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Title: Thin stuff
Review: This novel is your basic James Patterson product. Short paragraphs - little fleshing out of a story - lots of twists and turns in the hunt for a brutal killer - just interesting enough to keep you reading - but fairly thin gruel. Alex Cross, the ex-DC homicide cop who joined the FBI in Four Blind Mice is earning his spurs as he joins the hunt for the Wolf, a member of the Russian Mafiya who has plans to be the godfather of all organized crime. What initially has the FBI's attention is the kidnappings of white women who it turns out have been "ordered" by wealthy patrons who have designs on them. Why the Wolf would be involved in such an activity when his designs are so much larger is never explained. Patterson also brings a custody battle over Little Alex in to the story which does little or nothing to advance the plot, but perhaps he needed a few more chapters. He has done better and hopefully will again.
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