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    Jack & Jill

    Written by James Patterson

    Narrated by Maxwell Hamilton and Ron Butler

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    In the middle of the night, a controversial U.S. senator is found murdered in bed in his Georgetown pied-a-terre. The police turn up only one clue: a mysterious rhyme signed "Jack and Jill" promising that this is just the beginning. Jack and Jill are out to get the rich and famous, and they will stop at nothing until their fiendish plan is carried out.

    Meanwhile, Washington, D. C., homicide detective Alex Cross is called to a murder scene only blocks from his house, far from the corridors of power where he spends his days. The victim: a beautiful little girl, savagely beaten--and desposited in front of the elementary school Cross's son, Damon, attends.

    Could there be a connection between the two murders? As Cross tries to put the pieces together, the killer- or killers - strike again. And again. No one in Washington is safe - not children, not politicians, not even the President of the United States. Only Alex Cross has the skills and the courage to crack the case-but will he discover the truth in time?

    A relentless roller coaster of heart-pounding suspense and jolting plot twists, Jack and Jill proves that no one can write a more compelling thriller than James Patterson-the master of the nonstop nightmare.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateNov 13, 2006
    ISBN9781594836053
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    Jack & Jill
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    James Patterson

    James Patterson is the CEO of J. Walter Thompson, an advertising agency in New York. He has written several successful fiction and nonfiction books, including The New York Times best seller The Day America Told the Truth.

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    • 2/5
      This book was okay. I had rather Patterson stuck with the D.C. case and not bothered to bring in the story of Truth School Killings. At first I was waiting for him to tie the two cases together but soon realized that was not going to happen. It's like trying to read two books at once with one of them not completed.
    • 4/5
      another great Alex Cross mystery with a political thriller twist. Loved it.
    • 5/5
      Wow, spannend bis zur letzten Seite. Immer wieder kommt eine unerwartete Wendung zu stande. Diesmal wird Alex Cross echt herausgefordert. 2 Fronten zur gleichen Zeit und wenn man denkt es geht nicht mehr, kommt es doch noch zu einer neuen Wendung. Ich kann dieses Buch nur Menschen mit guten Nerven empfehlen, denn es fordert schon den Leser einiges ab, wenn man es sich wirklich bildlich versucht vorzustellen.
    • 3/5
      My first James Patterson / Alex Cross novel. First, I was put off by the child murder scene but I kept reading. The 2 crime investigations don't really connect and I'm not sure how Alex Cross is so famous to be pulled into the Jack and Jill investigation. But the author pulls it together, and it keeps you reading, especially towards the end. The child murderer is competing against the reporting by the media covering both cases. I think this is a very current topic, and does connect both storylines after all. Also, the motivation behind the Jack and Jill killings is pretty much current affairs or rather timeless in US history...
    • 4/5
      I thoroughly enjoy reading about Doctor Detective Alex Cross. James Patterson certainly does not shy away from the gruesome details which is what really makes this a great, shocking mystery. A murderous duo, who've dubbed themselves Jack and Jill have come to Washington to kill, kill, kill. At the same time, there is an elusive and brutal killing of a young girl In Alex Cross' neck of the woods, and yet all of the attention is focused on the celebrity killings of Jack and Jill, and that certainly doesn't sit will with the newly dubbed Truth School killer. So Alex serves double duty in this installment which follows two cases (which claim to be connected but really aren't which makes the book a tad disjointed). This book does inspire some real fear because it occasionally alternated POVs to the multiple killers and Alex Cross. I don't read too many of these thriller types, but the idea of seeing things from a psychopath's point of few is something that Patterson does well.
    • 4/5
      Although not as good as the previous Alex Cross novels, I constantly admire James Patterson's ability to invent new serial killer scenarios and make my reading enjoyable.
    • 4/5
      I'm not sure this book was as good as the first two Alex Cross novels. Two serial killers at once? And I thought it was implied that they had something to do with each other. The ending was forseeable, and thus disappointing.
    • 3/5
      I really like the Alex Cross series and find the books fast-paced, page-turning thrillers.Back Cover Blurb:A pair of ice-cold killers have been picking off Washington's rich and famous with chilling professional efficiency. As the nation awaits the identity of the next celebrity victim, Alex Cross takes over the high-profile investigation. With his proven ability to get inside the minds of the most deranged killers, he has the skills and the courage to crack the case - but will he discover the truth before 'Jack and Jill' set their sights on Washington's ultimate celebrity target?
    • 4/5
      Patterson throws caution to the wind in the third Alex Cross novel. This time Alex finds himself investigating another pair of killers, although this time they have very different agendas. One is killing on Alex's home turf, the other a political killer. Alex must divide his time, weighing his heart against reason in a tight and fast moving thriller. Patterson delivers the goods, creating a twisting tale in which he makes some courageous calls in which direction to take the story. Shocking and fun.
    • 4/5
      This is a typical James Patterson thriller, with twists and turns all the way. On the one hand, he is trying to stop a pair of celebrity-stalker killers whose ultimate target is the President of the United States, and alongside that he is trying to solve the murderer of small children in his neighbourhood.This book is a rollercoaster ride, flicking between the two cases, and is a good entertaining read.
    • 1/5
      I don't care much for James Patterson's books, and I wouldn't read him at all, but I was given quite a few of his novels, and I'm making my way through them. This was one of the more distasteful Alex Cross stories for me.
      First, and foremost, Alex Cross is one of THE most boring and unrealistic detectives in fiction I've read, and I've read lots of detective fiction. He and his buddy James Sampson are supposed to be a hunky pair of he-men who women would swoon into swamp mud for. Except that Swanson often calls Cross either "sugar" or "sweet". I have no idea what that's about, and I don't want to know.
      Second, I cannot stand Nanamama. She's a bigoted woman who gets away with far too many stupid observations about white people. Just because she can cook doesn't mean someone shouldn't wash her mouth out with the same water used to wash her dishes when she repeats yet another intolerant and idiotic opinion that white people don't care about dead black babies. I don't know to whom James Patterson is pandering with his racist granny... liberal white people or bigoted black people. Whomever... I don't want to read that garbage, and I find it appalling it's repeatedly on the best seller list.
      Last, Alex Cross defines himself in this book as "Dragonslayer". Had I not recently seen the reality series Survivor: Tocantins, I would have only been mildly amused at Cross' ridiculously macho description of himself. But now that "Coach" and Dragonslayer and forever linked in my mind, Alex Cross is nothing more than an annoying, irritating joke.
    • 3/5
      I am not sure about this book as I felt elements of the plot were blindingly obvious, but then I wanted an easy undemanding read, which it definitely was, but I am not sure that Patterson deserves his status as a top writer as I have read better.
    • 5/5
      Another masterpiece in the Alex Cross series. Alex is drafted to the FBI to help solve the 'Jack and Jill' murder spree. Their final target is the president who must be protected at all costs. At the same time someone in Alex's neighbourhood is killing young children from the local school. Two plots for the price of one! This is an excellent novel with shocking twists in both of the crime scenarios.
    • 3/5
      An improvement from Kiss the Girls, but not much. Cross is still too watered down most of the time. I want to see that DC Cop come through, some real grappling with all that goes one, not more of the same glossed over weak sentiments. And what about Sampson, Its book 3 and we still don't know crap about him.
    • 4/5
      After finishing "Kiss the Girls", this was great. It was hard to stop reading. This simultaneous murder investigations is a bit strange. The storyline involving the truth school killer seems as if Patterson added it as an afterthought and to prepare for a future book. The two investigations are unrelated except for the envy of getting the media attention that the other killers are receiving. It seemed the only reason for adding this part was to introduce Christine Johnson and make her a possible love interest to Dr. Cross. The namesake of the book was the storyline that kept the book flowing and had me yearning for more. About halfway through you see the true intentions for Jack and Jill and their ultimate target. Shortly after that I figured out who Jill was, or I thought I did until Patterson toyed with my mind. Ultimately, I was right after all.
    • 2/5
      The novel offers exactly what you would expect. A more or less thrilling story about two murderers who work together and a story about a person who murders little children. The why is left in the dark, which left me with an unsatisfied feeling. This book is not nearly as good as "Kiss the Girls".
    • 5/5
      ALEX CROSS GOES ON A MISSION TO FIND THE KILLERS OF RICH AND FAMOUS PEOPLE. VERY INTERESTING UP TO THE FINAL CHAPTER!
    • 3/5
      Meh... It was okay I guess. I still love James Patterson so...
    • 3/5
      After the rather precise and enthralling writing I couldn't help but feel a bit let down with Jack & Jill, the plot itself was terribly unrealistic - if someone was going to try to assassinate a US President they surely wouldn't give the authorities a running commentary on how close they were getting. That aside however it was the dialogue that really got to me, it seemed almost rambling in comparison to the earlier two novels. Asides for how unrealistic it was, the story was okay, but the clunky dialogue really did take a lot of the zip out of the tale. The secondary plot of the school student killer was actually a bit more interesting than the main plot I found, particularly the twist in the secondary was better than that of the former.If I were to re-read the series, I'd skip this one. It doesn't offer that much in the way of character development for Cross & his family, or coworkers.
    • 4/5
      This series does an awesome job of keeping the suspense and surprises coming. I can't get enough of Alex Cross.
    • 1/5
      I know Patterson is not the author of the great American novel, but I have, in the past, enjoyed his yarns. However, either I read this one already and forgot to note it, or all his books are just running together into one familiar plot. The powerful in Washington DC are being murdered brutally. And poor black children in the slums are being murdered brutally. DC homicide detective Alex Cross is working on both. If you've never read a Patterson, this is as good as the rest.
    • 4/5
      Good book. Entertaining reading. Like character development.
    • 2/5
      Two different voices alternating frequently between plot and subplot volleyed too many twisted plots, confusing characters and pointless redirects for an audiobook. Sam who was Jack, but wasn't really Jack and wasn't really Sam. Ditto for Jill, and the kid who was a killer but wasn't really THE gratuitous sub-plot killer. What?! Maybe I would have tracked the multi-tasked chaos better if I had READ this book, but I tend to listen to audiobooks while driving or sewing or doing laundry and this one required much more concentration than I could give while multi-tasking.
      *edit - I found out after-the-fact that this is the third book of a series. That probably explains a bit of my confusion, but not much. Either way, this was probably not a good choice for a first time reader of James Patterson.
    • 4/5
      Jack & Jill are not only code names for the president and his wife, but also two killers in Washington, D.C., who are killing celebrities. At the same time, in a black neighbourhood, Alex Cross's neighbourhood, someone is killing young children near Alex's son's school. Alex wants to help solve the case of the kids being killed, but is pulled away to help with the Jack & Jill case. But, he continues to do what he can on the side. This was really good. There were plenty of twists and turns in both cases to keep things interesting and at a steady pace throughout the book.
    • 4/5
      That was a very gripping reading. As always, Alex wasn't only involved into one major crime, he had also to solve another disturbing mystery in his neighbourhood. There he met a lovely woman who is the headmaster of his son's school. When his heart was closer to his quarter, he was called to the top of national security. Soon he found out that the President was at risk but there were to many barriers, time was rare and the assassins were always one step ahead. In the end all mysteries are solved but not really to Alex's utter satisfaction.
    • 4/5
      A good Patterson thriller.The third in the Alex Cross series. High profile people in Washington are being murdered by 2 killers calling themselves Jack & Jill. Meanwhile (black) children are being murdered in the lower class neighborhood where Cross lives. The powers that be do not give proper resources to finding the child murderer because Jack & Jill are the hot topic, and they may be going after the President. Alex Cross gets pulled off the child murders to work the Jack & Jill case, but he spends whatever free time he has working the child murders. Through many twists and turns this book keeps you on the edge of your seat. Alex's feelings seem a bit dark and melancholy in this book; but the killer from one of the previous books is still out there stalking Alex and his family, the higher ups in the police department don't seem to care about the brutal murders of young black children, and there may be some type of government/political conspiracy going on that no one can stop.A fun quick read. I will continue with the series.

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