James Patterson
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tselling Thriller Writer, James Patterson Presents His Most Suspenseful, Explosive Tale Ever. Only An Hour Out Of Port, The Dunne Family's Summer Getaway To Paradise Is Already Turning Into The Trip From Hell. The Three Children Are Miserable-and Not Shy About Showing It. Katherine Dunne Had Hoped This Vacation Would Bring Back The Togetherness They'd Lost When Her Husband Died Four Years Earlier. Maybe If Her New Husband Had Joined Them It Would All Have Been Okay. suddenly, A Disaster Hits-and It's Perfect. Faced With This Real Threat, The Dunnes Rediscover The Meaning Of Family. But This Catastrophe Is Just A Tiny Taste Of The True Danger That Lurks Ahead-somewhere Out There, Someone Wants To Make Sure That The Dunne Family Never Leaves Paradise Alive.
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readers With A High Tolerance For Coincidence And Implausible Plot Twists Will Best Appreciate This Stand-alone Thriller From Bestseller Patterson (double Cross) And Collaborator Roughan (you've Been Warned). Katherine Dunne, A 45-year-old New York City Heart Surgeon, Has More Than Her Fair Allowance Of Emotional Baggage-her Philandering Husband, Stuart, Died Four Years Earlier In A Scuba Diving Accident; She Had A Fling With Stuart's Younger Brother, Jake; And Her Three Children Suffer From Varying Degrees Of Dysfunction. In An Attempt To Repair Her Family, Katherine Plans A Relaxing Cruise On A Yacht Captained By Jake. Her New Husband, Peter Carlyle, A Top Manhattan Criminal Attorney, Claims He Has To Stay Behind Because Of An Important Trial, But Once Katherine And Family Set Sail, It Soon Becomes Clear Carlyle Has His Own Agenda. The Cruise Turns Into A Struggle For Survival, Including A Predictable Shark Encounter And A Less Predictable, If No Less Silly, Giant Snake Attack. If The Lead Characters Were More Than Walking Clichés, Their Struggles And Changing Relationships Would Leave Some Impression. Still, The Action Is All That Really Matters, And Patterson Delivers What His Audience Wants In Spades.
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