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James Patterson
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Merry Christmas, Alex Cross |
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English |
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Paperback |
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352 |
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2012-11-22 |
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1780890702 |
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Century |
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1.01 pounds |
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1.02 x 6.02 x 9.21 inches |
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3 christy kumar (Australia), Jade Matthews (USA: CA), Joanna (United Kingdom) |
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Paperback. Pub Date :2012-11-22 Pages: 352 Language: English Publisher: Century Its a snowy Christmas Eve. and Detective Alex Cross is at home celebrating with his family. Nana Mamas famous pecan pie is in the oven and the kids are hanging their favourite ornaments on the tree. Just as Alexs wife Bree emerges from the kitchen with a bowl of homemade eggnog. his phone rings with news that shatters the night: at a nearby home. a family has been taken hostage - and the situation is spiralling out of control fast. Alex rushes to the scene and confronts the unthinkable: a father is threatening to murder his own children and his ex-wife. Then just as the insanity peaks. a second horrific situation explodes - one that no one could have foreseen and that puts millions of people at risk. This is a red alert of the darkest kind. and Alex is forced to make a decision that could end as ...
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Marianne (Australia) (2013/12/15):
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross is the nineteenth book in the popular Alex Cross series by prolific American author, James Patterson. It actually consists of two separate stories linked only by their proximity to Christmas. On Christmas Eve, with a blizzard set to engulf Washington, Alex Cross is called, much to the dismay of his family, to a hostage situation. A once-prestigious heavily armed lawyer is holding his ex-wife, his children, his ex-wife’s new husband and a next-door neighbour hostage. Cross risks his own life by entering the house (twice) and eventually defusing the situation and disarming the drug-crazed offender, using background information about the lawyer, combined with his considerable negotiating skills and his psychological expertise. Then with just a few hours of sleep, he is called to Union Station, where Hala, a ruthless Saudi terrorist and cold-blooded killer (whom readers will remember from Kill Alex Cross) has been spotted using facial recognition technology. As they try to track Hala, Cross wonders if this is a diversion for something worse. There is plenty of action in this story: cyanide poisoning, grenades, booby traps, shootings, torture of children and sniffer dogs all feature. Lots of technology is used: iPads with G4 are commandeered from commuters; cell phone calls are monitored; Skype links to Saudi Arabia are instrumental. Cross partakes in something he would usually consider beneath his standards. And would Arab children being tortured speak English? Finally, Cross and John Sampson manage to foil the terrorist plot almost by accident and without actually knowing what it is. Cross spends quite a bit of time considering his job and its effects on his family. Fast-paced, short chapters, a quick read but not a patch on earlier Alex Cross novels.
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