Book Review: London Bridges by James Patterson (Alex Cross 10)

I had read the first nine Alex Cross novels (six of which I expensively had sent over from England to Doha by post) and I had hoped to find London Bridges in Doha but without success. I therefore had to wait a few weeks for this novel to arrive from England. Once I had got my copy (with a lot of postage cost) I then found that Virgin had reorganised their shelves in Villaggio and they had copies of this book. J

This novel starts with Alex Cross on a much needed holiday, like we all need. Will he get some peace and r and r. Of course not. The adversary from the last novel, the Russian Wolf is back. Now he is blowing up towns in Nevada for starters. He also has the Weasel to help him too.

The crime trail leads Alex Cross to London that was good for me as I knew some of the places where he was (Washington DC generally is a mystery to me as I have never been there and I am now probably too scared to go to anyway thanks to James Patterson).

The small town detonation in Nevada is small time. The Wolf threatens London, Washington, Frankfurt and New York with bombs. However Alex Cross is on the case.

We also find out more about his private life of course and the mother of his little boy Alex Junior wins custody and Cross has to deal with the trauma of only seeing his youngest son at limited times of the year.

The book is well paced and with the tie in with his personal life where you really feel for him, this is a good Alex Cross novel.

This gets 8/10 for me.