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Cross Country

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Cross Country

By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Dion Graham, Peter J Fernandez
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The fourteenth book in the bestselling Alex Cross series

A killer’s trail leads Detective Alex Cross to Africa – and a whole new world of danger.

Called in to investigate a massacre in Washington D.C., Alex Cross is shocked to discover an old friend among the victims. Furious and devastated, he sets out to get justice.

The lethal D.C. underworld leads him to the Niger Delta, where the heroin and slave trades are rife, and to the terrifying, psychopathic perpetrator of the massacre: the Tiger.

But nothing is what it seems, and as Cross travels deeper into this dangerous world of corruption and conspiracy, his own survival is on the line…

 Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Exciting Scary Heartfelt Africa

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Critic reviews

[Cross Country] opens with one of the most chilling murder scenes I've read in a long time ... High-octane stuff (DAILY EXPRESS)
It was absolutely fantastic ... Cross Country has an amazing sense of speed, there's a really brilliant tension in the plot ... You're just completely engrossed in it from start to finish ... The story is unrelentingly exciting (THE SIMON MAYO SHOW, BBC Radio 5 Live)
Heart-stopping, speed-charged, and electrifying, Cross Country is a stunning thriller from "the man who can't miss. (TIME)
It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer: his uncanny skill in creating living, breathing characters we truly feel for and seamless, lightning-fast plots. I do this for a living, and he still manages to keep me guessing from the first to last page ... Simply put: Nobody does it better. (JEFFERY DEAVER)
Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn't forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it (LEE CHILD, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series)
James Patterson is The Boss. End of. (IAN RANKIN, bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus series)
I wrote, "Along Came a Spider is the best thriller I've come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season's no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name." A household name, indeed. (NELSON DEMILLE)
Every once in a while a writer comes along and fundamentally changes the way people read. He or she is so bright, so innovative, so industrious that what they envision and create becomes the measure by which all others are judged. In 1993 one such writer - James Patterson - began to do just that ... James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged. (STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone series)
[Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages. (DOUGLAS PRESTON and LINCOLN CHILD)
Alex Cross is a legend. (HARLAN COBEN)
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Dr Alex Cross has gone international. Why? Maybe even James Patterson has realised the limits of his imagination in horrendous doings in American-bred ne'er-do'wells. Suddenly Dr Cross is in every African trouble spot of the past decade... cynical, moi? All I shall say is if I was a travel agent for African tours - I'd think about a new career. Few troubling items - First big massacre - it's in a Washington upmarket neighbourhood - lots of gunshots, screams, hoots of pure blood lust and yet no-one reported a thing??? Are you serious? Nosy neighbours (who are conveniently deaf for that night??? )turn up in their dressing gowns once the police assemble.

Second, when Dr Cross goes to Africa, he becomes a punching bag for every anti-American who roams the continent... why? How much can one body survive? Why is he even there? is this even likely?

Third, how easy he is - slutty Dr Cross. Loves Bree but without a second's thought, he's willing to spend the night with the woman journalist in Africa.

Fourth, Why wasn't a witch doctor thrown into the mix. We had everything else... corrupt customs officials, violent and corrupt police officers, an evil priest and even a conniving crocodile. Why not a witch doctor?

Fifth, who were the kidnappers at the end of his trip, when he's just minutes from his Washington home? CIA? UNICEF? Girl Guides Cookie Marketers? Who knows? I do know that I couldn't bear the tension in case Nana Cross (who must be about 110 by now) and all the junior Crosses had been killed off. Phew.... Once again, and surely against all odds, the Cross family survived more than any ordinary family should and got to enjoy homemade cookies.
Sixth, Given how hard it is to enter the US, how is it a gang of bad high-on-narcotic teen bandits from Nigeria can enter and move about at will, commit mayhem, leave and return easily??? Does no one check their hotel? Their purpose of visit?

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A fantastic book in the series,i have read all previous 17 books and i think this is another great read the auther has really bought together modern day terrorist issues into the book gripping at times and great characters and a fantastic narator reading the book definatly a 10 out of 10 book and would highly reccomend it cant wait for the the next read.

great read

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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Well spent, yes - passes time doing long drives

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I feel in the last few books, Alex's family take a backseat - when abroad, he hardly contacts them! Don't like the fact he nearly cheats on Bree - I don't think Alex as a character would do that?

What about Peter J Fernandez and Dion Graham ’s performance did you like?

The Nigerian voices

Was Cross Country worth the listening time?

Yes - it is a compelling story - though I was disappointed with the end

Any additional comments?

Enjoyable - but not one of his best. It was good as it was so different - set in Africa - and harrowing at start when Alex first arrives. Loses something halfway through though......a few too many kidnaps!! Seems so unreal the 3rd time he is kidnapped (as if he would be with all the police watching his house?!)

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a great listen, whittles away the hours and a must for the Alex Cross lover.

great listen

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Like the different as no serial killer as such. The story was page turned chapters. But the 150 chapters... Why?

The story is a good idea as the coutries in Africa or another, in the 70a were dangerous places to be in.

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