In POP GOES THE WEASEL, James Patterson has created a formidable villain every reader will see in the shadows when the lights are out, a tender love story, a plot powered by relentless suspense and psychological thrills kicked up to an all-time high.
'It's all just a game, darling. I play with three other men. Their names are FAMINE, WAR and CONQUEROR. My name is DEATH. You're a very lucky girl - I'm the best player of all.'
Geoffrey Shafter: a man who never loses, he is prepared to play the game of games for the highest stakes of all.
Alex Cross: senior Washington, DC homicide detective, he is determined, whatever the consequences, to unmask the man he has nicknamed the weasel, the prime suspect for a spate of killings that Cross has been forbidden to investigate.
ISBN: | 9780755349333 |
Publication date: | 15th October 2009 |
Author: | James Patterson |
Publisher: | Headline an imprint of Headline Publishing Group |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 491 pages |
Series: | Alex Cross Novels |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Psychological thriller Crime and mystery: police procedural Thriller and Suspense Crime and Mystery Family Drama |