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    I, Alex Cross

    Written by James Patterson

    Narrated by Tim Cain and Michael Cerveris

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateNov 16, 2009
    ISBN9781600247675
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    I, Alex Cross
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    James Patterson

    James Patterson is the CEO of J. Walter Thompson, an advertising agency in New York. He has written several successful fiction and nonfiction books, including The New York Times best seller The Day America Told the Truth.

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    • 2/5
      I keep coming back to these books because they are really quick to read and are more or less page-turners. This book in the Alex Cross series deals with yet another murderer, but also focuses on the health issues of Cross' grandmother. I think I enjoyed the family stuff more than the mystery. Without giving anything away, this was the type of mystery where the reader could not possible have an idea who the bad guy is until it is revealed. I suppose that is ok, but doesn't make for a memorable read.
    • 4/5
      I always enjoy a Patterson/Alex Cross book. This one did not dissapoint either, it was a quick read, good story and good ending!
    • 4/5
      Much better than the last few. A complex, gruesome, mystery. There was a lot of story concerning Nana Mamma, and she is definitely one of my favorite characters
    • 4/5
      I, Alex Cross was very good read but not the best Alex Cross novel. In the story there is serial killer and crazy rapist who goes by the name of Zeus. He is first noticed by Alex Cross when he finds out that his niece has been murdered and all that was left were chunks of her flesh and bone, later he finds out that the murder weapon was a wood chipper. In the end of the book they find out that Zeus is the presidents husband and when an agent leads him outside he shoots him in the head and then gets shot down himself. This book is perfect for readers who enjoy mystery ,and action/adventure due to the plot and story. But, I would not let anyone 11 or younger read this book due to content. Overall this book is a really good one as well as the previous books before it and I will continue to read this series to the very end.
    • 4/5
      This was a step in a better direction for me with this series. There were a few loose ends that could have been tied up better. And, I could have done without the last chapter in the epilogue--only purpose was to force a cliffhanger. But the meat of this story was what I expect from James Patterson and Alex Cross. The mystery was interesting and the twists and turns were mostly appropriate. I am glad I read this episode because I almost gave up on Alex. That would have made me very sad because I really do like him.
    • 3/5
      Alex Cross has just been notified that a distant family member has been murdered. As he looks into the details of the gruesome death, he finds connections to even more killings and mysterious disappearances. Soon the pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place and all signs seem to point to a killer within the White House. Alex Cross has faced his fair share of foes, but never has he gone against a killer who is as untouchable as this madman. Never one to give up, Alex Cross holds nothing back in his quest for justice.

      The thriller is written in short chapters, which I like, and the font is large enough to make reading enjoyable. The prose is clear, succinct, and paints a picture of full-blown evil and terror. A fast read.
    • 4/5
      A quick easy read. Just what you'd expect from James Patterson
    • 1/5
      I don't read James Patterson novels very often (aside from anything else, I have this ongoing nag about, y'know, who actually wrote them, despite the name on the cover; call me old-fashioned and stuffy if you will, but . . .). The text runs to 374 numbered pages; because of the shortness of the chapters (there are 117 of them), the section breaks, etc., the book probably runs to about 70,000 words at best; back in the day, this was the kind of crime novel that houses like Gollancz felt they were bumping out if they got it to make 224 pages.

      Alex Cross is now working for the Washington DC cops. He's called in when the remains of his niece are discovered -- "remains" in that her killer has reduced her to hamburger and buried her in a plastic bag. Oh yes, oh my. Alex eventually discovers -- in between being pulled off the case, being put back on it, coping with his gran having a stroke (this plot strand had me threatening more than once to throw the book at the wall), all that sorta stuff -- that the killer who's torture-murdering escort girls at a $100,000-a-night sex club is someone high-placed in the current US Administration.

      At this point the critical facilities tend to switch off: All dem background checks, designed (rightly) to pick up so much as a wide stance in an airport lav, haven't spotted there's a serial killer somewhere in the White House. (No: Patterson's point isn't that successive US prezzes have been mass-murderers on a scale Ted Bundy might envy. That coulda been a cute bit of political metaphor, but it's not what's going on here.) The revelation of the culprit is not so much a surprise as an insult; in his next novel I imagine that Patterson, having worked his culprits steadily higher and higher up the ladder of US politics and having nowhere else left to go, will finger God.


    • 2/5
      Definitely not the best Patterson or Alex Cross novel. Way too much time was spent on Cross' dying grandmother and not enough detective work was done solving the crime. This was a major serial killer and a super-high ranked bad guy who got shorted. The climax was too quick to build, thus most of the oomph was gone. If Patterson had concentrated more on the investigation and less on the grandmother, this could have been a great book. If you are a die-hard Patterson/Alex Cross fan, you may enjoy it, but Alex spent most of his time at the hospital -which came across more as filler than anything. Wonder if Patterson is running out of good story plots.
    • 4/5
      It's a good read with twisty plot and sub plot. Will Nanamoma live through the night? Will he catch the bad guy? This is also a story in balancing job and family...something we all have to do. It's more than just a murder mystery.
    • 2/5
      Not one of my favorite Alex Cross tales. The plot doesn't have any coherence.
    • 5/5
      On Alex Cross birthday he was informed that his estranged niece was brutally murdered. Plus other exscorts where missing. The killer may be connected with the white house. Alex's investigation is full of high cover ups. Plus Alex's grandmother is seriously ill in the hospital. Nana Mama was fighting to live.
    • 4/5
      I love me a good murder mystery. Throw in a lot of very kinky sex/murder. Good summer read.
    • 4/5
      This is possibly my favorite Cross novel in a long time. I think it has all of the elements that made the early installments so great. I've said it many times, but I'll say it again. Whenever Alex Cross has a believable personal stake in a case, the novel ends up being better than the others. I was kind of excited to hear the new Alex Cross movies would be named after this one. The story, apparently will be taken from Cross, another novel that got it right by using personal investment to showcase the human story instead of just mindless plotting. With this novel, it seems Patterson may have found his rhythm again.
    • 4/5
      On the night of his birthday, Alex Cross finds out that his niece has been murdered. Diving into the investigation, Alex finds himself in the middle of a much bigger case. This book has a great twist at the end. As always, I enjoyed this Alex Cross book.
    • 3/5
      I wasn't a big fan of this one. It was OK but it was such a let down after Cross Country which I just finished. The teaser about a beloved family member was a tease, although I was glad that it wasn't Nana. Fun to learn some tidbits about her and her history with Alex. I found it odd that he didn't bring Damon home earlier. Bree is growing on me and I'm glad Alex's girlfriends survive books these days. I'm very surprised about the time that Alex spent home and not at the hospital. That didn't gel well with his reverence of Nana Mama that we've seen through the previous books So Kyle. Why must you toy with us, JP? Interesting ending after the handling of the Zeuses. I'm still a little confused about how that story wrapped but a decent quick read.
    • 2/5
      Definitely not the best Patterson or Alex Cross novel. Way too much time was spent on Cross' dying grandmother and not enough detective work was done solving the crime. This was a major serial killer and a super-high ranked bad guy who got shorted. The climax was too quick to build, thus most of the oomph was gone. If Patterson had concentrated more on the investigation and less on the grandmother, this could have been a great book. If you are a die-hard Patterson/Alex Cross fan, you may enjoy it, but Alex spent most of his time at the hospital -which came across more as filler than anything. Wonder if Patterson is running out of good story plots.
    • 3/5
      James Patterson ranks as a favorite writer, for the simple fact that his books accelerate like a train and do not stop until the train reaches the end of the track. I have not read the whole series, but I know enough to enjoy the books I have read. This book follows the murder of escort ladies, and one of the dead is Alex's niece. Alex and other police departments, FBI, and other government agencies follow the trail of murdered and dismembered bodies. But murder and mayhem are not Alex's only problem. Beloved Nana winds up in the hospital two times with heart problems. Will Nana survive, and will the killer Zeus be caught? The book ends with a message from Kyle Craig alias the Mastermind. Patterson does not write in the psychological style of Elizabeth George, Patterson writes the graphic page-turning thriller.
    • 5/5
      To me, this was one of the best Alex Cross stories yet. It was a REAL page-turner with a real twist at the end. I thought I had it all figured out but, was completely wrong! I highly recomment it.
    • 3/5
      Typical extremely readable Alex Cross story of which one can ever get enough. There is a lot in this one about Alex's grandmother and I'm sorry she's already so old that she won't appear in too many new stories. The chapters are, as usual, short and very fast-paced. It has a good mystery and a great plot about the murder of Alex's niece, Caroline.
    • 5/5
      Another excellent Alex Cross novel. I have to say, I read quite a few books where the main character is continued throughout each novel (i.e. Kay Scarpetta, Temperance Brennan, Alan Gregory) but Alex continues to be my favorite. Excellent read!
    • 4/5
      When I picked up I, Alex Cross at the library, I was expected not to like it. I mean, for a while quite a lot of Patterson books were turkeys. I was very surprised on how good this actually was! Was it perfect? No, but it was darn close. The plot is that someone in the Cross family was murdered and it's up to Alex to find out who killed his family member. Along the way and deeper Alex gets into the case the more road blocks he runs into, including road blocks from the White House! As he's dealing with those road blocks he has to deal with his feelings with who was killed and what they were into that lead to her vicious and extremely violent and horrible death. He's looking for the killer, then will realize that soon the killer will be hunting him. While all of this is going on, Alex has to deal with a personal problem with someone he loves very much, and he can't afford to lose this person too. I don't want to say who it is and what Alex has to face because I don't want to spoil it for you. If you start I, Alex Cross, you won't be sorry. As I said, it was a pretty darn good read. I just had two problems with it. There wasn't any cat and mouse between Alex and the killer. None. For me, in the past, that was something that made the Cross books interesting. The other thing I didn't like how the killer was caught. It was kind of anti - Climatic, it really didn't fit for me. I did like how the book ended. Again, I don't want to say how it ended, but it was really good, and I can't wait for the next Cross book to come out. That's something I haven't said for a very, very, long time. Perhaps this was one of Patterson's better books because **he** wrote it. He didn't give outlines and notes to someone then that person wrote it, but Patterson did. I was glad to see that Patterson put his effort into it. I hope that the next Patterson book is the same. It was good to see Alex back, I hope we see him again soon, and he's the same Alex that we all know and love. I highly suggest I, Alex Cross.
    • 4/5
      This was the best Alex Cross book in quite a while. The plot kept thickening and I couldn't read or turn the pages fast enough with quite a surprise ending., Now we have to wait to see what comes next for Alex with the voice from the past.
    • 3/5
      Typical Alex Cross novel with nothing new except Nana almost dies. Bree & Alex get a little closer. Plot is almost forgettable. Main villian is Zeus & how close to the white-house he resides.
    • 4/5
      For some reason I have always shied away from the Alex Cross books despite numerous people assuring me that I would love them. I think part of my concern was having to go back and read the whole series (which I do not know why I felt I would have to do this) which seemed a daunting task . For some reason I decided that I would read I, Alex Cross and I am now hooked. I thoroughly enjoyed the characters, the storyline, and the writing. I have lots to catch up on.
    • 4/5
      Alex Cross is a well known detective, known for solving difficult cases, but when the phone rings at his birthday party, he finds himself in the midst of his wildest case ever. A case that involves the grisly murder (I'm glad they didn't give more detail than they did) of his estranged niece. The investigation is full of loops and twists and eventually leads him into the highest profile case he's ever had, with ties that see to go all the way to the White House.This is my first Alex Cross book, and I really enjoyed reading it. He is a fantastic character that many will be able to relate to. The death of his niece isn't the only tragedy he faces in this book, and the way he handles all the blows that come his way was very touching. He is the type of person I would want to have as a friend.The only complaint I have about the mystery solving itself was there were a couple "hand of God" moments. Things seemed to break in the case at just the right time without any action on Alex's part. This held true especially in the case of the ending, where all leads seemed to die out when miraculously something happened. Up until that point, the crime solving was done quite nicely...calling in old friends, dropping words in the ears of the right people, and good old fashioned foot work.There were a couple times the story dragged, and this coupled with the final clue, caused it to lose the 1/2 star. I would still recommend the story to anyone who enjoys a good mystery.3.5/5
    • 2/5
      I read this book in one Sunday. On that same day I also cleaned the house, did the laundry, went to the grocery store and took a long walk. In other words, the book is very short. (It's 300+ pages, but is printed in a rather large font, with lots of blank space between 2- or 3-page-long chapters.) Almost too short. I mean, shouldn't a novel take longer to read than a day??As much as I enjoy the Alex Cross series in general I have to rate this one low because I think Patterson has taken to churning his books out too fast to make them as good as they used to be.
    • 4/5
      I have always loved the Alex Cross character, and this latest book does not dissapoint. Detective Cross is celebrating his birthday when he receives a call that will shake him to the core, if that is not bad enough, his formidable and loveable Nana is suffering a serious health crisis.I loved the tease at the end of a former character possibly coming back to "play games" with Alex one more time. I don't think I can wait a whole year for the next installment in the series.
    • 4/5
      This was the best James Patterson book I've read in quite a while. He seems to have gone back to what works best for him - human interest in describing his grandmother's medical problems, romantic moments, and his always-good suspense. It made a winning combination!
    • 3/5
      Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Slex vows to hunt down her 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..