London Bridges (Alex Cross)

by James Patterson

2005

Status

Checked out

Publication

Vision (2005), Edition: Reissue, 416 pages

Description

Alex Cross joins forces with Scotland Yard and Interpol in pursuit of the Wolf and the Weasel.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Lolitabonita
I was kind of disapointed with this novel, especially since I'd read several of Patterson's newer books and had been impressed. However, I felt that the writing was a little bit simplistic and I didn't like the overuse of exclamation points. To me, any exclamation point that isn't in a quotation is
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excessive, though. I also thought the ending was little rushed, but had an overall good, satisfying ending. Not a bad quickie novel. I especially enjoyed the afterword in my paperback edition that had a small biography on Alex Cross and a synopsis of his previous novels and adventures.
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LibraryThing member AltoII
Not worth the minutes of my life I spent reading it.
LibraryThing member ct.bergeron
Alex Cross is back in his tenth and most explosive adventure yet.
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
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playgrounds: a town annihilated in an instant.

And so is the Wolf
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. The Wolf is the deadliest nemesis Cross has ever faced, and the fact that he is still at large is agonizing for him and his new bosses at the FBI.

And so is the Weasel
Major cities around the globe, including London, Paris, and New York, are threatened with total destruction. The Wolf has proven he can do it - the only question is who can stop him in time. Surveillance film of the blast reveals the presence of another of Alex Cross's most dangerous enemies, the ruthless assassin known as the Weasel. The thought of these two dark geniuses joining forces makes Alex's blood run cold.

Now are you scared?

World leaders have just four days to prevent an unimaginable cataclysm. In a matter of hours, Cross is catapulted into an international chase of astonishing danger. 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
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LibraryThing member bobp0303
Fast, although I read Cleopatra in the middle of it...
LibraryThing member hmskip
One hundred twenty something chapters of fast-paced, but uninteresting mayhem. If you just like the evil villain rocks the world genre, you may love it. For me, though, the one catastrophe after another plot got old in a hurry.
LibraryThing member delphimo
Even with all the violence and killing, I enjoy reading a Patterson novel. I am amazed at the wickedness of the villains. In this novel, two mean men: the Weasel and the Wolf, have teamed together in a run to control the world. Wolf is the mastermind and no one knows his true identity. Wolf asks
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for billions of dollars and release of certain political prisoners in return for not destroying four major world cities. Alex Cross is now working with the FBI and he travels the world in an attempt to stop these vile men. The action is fast paced, a characteristic of Patterson's novels. I have decided that I do not like the first person narrative of Alex Cross. I do not want to know all his personal thoughts and feelings.
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LibraryThing member TinyDancer11
As terrifying and real as the plot was, I was still dissatisfied with both this and the last Alex Cross books...
LibraryThing member SonicQuack
London Bridges sees the return of a previous nemesis, The Weasel, whilst continuing to hunt The Wolf from the previous Alex Cross novel. Cross is drawn in to a cat and mouse chase as the Wolf holds the world to ransom, causing havoc in the biggest cities with destruction and mayhem. It's a bold
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shift from the localised plots that Patterson usually offers. In fact, if the narrative style wasn't so readily identifiable then one could place the plot at the hands of a different author, one more aligned with global terror then the standard psychopath hunting genre. London Bridges is wildly brave and the pace ensures the brain is never really engaged, although Patterson still develops the personal affairs of the protagonist. Unfortunately the final confrontation is abysmally weak and disappointing which is unusual for this series. That aside, London Bridges delivers typical Alex Cross entertainment.
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LibraryThing member Brandie
I haven't read many Patterson books, but this one sucked me and I couldn't put it down.

It was really unrealistic in my opinion, and so unlikely. And if that ever did happen, I hope our FBI/CIA/etc would do more than what it seemed like here - but seriously, this book hit the spot for me.

Cross is
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dealing with not one, but two of his nemisises. I haven't read books with either of them before so I wasn't clear on the whole history but the book did a pretty good job of filling all of us in. (However, I did wonder had I read them all, would it start to feel redundant at some point? Not sure).

Anyway, I really enjoy ed it. Like I said, it hit just the spot and was the perfect read for me when I picked it up!
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LibraryThing member scoutlee
Having read all of the Alex Cross novels, I was excited to read London Bridges. When The Big Bad Wolf ended, I knew Mr. Patterson's next book had to pick up where this one ended. I immediately expected the next book to be his best one yet... it seemed that it had to be. For a year I waited for
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London Bridges and went out to buy it the first day it came out. Now after just finishing it, I truly have to say it wasn't his best. The ending was more like "that's it??? After all that, this is how it ends?" And I'm still not sure of the identity of the man Alex and Ned were chasing on the rooftop. Towards the end, I just got confused. However, I will say that I won't stop reading Mr. Patterson's books. He still remains one of my favorite authors. I'm waiting for his next women detectives novel to be published.
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LibraryThing member miyurose
Ah, the era when Patterson wrote all of his own books. This book is *so* many steps above the dreck he publishes now, yet still not the greatest. I think my problem with lies in the complexity of the evil plot. I didn’t really buy it in this context, perhaps because the book takes itself
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seriously. You could have this type of plot in an Ian Fleming or Clive Cussler novel, because it is delivered with a wink and a nod. Here, it’s meant as a 'this could really happen' scenario. There’s just too many pieces and plots for everything to be controlled by one man (or woman). That being said, I was still entertained, and it was nice to visit with Alex Cross again. I may avoid most of Patterson’s newer books, but I expect I won’t be able to avoid finishing this series.
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LibraryThing member debavp
As I stated with the previous book, whenever Patterson introduces a new protagonist for Cross you don't learn the true identity until 2 or more books later and now Patterson's added a previous villian to the mix in this latest Cross book.

This undermines all credibility of Cross' character. Of
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course this is fiction, but no one has that many evil maniacs getting away with murder and mayhem and then joining up together as a team to continue going after you with a vengeance. The first time, maybe, but again and again? No way.

I think it's very unfortunate as Cross is a great character otherwise and if more time were given to more realistic cases for him to solve it would make for much better read.
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LibraryThing member shellyb
As all Cross novels this was a "can't put down" book.
LibraryThing member skinglist
Journal entry 2 by SKingList from New York, New York USA on Monday, August 08, 2005

To be honest I was somewhat disappointed by this. I think Patterson tried to touch on too many issues in this one rather than address any one in depth. Left me wanting to know more and the end was very confusing. Oh
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well, still glad I read it.
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LibraryThing member deweys
The plot was a little far fetched, but it held your interest and the pacing was good. There was some nice twists along the way.
LibraryThing member Djupstrom
A book that has bombs, sex, a wolf, and a weasel!! What's not to love!!
LibraryThing member gopfolk
This is my first James Patterson book and I have to say the Alex Cross novel was pretty darn good. The story had a way to keep you interested with all the twist and turns. I will look forward to reading my next Patterson book.
LibraryThing member jeffsdfw
Same story, same plot, same Alex Cross book. Glad I read these books in order. The first Cross books were great. Then I started to notice I was reading the same book over and over and over and over......
LibraryThing member blush48
A mysterious terrorist known only as The Wolf blows up a small western town - just to show the Government that he has this ability. The Wolf then threatens to blow up multiple worldwide cities unless a ransom of a couple billion is paid. Alex Cross is part of the team trying to track down and stop
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The Wolf.

Side note: reading about The Wolf reminded me of the movie "Usual Suspects" with it's character Keyser Soze - - is he tall, short, old, young, male or female????
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LibraryThing member sjh4255
A decent read about Alex Cross as he travels the world looking for the Wolf.. some excitement especially in the beginning, but nothing over the top for the rest of the book.. part of a series, so without reading the previous books, feel like you are missing something..
LibraryThing member ggannell
The finish of this book is very poor
LibraryThing member HenriMoreaux
Well that escalated quickly; last book the Wolf was kidnapping women and selling them to perverts, this book he's holding America, France, England & Israel to ransom for 4 billion dollars with nuclear weapons. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's something about the plot that seems a
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little out of proportion to the former book.

That aside, the story whilst clearly absurd, was actually quite entertaining and structured in a manner that did have you guessing at what was going on and who was a good guy versus bad guy. The custody sub plot with Christine still lingers advancing slowly, Alex's love life continues in its car crash like manner with him seeming to flirt with purpose with his nan's doctor whilst still seeing Jam, but making no moves to reconcile the long distance relationship into something workable.

It's decent, more so than the last one and does tie up the Weasel & Wolf storylines, I also note Patterson can't work out how to describe Alex's porsche, in the earlier books when it was 8-14 years old it was described as his 'old black porsche' last book when it was presumably 15 years old it became his 'ancient porsche' now it's back to just being an old porsche. Maybe he washed it?
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LibraryThing member LARA335
The world is threatened, and Alex Cross races from New York, London, Monaco in pursuit of the villain. ‘The Wolf’ is a James Bond type villain, having decoys everywhere & always one step ahead. Nothing is known of this Russian defector save that he squeezes a ball (?) & something bad happened
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to him in Paris. So why isn’t Cross questioning the people who came up with this info and effected the defection? And, no, I don’t believe diplomats arrange this without seeing a face.

So, a silly plot, but fast-paced, and I am a fan of Patterson’s page-long chapters. You think you’ve done reading, see the next chapter is only a few paragraphs away, so find yourself reading just a little bit more...
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LibraryThing member jbemrose
Alex is once again after a russian supercriminal called the wolf and an assassin known as weasel. They joined forces to terror threats to the world leaders. Alex Joines forces with scotland yard and Interpol to hunt them down. This is one wild rided and full of suspence.
LibraryThing member christinejoseph
DI Alex Cross — novel
Wolf + Weasel — good

Minutes after soldiers evacuate a Nevada town, a bomb completely destroys it. On vacation, FBI agent Alex Cross gets the call: the blast was perpetrated by the Wolf. A supercriminal and Cross's deadliest nemesis, the Wolf threatens to obliterate major
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cities, including London, Paris, and New York. Then evidence reveals the involvement of a ruthless assassin known as the Weasel. Could these two dark geniuses be working together? Now with just four days to prevent an unimaginable cataclysm, Cross is catapulted into an international chase of astonishing danger --- and toward the explosive truth about the Wolf's identity, a revelation that Cross may not survive.
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2004

Physical description

416 p.; 4.25 inches

ISBN

0446613355 / 9780446613354

Barcode

1601402
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