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Worst case [text (large print)] / James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Patterson, James, Detective Michael Bennett thriller ; 3.Publication details: Leicester : Charnwood, 2010.Description: 313 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781444804676 (hbk.)
  • 1444804677 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Subject: The son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. But this kidnapper isn't demanding money: he quizzes his prisoner's family on the price others pay for his life of luxury - wrong answers are fatal. Detective Michael Bennett leads the investigation, and as another student disappears, powerful, well-connected families pressurise all possible agencies to stop this killer. Eventually, the FBI sends their top Abduction Specialist, Agent Emily Parker. Bennett's work life - and love life - suddenly get more complicated. And Bennett is unable to protest against the FBI's intrusion on his case, when, suddenly, the mastermind changes his routine. His plan involves the most shocking demonstration yet - one that could bring cataclysmic devastation to every inch of New York.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. His parents can't save him, because this kidnapper isn't demanding money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on the price others pay for his life of luxury. In this exam, wrong answers are fatal.

Originally published: London: Century.

The son of one of New York's wealthiest families is snatched off the street and held hostage. But this kidnapper isn't demanding money: he quizzes his prisoner's family on the price others pay for his life of luxury - wrong answers are fatal. Detective Michael Bennett leads the investigation, and as another student disappears, powerful, well-connected families pressurise all possible agencies to stop this killer. Eventually, the FBI sends their top Abduction Specialist, Agent Emily Parker. Bennett's work life - and love life - suddenly get more complicated. And Bennett is unable to protest against the FBI's intrusion on his case, when, suddenly, the mastermind changes his routine. His plan involves the most shocking demonstration yet - one that could bring cataclysmic devastation to every inch of New York.

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Publishers Weekly Review

New York detective Michael Bennett is an ace profiler who enjoys working alone, and when a beautiful young FBI abduction specialist named Emily Parker is assigned to his high-profile kidnapping case, he struggles to cede authority. Bobby Cannavale returns as Detective Bennett, slipping into his best Brooklyn accent and giving a hard edge to the character. As the kidnapper, John Glover employs a nasal whining tone perfectly suited to the character, and the phone conversations between cop and criminal are rich with tension. Orlagh Cassidy gives Emily an appealing gentleness, but her other female characters sound slightly cliched. A Little, Brown hardcover. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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