Sample

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

London Bridges

By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter J. Fernandez, Denis O'Hare
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $19.49

Buy for $19.49

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

In broad desert daylight, a mysterious platoon of soldiers evacuates the entire population of Sunrise Valley, Nevada. Minutes later, a huge bomb detonates a hundred feet above the ground and lays waste to homes, cars, and playgrounds: a town annihilated in an instant.

Alex Cross is on vacation in San Francisco with his girlfriend, Jamilla Hughes, when he gets the call. The Russian supercriminal known as the Wolf claims responsibility for the blast.

Major cities around the globe are threatened with total destruction. The Wolf has proven he can do it; the only question is, can anyone stop him in time? Surveillance film of the blast reveals the presence of another of Alex Cross' most dangerous enemies, the ruthless assassin known as the Weasel.

World leaders have just four days to prevent an unimaginable cataclysm. Joining forces with Scotland Yard and Interpol, Alex fights his way through a torrent of false leads, impersonators, and foreign agents before he gets close to the heart of the crimes. Racing down the hairpin turns of the Riviera in the most unforgettable finale James Patterson has ever written, Alex Cross confronts the truth of the Wolf's identity, a revelation that even Cross himself may be unable to survive.

©2004 James Patterson (P)2004 Time Warner AudioBooks

Featured Article: The top 100 series of all time


The feeling of discovering that your favorite new listen is actually the start of a series is euphoric. That you can immediately hit play and re-enter a beloved new world, or love story, or era from history is a gift to the devoted listener. But how to pick just 100 of these unique and immersive listening journeys? We defined a series as having a minimum of three books, and—after some debate—we decided the titles had to be anchored in fiction. From YA to horror to historical fiction, from fresh voices to seminal tales, hours of discovery await.

What listeners say about London Bridges

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1,027
  • 4 Stars
    424
  • 3 Stars
    243
  • 2 Stars
    82
  • 1 Stars
    68
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    875
  • 4 Stars
    241
  • 3 Stars
    79
  • 2 Stars
    17
  • 1 Stars
    18
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    811
  • 4 Stars
    259
  • 3 Stars
    114
  • 2 Stars
    33
  • 1 Stars
    22

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great Read

The performance in this book was great! The reader went all out with sound effects and did great voices! Made it like watching a movie! Great job!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Good story despite chapter changes

We really liked the story on our road trip. We are enjoying the Alex Cross series. The odd chapter transitions and sound effects were an unnecessary distraction which is why I gave four stars for performance.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

A sheep in Wolf's clothing.

I have listened to other Alex Cross books, and this one is a bit of a stretch. In this book, there are revelations made by the police Feds, CIA, etc.), that suddenly add characters without explaining where information came from. There are characters added right at the end of the story. It was hard to keep the interest in what could have been a strong plot line.
While the readers did a generally good job, there were very annoying sound effects with every chapter. All in all, not one of the better Cross efforts.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

Exciting and predictable

Well read which helped a lot. Patterson is running out of steam. Time to get a new hero or something. Not up to his previous thrillers.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

London Bridges

The Wolf at the door, again. The spinning of a tale. The spinning of the listener. So well done. Thoroughly engrossing. Many surprises. Very enjoyable.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Great but not the best.

This story is set as a follow up to the Big. Bad Wolf but the connection takes half ghe book to get to. Main character Alex Cross is more of a side note struggling with life/work balance and several at risk relationships. Suggest an intro that takes us from the end of the last book to present day book.

Some weird audio with footsteps between chapters.

If it’s any consolation, I finished this in a single night.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

The music

Please stop with the music. It takes and distracts from the actual story. The narrator and plot line speak for themselves

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

London Bridges gets woofed down

I'm an avid James Patterson reader and I loved the book. I couldn't wait until the next chapter to "hear" what was going to happen next. It had my attention the entire time and the Wolf is a real , badboy , that kept me riveted to his exploits and the absolute ineptitiude of the FBI and police. Alex Cross is a great character to revolve a story about and his family .
The sounds made the book more interesting than other books that are read like a funeral dirge. Don't even listen to the negative comments because if you like this series and characters , you will like this book.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

Anti-climatic ending for the Wolf....

...because endings to other characters within in this book and "The Big Bad Wolf" were much more exciting. Come on! All of this excitement surrounding the guy and an elaborate takedown for the dude that got his face changed, and then it was very short and unexciting for the true wolf to go down. Same with the Weasel. Thought both of their endings could have been a little more dramatic.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

great book

loved it. keep me interested to the very end. loved the music in the background too

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!