Kill Alex Cross

By: James Patterson

Narrated by: Andre Braugher, Zach Grenier

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

The president's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark.

A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most devastating attack the United States has ever experienced.

As his window for solving both crimes narrows, Alex makes a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes - one that may alter the fate of the entire country.

Kill Alex Cross is faster, more exciting, and more tightly wound than any Alex Cross thriller James Patterson has ever written!

Solve another case with Alex Cross.

©2011 James Patterson (P)2011 Hachette

Disapointed

I like Alex Cross stories, but this one seem to be put together very fast - like he need to get one done by a certain date. If this is your first Alex Cross, don't use this as your benchmark. There are many good ones.

This book almost did kill Cross for me....

What did you like best about Kill Alex Cross? What did you like least?

I think James Patterson is Crossed out, the story was predictable and even though I have always enjoyed the Cross series, this last book was disappointing. Hope the next one is better.

Has Kill Alex Cross turned you off from other books in this genre?

No

Which scene was your favorite?

Already forgot

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No

First Alex Cross story I did not like.

I bought this because I loved Alex Cross stories but this one is a looser.

Meh...

Just ok. To me the story was lacking. I also didn't care for the performance aspects and sound effects either. Good narration would have been just fine.

I want the old Alex Cross back

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I keep hoping the Alex Cross of Along Came a Spider, Hide and Seek, and Cat and Mouse will someday return. If the plot could have been as unpredictable as those, this would have been a much better story.

What was most disappointing about James Patterson’s story?

Very predictable, no imagination

What does Andre Braugher and Zach Grenier bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The readers were very good and brought life to the different characters. This was the one highlight of the book.

What character would you cut from Kill Alex Cross?

Hallah (spelling?)

Any additional comments?

It's unfortunate that an author as talented as James Patterson appears to have fallen into the trap of having to pump out books just to have a sale. It takes away the magic of his excellent story telling in his much earlier books.

I didn't love this one...

What would have made Kill Alex Cross better?

I am a big James Patterson fan however, I have to say that this book lacked depth and the plot just wasn't there. It felt like a less successful repeat of an earlier book. Love Alex Cross -- Hated this book. Too simple, too boring, too much of nothing great.

What was most disappointing about James Patterson’s story?

There was nothing in this story that made me want to keep listening.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Did they get a new narrator? I miss the other one.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No

Disappointed

What disappointed you about Kill Alex Cross?

One of the narrators is better than the other . . . but the story just didn't seem to make up for the poor reading. It's always fun to have more than one plot going, but the blending of these multiple plots didn't seem to compliment one another.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

There were a few surprise twists to the plot, but basically predictable.

How could the performance have been better?

One of the narrators seemed to be inexperienced and read too fast.

Great book with a great story line & sound affects

Any additional comments?

This book was suspenseful and non-predicting. That is what I like about James Patterson books.

Bad, bad, bad

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Nobody would enjoy this story because it was badly written and disjointed. Not up to the usually entertaining Alex Cross stories.

Would you ever listen to anything by James Patterson again?

Doubtful. The quality of his novels (and the length of them) has been going downhill in the last few years.

Did Andre Braugher and Zach Grenier do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

They did an OK job but they are not the best narrators in the business.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Lots of disappointment. I wasted my time listening to this book. The two stories were uninteresting and did not blend. I'm also still wondering about the title. It did not bring anything important to the series, except maybe for the new addition to the family. A waste of good words!

Any additional comments?

Don't buy this book. Lots of MUCH BETTER books out there.

Definitely not the best

Would you try another book from James Patterson and/or Andre Braugher and Zach Grenier ?

I'm not so sure after listening to this one

What do you think your next listen will be?

Not James Patterson

What didn’t you like about Andre Braugher and Zach Grenier ’s performance?

I enjoyed Andre Braugher, but Zach Grenier was just awful; his supposed Arab accents were actually German. He mispronounced everything -- but then the material was so bad, it was just as well.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Anger at the cardboard cutout caricature stereotype terrorists, and extreme disappointment in the lack of plot development. I have been a James Patterson/Alex Cross fan from way back, but now I'm not so sure.