Product ReviewsAlex Cross Ser.: Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson (2000, Mass Market, Reprint)

Difficult to put down!

Love all James Patterson books. This is another exciting, action packed Alex Cross story.

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Pop Goes the Weasel by James Patterson (2000)

After a flight in fantasy with When the Wind Blows (1998), Patterson goes to ground with another slash-and-squirm psychokiller page-turner, this one dedicated to "the millions of Alex Cross readers, who so frequently ask, can't you write faster?" By day, Geoffrey Shafer is a charming, 42-year-old British Embassy paper-pusher with a picture-perfect family and a shady pastas an MI-6 secret agent. Come sundown, he swallows a pharmacy of psychoactive pills, gulps three black coffees loaded with sugar, and roams the streets of Washington, D.C., in a battered cab, where, disguised as a black man, he rolls dice to determine which among his black female fares he'll murder. Afterwards he dumps his naked victims in crime-infested back alleys of black-slum neighborhoods, then sends e-mails boasting of his accomplishments to three other former MI-6 agents involved in a hellish Internet role-playing game. "I sensed I was at the start of another homicide mess," sighs forensic-psychologist turned homicide-detective Alex Cross. Cross yearns to catch the "Jane Doe murderer" but is thwarted by Det. Chief George Pittman, who assigns sexy Det. Patsy Hampton to investigate Cross and come up with a reason for dismissing him. Meanwhile, Cross's fiancee is kidnaped during a Bermuda vacation, and ah anonymous e-mail warns him to back off. He doesn't, of course, and just when it appears that Patterson is sleep-walking through his story, Cross nabs Shafer minutes after Shafer kills Det. Hampton. During the subsequent high-visibility trail, Shafer manages to make the jury believe that he's innocent and that Cross was trying to frame him. When all seems lost, a sympathetic British intelligence chief offers to help Cross bring down Shafer, and the other homicidal game-players, during a showdown on the breezy beaches of Jamaica. Kinky mayhem, a cartoonish villain, regular glimpses of the kindly Cross caring for his loved ones, and an ending that spells a sequel: Patterson's fans couldn't ask for moreRead full review...

Couldn't put it down

Love this series. Currently working my way through from the first book in the Alex Cross group.

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Alex Cross series

Enjoy the Alex Cross series by James Patterson. About 1/2 way thru the series and have enjoyed each book so far.

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Pop Goes the Weasel

James Patterson is one of my favorite authors, I have read all of his books, And my only complaint is that he doesnt write fast enough, I need at least one new book every week :O)
I wont divulge any plots of the book because if you are like me you dont wont to know the plots until you reach them in the book.
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good

love his writing

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Patterson is awesome.

Pop Goes the Weasel is one in a series of suspenseful and thrilling stories involving Homicide Detective Alex Cross. It is a book that once you start reading you will not be able to put down. The book is quite graphic at times discribing crime scenes and the actions of some of the characters. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who like to read thrillers. It may also be helpful to read the series in order if possible.Read full review...

Great value

Haven't read yet Thank you

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James Patterson is a good read

Good price for a hard to find item

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Thanks

Thanks

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