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Cat and Mouse

Alex Cross, Book 4

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Cat and Mouse

By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Jeff Harding, Raj Ghatak
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The fourth heart-stopping novel in James Patterson's Alex Cross series. Just as Alex Cross is beginning to feel that life is good and he is finally coming out of the depression he's been in since the death of his wife, he is called to Union Station train terminal - a man is on the loose, firing at random into the swarming crowds of travellers.

Psychopath Gary Soneji seems determined to go down in a blaze of glory, and he wants Alex Cross to be there. Will this be the final showdown?

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Critic reviews

"Brilliantly terrifying...so exciting I had to stay up all night to finish it." ( Daily Mail)
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What made the experience of listening to Cat and Mouse the most enjoyable?

Jeff Harding's entertaining narration.

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoy Alex Cross books and the story was very good.

Any additional comments?

Raj Ghatak was very poor, with robotic, bland narration.

Jeff Harding Awesome

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I'm not sure what the presence of Alex cross has on the story, or how he "solved" anything...he has no impact of the story tbh. left puzzled as to the point of not using a character.

but was ready to listen to very forgetable

easy to listen but not much happening

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What is it with some reviewers who can’t get past a different narrator? Jeff Harding narrates Lee Child’s Reacher book’s excellently and did so here. He brought his own style to it and, in my opinion, is a vast improvement on the earlier narrator used for the Alex Cross books. I was surprised when Patterson gave the first person narrative to a different character- but it worked, perhaps increasing his importance. The mix of psychology, detective work and personalities makes these books interesting rather than a bland ‘who done it’.

Excellent narration

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Once again the story was very good, but the different narrator spoilt it very slightly

Slightly disappointed

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Nothing to dislike story is great and keeps you interested throughout well worth a listen

Great story and great switching between the characters

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I really love the story of this book and was keen to read it especially reading the first three in the series. The biggest thing that disappointed me about this book was the narrators. By book 3 I pictured Alex Cross in my mind so when I heard two different narrators on the fourth book I couldn’t picture the character the same. Besides that everything else was great

Narrator

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struggled with this one. the character depiction blended into each other. sorry didn't like the narrators.

not my favourite narration.

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Can’t wait for the next one this has been gripping right through love Alex cross

Twists

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I really enjoy James Patterson's writing and storytelling. He gets to the point and doesn't sink his tales with too much back story. He is a propulsive storyteller and has clearly decided to put his Alex Cross creation through the mill.
Cat and Mouse certainly has its share of shocks and the change of storyteller about half way through the story is a neat move. I did find the story suffered from a little too much coincidence and the epilogue's cliffhanger I saw coming from a long way off.
I find Jeff Harding's performance, as ever, solid but I wish that he wouldn't give every female character the same effet voice. I find it distracting, but that's probably just me. Personally I really miss Ako Mitchell's performance from the previous three novels. But that said he and Raj Ghatak provide an enjoyable journey through the narrative.
A solid 4*

Cross's Complexities Continue

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The story is as usual well paced with no long descriptive pages and a good mix of the crimes interspersed with the personal life of Alex Cross. I wasn't keen on the narration in this and was a bit confused that Soneji is now pronounced differently to the earlier books - every time I heard his name it irritated me! It is worth getting through it though and has not put me off buying the next, I just wish we could keep the same Alex Cross narrating all of the books.

My least favourite narrator so far

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