisly showman. A murderer who wants fame---and to scare the pants off the entire DC metro area. Of course it is up Alex and Brianna to bring this guy down...but at what cost?
Patterson's master plotting, lightening fast chapters that keep you turning the pages are again on display and make for a great beach read! For Patterson like pacing I have to recommend the cult classic "A Tourist In The Yucatan" ripping good thriller!
Patterson is at the Top of his game November 19, 2007
50 out of 59 found this review helpful
The difference between a great thriller and a bad thrill ride is keeping an audience on its toes. When you assume something will happen and the author surprises you by going a totally different direction, it is a great thriller. In an audio production , its still in the magic of the author's vision of his text. Then, beyond that it is also the talent behind the microphone that makes the audio interesting.
Double Cross has both a great thriller and interesting audio production. Patterson puzzled the audience with the art of misdirrection
Peter Fernandez who has previously narrated the audios London Bridges and Cross (see my review) has the control of the Alex Cross narrative. His audio narrated partner Michael Stuhbarg challedge him stroke for stroke verbally. This duet is well matched
The story of two mastermind villians who both want Alex Cross to die. The twists of this tale is their reasons and the methods.
So is this worth to listen to, YOU BET! I cant wait for the next Cross tale
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
 Boring again! December 8, 2007
46 out of 61 found this review helpful
An Alex Cross mystery used to be something to look forward to, but suddenly the last two ("Cross") both miss by too much.
This one starts off like gangbusters and then crashes and burns too soon. Too many plot devices are overused and underdeveloped and stale characters - besides Alex - just didn't work.
A Jail break just too ludicrous to be believable, and disguises that ae just pulled out of nowhere just to get from one scene to another all add to a sad effort in the end.
I've said it before about Patterson's books, but it bares repeating - there are just too many too fast to be well thought out and well written to the standards that the first dozen or more were.
Sorry, but even though it can be read in a single sitting, it just may not be worth the time.
 Another Patterson to speed through December 12, 2007
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
The usual good, fast, reliably fun read from Mr. Patterson. "Double Cross" loses a few points compared to the last couple of Alex Cross thrillers ("Mary, Mary" and "Cross") due to its shifting back a little to the unrealistically relentless "Big Bad Wolf"/"London Bridges" days of a major disaster every chapter, endless running around, and over-the-top action taking precedence over genuine character moments. But at least "Double Cross" is about Alex Cross chasing serial killers, not James Bond-style villains, and there's still a fair amount of Alex's family and personal life on tap, if less than the last two books.
The book also pulls off an effective balancing act: it leaves a few plot elements unresolved to make you want to pick up the next book, but gives you enough satisfying resolution so that those as-yet-unresolved elements will tantalize instead of frustrate you.
Quibbles aside, I got my money's worth from "Double Cross"
Mediocre Cross novel. Nothing new here, still enjoyable November 21, 2007
18 out of 35 found this review helpful
Alex Cross returns in DOUBLE CROSS, a thriller where Alex faces a terrifying new killer and an old, horrifying foe. After finally solving his wife's murder, Alex is comfortable in his job as a psychologist. He is dating Brianna Stone, a police detective. While away for the weekend, Brianna gets called back to Washington because of a horrifying murder. There is a new serial killer and he is killing people in bizarre fashion. The clues don't make any sense and neither does his methods. However, each new murder is more spectacular than the next, and Alex, who joins the Major Case Squad, can't figure out what makes the killer tick. To make matters worse, old nemesis Kyle Craig has escaped from prison and is in cahoots with the new killer. Together, they decide to go after Cross.
Kyle Craig as the Mastermind was one of the most unbelievable killers ever concieved by Patterson or any author for that matter. Craig's role in this novel is smaller. It seems that while in prison, he developed a cult following. Could the current "audience killer" be working with Craig? All of the killers in Patterson's Cross novels seem to have a personal vendetta against Cross. This gets old because it doesn't seem realisic. Serial Killers kill for a lot of reasons, but I doubt to taunt specific police or FBI is very high on the list. This book is easy to read and flies by at a rapid pace, which is also another problem. Cross and Bree all always reacting to the killer. They are never really able to process the evidence and come up with something on their own.
I really don't have much of an opinion on this book. It wasn't great but it had no obvious flaws. The intrusion of Cross's home life is minimal, which is good. The ending lays the groundwork for a predictible sequel that will probably cover no new ground. Cross fans will enjoy the continuing adventures of the great detective. Patterson fans will be thankful to know Patterson can actually write after going off the deep end of horribleness with "You've Been Warned." If you've read any Patterson at all the last few years, then you know exactly what you are going to get with DOUBLE CROSS.
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