Exchange and swap places with their sons. Bennett and Parker arrive and hatch a plan. Parker engages Mooney in a discussion where she belittles and trivializes all of the factors motivating Mooney. While she has Mooney distracted, Bennett engages Mooney in another discussion from the opposite side. Bennett convinces Mooney that the fathers of his hostages have arrived and are coming up the stairs as they speak. Mooney moves towards the stairway to verify this and is shot in the wrists by an FBI sniper stationed across the street. Unable to detonate his explosives with his hands, Mooney tries to do so with his chin and is shot in the head by the sniper. Reception A review from Publishers Weekly praised the character Emily as having "an appealing gentleness", but criticised the other female characters as clichéd. The Journal Gazette described the book as a "fast read" with superior plot compared to other books by Patterson. References External links http://www.jamespatterson.com/books_worstCase.php 2010 American novels American detective novels Little, Brown and Company books Collaborative novels