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Cat and Mouse

By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Jeff Harding, Raj Ghatak
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About this listen

 Just as Alex Cross is beginning to feel that life is good and he is finally coming out of the depression he's been in since the death of his wife, he is called to Union Station train terminal - a man is on the loose, firing at random into the swarming crowds of travellers. Psychopath Gary Soneji seems determined to go down in a blaze of glory, and he wants Alex Cross to be there. Will this be the final showdown.

(P)2015 Headline Digital©1997 James Patterson African American Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedurals Heartfelt

Critic reviews

Ticks like a time bomb - full of threat and terror
Brilliantly terrifying...so exciting I had to stay up all night to finish it
'If there really were human superheroes, Alex Cross would be at the head of the class...and, with each instalment in the series, Patterson makes sure his superhero gets bigger and better while at the same time becomming more vulnerable.'
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The story is as usual well paced with no long descriptive pages and a good mix of the crimes interspersed with the personal life of Alex Cross. I wasn't keen on the narration in this and was a bit confused that Soneji is now pronounced differently to the earlier books - every time I heard his name it irritated me! It is worth getting through it though and has not put me off buying the next, I just wish we could keep the same Alex Cross narrating all of the books.

My least favourite narrator so far

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Once again the story was very good, but the different narrator spoilt it very slightly

Slightly disappointed

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Another book keeping you on your toes to the very end, great listening as always.

Another good book in this series

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Loved this story, but didn't like the new voice of alix, didn't sound right, unbelievable.

Brilliant

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I'm not sure what the presence of Alex cross has on the story, or how he "solved" anything...he has no impact of the story tbh. left puzzled as to the point of not using a character.

but was ready to listen to very forgetable

easy to listen but not much happening

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