I’ve not given up on James Patterson though, as I have been told his Experiment novels are much better than this crime dramas. Simply churning out books for profit, rather than genuine storytelling. It seems to me that the strain of producing so many books a year is causing Mr. The insanely short chapters made me feel like I was reading a play rather than a novel. We barely get into the depth of the characters and there seem to be plot holes. This story is too cliché and predictable. And at the same time his wife loses her battle with a deadly disease, leaving him with all the children and a high-profile case. What busy detective is going to have ten adopted children!? How odd that the former first lady is murdered and at her funeral terrorists see this as an opportunity to strike. I found this book to be highly unbelievable.

For fans of Patterson, this is one you'll want to read, but I'd advise checking it out from the library before plunking down the cold hard cash to purchase it in hardcover. I'll read the next Bennett book when it comes out, mostly out of the hope that the secondary storyline will be as compelling as the main plot. And Seamus, the grandfather, could be any number of wise-cracking old codgers from one of today's sitcoms.

Mary Catherine could be nominated for the sainthood. No, the problem is that all of these characters, who could have made the story emotional and heartbreaking, seem to do nothing more than serve as filler.

It's not even Michael's grandfather, the crusty yet heart-of-gold Irish priest. It's not Maeve's seemingly long-lost cousin, Mary Catherine, who shows up out of the blue to serve as the couple's au pair. It isn't the fact that his wife, Maeve, is dying of cancer, or even that they have ten adopted children. What weighed the story down, at least for me, was that fact that Michael Bennett wasn't a character I could easily relate to. Patrick's church and its funeral-attending creme de la creme of society, was an intriguing storyline. I have to say that the actual meat of the story, the hijacking of St. A former hostage negotiator, Bennett finds himself once again dealing with psychopaths when the celebrities attending former First Lady Caroline Hopkins' funeral are held hostage. James Patterson introduces us to a new character with STEP ON A CRACK, NYPD Homicide Detective Michael Bennett.

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