Pop Goes the Weasel - James Patterson

Pop Goes The Weasel is a novel from bestselling crimer thriller author James Patterson. It features Patterson's favoured character, Detective Alex Cross, and this time gives him a work-related decision that affects him at homes and at work. Patterson uses the story to showcase the emotional turmoil and baggage that is sometimes associated with the role Cross plays and how it can get in the way of true happiness. Alex Cross is developing his relationship with Christine, his son Damon's teacher, when a murder rocks the scene and causes his attentions to be divided. The murder is close to Cross' community and his loyalties are further divided when his boss tries ...  Read the complete review

I'm a big fan of James Patterson as an author and especially tose books which feature Wahington based homicide detective Alex Cross, Cross specialises in the hunting down of serial killers as he has the ability to get into their minds and see the things that motivate them using his knowlede of psychology, he often works with his close friend and fellow detective John Sampson. What I like about the early Patterson work is the fact that he really does get the reader involved in the lives of his main character and the impact his work has on his two young children who he has raised with the help of his mother after his wife died when the children were ...  Read the complete review

Pop Goes the Weasel is another popular crime thriller by James Patterson starring his famous detective Alex Cross. This book is next in line from 'Cat and Mouse' so it's best if you read that first. Basically, detective Alex Cross is needed in two places at once - but which will he choose? Firstly there are murders going on in a black community and Alex wants to deal with those but then some rich white guy gets bumped off and his boss wants him to give the case priority. We know all about the killer right from the outset in this book which is something you don't often find in crime thrillers. That said, you do find it in other James ...  Read the complete review

For those people who have read previous Alex Cross books, by James Patterson then this is a must read, it follows on from the cliffhanger end to 'Cat & Mouse' and takes you on another twisting, turning rollercoater ride with Alex Cross as he searches for his missing girlfriend. If you have not read an Alex Cross book yet then I suggest you begin with Along Came a Spider or Kiss The Girls (the one they made a movie of, with Morgan Freeman) and follow the character, if you start with Pop Goes the Weasel it would be like watching Return of the Jedi without seeing Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back. James Patterson does not write unnecessarily long books each ...  Read the complete review

After a foray into science-fiction thrillers with "When The Wind Blows" and a bit of golf in "Miracle On The 17th Green", with Peter De Jonge, James Patterson has returned to his home ground and back comes Alex Cross. Cross, DC Homicide detective, is searching for a man who is responsible for a trail of killings that seem unrelated and which Cross has been forbidden to investigate. His job and reputation are on the line, not to mention the lives of his family. Can he catch the weasel before the weasel wipes him out? When "Pop Goes The Weasel" started, I was impressed. It was fast and interesting. True, having another serial killer ...  Read the complete review