Alex Crosss Trial (Alex Cross, #15)

Posted on 18 April 2017 by James Patterson

Separated by timeFrom his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he s written a novel called Trial. Connected by blood As a lawyer in turn of the century Washington D.C., Ben Corbett represents the toughest cases Fighting against oppression and racism, he risks his family and his life in the process When President Roosevelt asks Ben to return to his home town to investigate rumors of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan there, he cannot refuse. United by bravery When he arrives in Eudora, Mississippi, Ben meets the wise Abraham Cross and his beautiful granddaughter, Moody Ben enlists their help, and the two Crosses introduce him to the hidden side of the idyllic Southern town Lynchings have become commonplace and residents of the town s black quarter live in constant fear Ben aims to break the reign of terror but the truth of who is really behind it could break his heart.Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross, Alex Cross s Trial is a gripping story of murder, love, and, above all, bravery. Free Read Alex Crosss Trial (Alex Cross, #15) [ By ] James Patterson [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr This review of the book Alex Cross s Trial, by James Patterson Richard Dilallo, is by Hans W Lindsay With all due respect to Mr Dilallo, I decided that since James paid by the chapter Patterson no longer needs to be the primary author of the Alex Cross books, I no longer need to be the primary reader of the fore mentioned series.Here is what my reader had to say about this book Lindsay 2 starsI m sorry, but this is NOT the book that Alex Cross would write I find it hard to This review of the book Alex Cross s Trial, by James Patterson Richard Dilallo, is by Hans W Lindsay With all due respect to Mr Dilallo, I decided that since James paid by the chapter Patterson no longer needs to be the primary author of the Alex Cross books, I no longer need to be the primary reader of the fore mentioned series.Here is what my reader had to say about this book Lindsay 2 starsI m sorry, but this is NOT the book that Al...For those of you who are fans of Alex Cross and I am one , this book is a surprise It is not about the Alex Cross we know and love, but about his ancestors.I have mixed feelings about this book it s well written, engaging, and holds you until the end many of the features I look for when choosing a book The characters are memorable.However, the topic the old South 1906 full of hatred, prejudice, lawlessness, and separation is a bitter pill to swallow I recognize how far we ve come in For those of you who are fans of Alex Cross and I am one , this book is a surprise It is not about the Alex Cross we know and love, but about his ancestors.I have mixed feelings about this book it s well written, engaging, and holds you until the end many of the features I look for when choosing a book The characters are memorable.However, the topic the old South 1906 full of hatred, prejudice, lawlessness, and separation is a bitter pill to swallow I recognize how far we ve come in the relations between blacks and whites but unfortunately understand that those same prejudices still exist among races, cultures, socioeconomic groups, and in relation to sexual orientation, relig...I needed a little light hearted break from a couple of intense books I ve been reading, and what better than a James Patterson Alex Cross, right WRONG It was a good read and kept me up until after 3 a.m., but a light hearted break it was NOT Actually, it was a very disturbing book, certainly thought provoking and certainly worthy of that thought Set in Mississippi in 1906, Alex Cross s grandfather is o...I ve been meaning to read from the Alex Cross series for awhile now ever since the corresponding movie series came to Netflix , but haven t for reasons So now I have, even though it is a book that is not part of the main timeline.This book takes us back to Alex s ancestor, Abraham, who is not the main character In the early 1900s people of color were free from slavery, but not from segregation and prejudice.or lynchings Our main character, Ben Corbett, is sent on a mission to Mississippi, I ve been meaning to read from the Alex Cross series ...It took me a very long time to finish reading this novel because of how disturbing it is it really is difficult to get through because of the gruesome detail exercised in regards to, specifically, lynchings, and while it may be true that Patterson s work usually is fairly gruesome, it is a lotdifficult to read something that is based on something that really did happen Every character that is lynched in this novel represents a person that really did live once until his life was cut short It took me a very long time to finish reading this novel because of how disturbing it is it really is difficult to get through because of the gruesome detail exercised in regards to, specifically, lynchings, and while it may be true that Patterson s work usually is fairly gruesome, ...I have read many, many of James Patterson s books and have enjoyed every one of them However, this book is by far the best book that he has written, and should be read by even those who are not familiar with his books and characters It is a different type of book altogether, and is written from the viewpoint of Alex Cross, his protagonist in so many novels It is also a historical type book, in that it is the story of an event which took place in Alex Cross s family long before he was born I have read many, many of James Patterson s books and have enjoyed every one of them However, this book is by far the best book that he has written, and should be read by even those who are not familiar with his books and characters It is a different type of book altogether, and is written from the viewpoint of Alex Cross, his protagonist in so many novels It is also a historical type book, in that it is...Not about Alex Cross, just a story of a family member in times of extreme racism.Not for me.This book sort of threw me for a loop because it s not about Alex It s about his ancestors Which don t get me wrong, it s not a bad book at all but it s really hard to write out this review.In Alex Cross s Trial, Patterson talks about the old south where Racism is alive and kicking and no one knows what the hell equality means The main character in this book, Ben Corbett, arrives back to his hometown in Mississippi after six years of being away Ben goes through hate filled assaults from pe This book sort of threw me for a loop because it s not about Alex It s about his ancestors Which don t get me wrong, it s not a bad book at all but it s really hard to write out this review.In Alex Cross s Trial, Patterson talks about the old south where Racism is alive and kicking and no one knows what the hell equality means The main character in this book, Ben Corbett, arrives back to his hometown in Miss...I really liked this book I enjoy Patterson books in general, but this one, I feel, is one of his better works Patterson and Dilallo keep you on the edge of your seat with events and fully involved in the characters They point out the human frailties of fear and feeling of safety in packs, ego and the use of any means or any one to better ones self image, greed and discrimination and all the other things the human animal clearly shows as normal traits The most dangerous animal walks on two I really liked this book I enjoy Patterson books in general, but this one, I feel, is one of his better works Patterson and Dilallo keep you on the edge of your seat with events a...Ok, first off it you are expecting another Alex Cross suspense novel you will be disappointed, because this one isn t It starts off by telling you that the Cross family has a history of keeping their history alive with oral stories passed down from generation to generation It the moves into one story, that of a Mississippi born young lawyer, Ben Corbett, who is practicing in Washington DC taking onpoor and often black clients, much to the dismay of his wife who hopes he will take aOk, first off it you are expecting another Alex Cross suspense novel you will be disappointed, because this one isn t It starts off by telling you that the Cross family has a history of keeping their history alive with oral stories passed down from generation to generation It the moves into one story, that of a Mississippi born young lawyer, Ben Corbett, who is practicing in Washington DC...

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18 April 2017

James Patterson