I, Alex Cross
February 1st, 2010 | 
- ISBN13: 9780316018784
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
You can’t run
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington’s wildest scenes. And she was not this killer’s only victim.
You can’t hide
The hunt for her murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Alex and Bree are soon facing down some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain–they will do anything to keep their secrets safe.
Alex Cross is your only hope to stay alive
As Alex closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable–a revelation that could rock the entire world. With the unstoppable action, unforeseeable twists, and edge-of-your-seat suspense that only a James Patterson thriller delivers, I, Alex Cross is the master of suspense at his sharpest and best.Amazon.com Review
James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell: Author One-on-One
In this Amazon exclusive, we brought together blockbuster authors James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell and asked them to interview each other. Find out what two of the top authors of their genres have to say about their characters, writing process, and more.
Patricia Cornwell is the former Director of Applied Forensic Science at the National Forensic Academy, and a member of the Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital’s National Council, where she is an advocate for psychiatric research. She is the author of sixteen previous Kay Scarpetta mysteries, five non-Scarpetta novels (including At Risk), and Portrait of a Killer. Read on to see Patricia Cornwell’s questions for James Patterson, or turn the tables to see what Patterson asked Cornwell.
Cornwell: James, your questions were so good, I’m going to ask you similar ones. Let’s start with why you write? Do you love it or love having done it? What motivates you?
Patterson: I truly love writing. I sometimes think about my grandfather when I reflect on this. When I was a boy, I lived in a town on the Hudson River. During the summers, my grandfather would take me once a week on his frozen food and ice cream delivery route. We’d be up at four in the morning packing up the truck, and by five we’d be on our way. Driving a delivery truck isn’t the most glamorous job in the world, but every morning, my grandfather would drive over the Storm King Mountain toward West Point, and he’d be singing at the top of his voice. And he told me this: “Jim,” he said, “when you grow up, I don’t care if you’re a truck driver or a famous surgeon—just remember that when you go over the mountain to work in the morning, you’ve got to be singing.” Writing stories keeps me singing. Writing to me isn’t work, and I like that a ton.
Cornwell: What is your routine when you’re facing your next novel? What is the process like for you, and what is your favorite part of it? Least favorite?
Patterson: I like to have a lot of ideas in the air at one time. I’ve got around 20 manuscripts sitting in my office right now, in some degree of completion. It’s a lot of material, a lot of stories. My least favorite part? Hmm. Maybe sharpening pencils? Actually, I’ve always kind of liked sharpening pencils. I don’t mean to seem too over the top about this, but I really wouldn’t change any of it.
Cornwell: What do you and Alex Cross have in common? How are you different?
Patterson: We’re both family-oriented guys. I think it’s a real treat to be able to get along with your wife every day, which I do; my wife and I really have trouble being apart for very long. And I think readers will agree Alex is generally doing better in the romance department. One difference between us would be that I’m much more content to sit around and write. I think Alex would get a little bored on a “ride-along” with me.
Cornwell: What inspired you to create Alex Cross?
Patterson: Hardly anyone knows it but when I started the first Alex Cross novel, Alex was a woman named Alexis. After 100 pages or so, I changed the character to Alex. When I was a kid growing up, my grandparents had a small restaurant and the cook was an African-American woman who eventually moved into our house. All through my growing up period I spent a lot of time with this woman’s family. They were funny, wise, the food was great, so was the music, and the family is at least part of the inspiration for the Crosses.
Cornwell: What’s the one thing a reader has said that you’ve never forgotten and perhaps found startling?
Patterson: I’m sure you’ve had this, too, Patricia, but the one comment that gets me every time is hearing people say my books have them reading again. I know sometimes you and I get some heat for being as popular as we are, and are saddled with that old equation that says if you’re a bestseller, you must be lowbrow. But I frankly don’t think there’s anything more meaningful than hearing that I’ve turned a person back into a reader (or in the case of younger readers, got them started).
Cornwell: How about you? You’re the one with all the movies! Good experience or not?
Patterson: Sounds like we’re on the same page there, Patricia. I definitely feel like some past projects didn’t quite live up to their potential. And I likewise have hopes for a couple of movies in the works: the third Alex Cross movie, and the very first Maximum Ride movie, which has Avi Arad (producer of Spider Man), Catherine Hardwicke (director of Twilight), and Don Payne (writer for The Simpsons) on board. There’s also a very promising TV series based on a new book I’ve written that’s being developed with CBS and Imagine.
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and her work is so simplistically written and the characters are like sit-com actors from the eighties, that even if they are plot driven, which I like, they are generally dissatisfying.
Sometimes I wonder if these authors are not really real people and that they are really just some crew who rewrite the same formulas over and over.
Rating: 3 / 5
Whether or not this is a good book and some certainly like it — I would not buy this or any e-book from the Kindle store, because of DRM — Digital Restrictions Management technology prevent users freedoms, DRM restricts fair use. Recall the PR nightmare Amazon had earlier this year (in 2009) over the massive, remote automatic deletion of George Orwell 1984 books — well because of DRM they can technically do this any time they want. Under public pressure they might not risk doing so again not wanting their reputation harmed but they have the technical capability thanks to the Kindle DRM. So don’t buy Kindle devices or Kindle books.
Rating: 1 / 5
Your star rating for this book will depend on your motivation for reading it. It is a 5-star book if your only concern is entertainment value. The chapters are short and the font is large making it a quick read. The story moves along quickly and the plot is intriguing although not very complicated. Like the evening news, Patterson uses sex, power, gore,and politics to hook the reader. You will not be disappointed if you prefer a happy ending. If you are looking for a substantive murder mystery, you will rate this book a lot lower. There is no path of clues to follow in figuring out “whodunit.” Again, the plot is not very intricate…no twist or turns to speak of…just veg out and read along.
Rating: 2 / 5
it was an ok book. someparts i had a little trouble piecing together. ok now to questions. question 1: when you write a book review how do you write your name as a reviewer? question 2: how does creating a blog where people who visit or subscribe can vote on a subject of the week to talk about? thats my idea of a blog im thinking of creating. plz answer these questions when you write your review id appreciate it.
Rating: 3 / 5
Unfortunately, i have never received this book and I am geting no help in resolving this. Very disappointed in Amazon
Rating: 1 / 5