Book Review: Hope To Die by James Patterson

Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family – his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children--have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves?

Hardcover, 374 pages

Published November 6th 2014 by Century

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                    MY REVIEW:

Hope to Die by James Patterson

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Alex's family is in peril again and Alex has to do whatever he can to save them. He is threatened or his family will return to him one by one, dead. What can he do but follow along with whatever he can. I would think by now he would just take his family and flee under new identities but he wouldn't be Alex Cross if he did that. He is sworn to take down the bad guys and get them off the streets.

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Book Review: Wicked Prey by John Sandford

Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home, in the superlative new thriller by the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author. 
For twenty years, John Sandford's novels have been beloved for their "ingenious plots, vivid characters, crisp dialogue and endless surprises" ("The Washington Post"), and nowhere are those more in evidence than in the sudden twists and shocks of "Wicked Prey." 
The Republicans are coming to St. Paul for their convention. Throwing a big party is supposed to be fun, but crashing the party are a few hard cases the police would rather stayed away. Chief among them is a crew of professional stickup men who've spotted several lucrative opportunities, ranging from political moneymen with briefcases full of cash to that armored-car warehouse with the weakness in its security system. All that's headache enough for Lucas Davenport-but what's about to hit him is even worse. 
A while back, a stray bullet put a pimp and petty thief named Randy Whitcomb in a wheelchair, and, ever since, the man has been nursing his grudge into a full head of psychotic steam. He blames Davenport for the bullet, but it's no fun just shooting him. That wouldn't be painful enough. Not when Davenport has a pretty fourteen-year-old adopted daughter that Whitcomb can target instead. . . . 
And then there's the young man with the .50 caliber sniper rifle and the right- wing-crazy background, roaming through a city filled with the most powerful politicians on earth. . . . 


                                      MY REVIEW:

Wicked Prey by John Sandford
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The 19th book of this series. It had been a few years since I read the other books of the series and once I started reading I remembered more and more about Lucas Davenport.There is a Republican Convention going on and they are being targeted by thieves. These thieves do not care if they have to kill and who they have to kill to get their marks. Meanwhile Lucas has another person to contend with. Randy is a a pimp and in a wheelchair because of a bullet that he blames Lucas for. He is out for revenge and sees Luca's soon to be adopted daughter as revenge.
Letty is 15 and to be adopted by Lucas but seems to have a head full of no fear and out to protect her family, no matter what. She keeps secrets and lies to do what she needs to. She also works at Channel 3 news station and uses that for cover. I really liked her but was worried for her safety. Can't wait to read the next book to see what kind of trouble she will stir up next.


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The Nowhere Child by Christian White Review

Kimberly Leamy is a photography teacher in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-six years earlier, Sammy Went, a two-year old girl vanished from her home in Manson, Kentucky. An American accountant who contacts Kim is convinced she was that child, kidnapped just after her birthday. She cannot believe the woman who raised her, a loving social worker who died of cancer four years ago, crossed international lines to steal a toddler.

On April 3rd, 1990, Jack and Molly Went’s daughter Sammy disappeared from the inside their Kentucky home. Already estranged since the girl’s birth, the couple drifted further apart as time passed. Jack did his best to raise and protect his other daughter and son while Molly found solace in her faith. The Church of the Light Within, a Pentecostal fundamentalist group who handle poisonous snakes as part of their worship, provided that faith. Without Sammy, the Wents eventually fell apart.

Now, with proof that she and Sammy are in fact the same person, Kim travels to America to reunite with a family she never knew she had. And to solve the mystery of her abduction—a mystery that will take her deep into the dark heart of religious fanaticism where she must fight for her life against those determined to save her soul…

My Thoughts:

The Nowhere Child by Christian  White

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow, what can I say. This is a debut thriller from this author. I could not put it down. A 2 year old child goes missing, 26 years ago. Kim lives in Australia as a photographer. She has a sister and a step dad she loves with all her heart. Her mom died of cancer 4 years ago. Stuart Went contacts her and says I believe you are my sister, Sammy, who went missing 26 years ago. Kim can not believe that the mother who raised her was a kidnapper. So Kim travels to Kentucky to meet the family of Sammy,
You will read what happened then and what is happening now all throughout the book. Each chapter changes so you get to know the Went family 26 years ago and you get to know Kim's family now and her meeting the Went family. As you keep reading things fall into place but I still was a little surprised at the end. I am so glad that I read this book and will look forward to this author's other books.
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