The Lake House - James Patterson

James Patterson is most famous for his detective crime thrillers starring Alex Cross but this book is something a bit different. It's still a detective crime thriller really but it's been well mixed with a dose of science fiction too. The result in my mind is an excellent original storyline that was only let down by the writing standard. The Lake House is all about six kids who start the story off at the centre of a unique custody battle. These kids aren't really brothers and sisters but they've raised as such because until now - they were a group of scientific experiments that their biological parents thought were dead. Their strange 'gifts' mean ...

This is a fantastic read. I couldn't put it down. The story is read in short chapters that keep you on the edge of yoru seat throughout. Story is based around Max. A young girl who escapes with her brother from "The School". Follow Max as she meets a young vet named Franny. Slowly but surely Max begins to trust Fran and slowly begins to unfold the story and the horror of what really happens at the school. Nightmare experiments on babies taken from their mothers, DNA experiments and much worse. Max is special.... and yes she really can ...