Step on a Crack
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4.3 • 66 Ratings
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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 for a former First Lady, 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 in the standoff.
The city is relying on this humble hero.
So is his family. Bennett and his ten adopted children are facing a devastating loss at home.
As the world watches and the tension boils to a searing heat, Bennett must find a way to rescue them all.
"Totally gripping and downright impossible to put down...Patterson has a knack for creating genuinely likable heroes, and Michael Bennett fits the bill." —Booklist
"NYPD Detective Michael Bennett is something of a living legend...a master homicide investigator...a devoted dad...balancing his personal and professional lives is always an epic challenge." —Deadline Hollywood
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.
