Step on a Crack
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4.3 • 66 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
In this heart-pounding novel from the world’s #1 bestselling author, Detective Michael Bennett faces a sinister foe on New York City's holiest ground.
During a state funeral, armed men disguised as monks seize St. Patrick's Cathedral and take the high-profile hostages ransom.
NYPD officer Michael Bennett steps into the dangerous role of lead negotiator.
As the world watches and the tension boils to a searing heat, the city's humble hero must find a way to end the standoff and rescue them all.
"NYPD Detective Michael Bennett is something of a living legend." —Deadline Hollywood
"Totally gripping and downright impossible to put down ... Patterson has a knack for creating genuinely likable heroes, and Michael Bennett fits the bill." —Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Pop a bowl of popcorn, settle into a comfy chair and you might finish this combination thriller and tearjerker before the popcorn. Bestseller Patterson (Cross) and Ledwidge (The Narrowback) spin a fantastic tale of an audacious mass kidnapping and the unlikely detective thrust into the primary role of negotiator, sleuth and hero. Michael Bennett, a senior NYPD homicide detective, has a wife dying of cancer and 10 adopted children of various ethnic origins. When St. Patrick's Cathedral, site of the celebrity-packed funeral of a former first lady, is seized by a dozen ruthless men, Bennett ends up as point man for the hastily assembled negotiating team. From then on, the tale requires the reader to go with the flow as Bennett alternates visits to his wife's hospital bedside, brief trips to check on how his kids are managing and tense dealings with the well-prepared kidnappers. Short on credibility on the crime front, long on sentimentality on the home front, this book would be a good candidate for adaptation as a one-hour TV movie.
