My Book Collection

Hi Everyone,

I like to read and here is my book collection. I bought most of it but some are from my sisters' collection. For example, my sisters had The Complete Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes and Wild Swans previously. Please do note that I have not read some of those books yet (Emperor Tang Ming, The Singapore Success Story for example).

The classics are mostly from my sisters' collection except for Bleak House, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (bought by my mum). Besides that, my mum also bought The Prince and the Pauper, A Tale of Two Cities and Black Beauty.

Here are my latest books that I bought:

The Racketeer
The Lord of The Rings + The Hobbit 75th Anniversary Box Set
Kill Alex Cross

I bought at a discount for some of these books. For example, I bought The Racketeer at MPH at 25% discount. Buying the box set for Lord of the Rings + The Hobbit is actually cheaper than buying each book individually. Currently, I am reading The Return Of The King (40%).

My main genres of books remain as below:

1. Mystery / Crime / Thriller (Agatha Christie, James Patterson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael Connelly, Michael Crichton, Stieg Larsson)
2. Lawyers / Court Cases (John Grisham)
3. Christianity
4. Fantasy (Narnia, Lord of The Rings)
5. Horror (Stephen King)
6. Classics
7. Biographies

In addition, I also read Life of Pi and the Power of One. I have also read other books such as Malay stories and books on health and IT magazines. Besides these, I read free classics on the IPad and my phone. I am considering buying e-books in the future. 

That's all,

Rogerkoo

Kill Alex Cross

Hi Everyone,

Kill Alex Cross is the latest Alex Cross novel written by James Patterson. Written in 2011, this is the most dangerous Alex Cross novel so far. 

He is in the middle of an investigation that includes the kidnapping of the president's (Presient Coyle) children (Zoe and Ethan) and the poisoning of the McMillan river using potassium cyanide by a terrorist group known as The Family or Al Ayla. A couple headed by Hala Dossari, the wife who is part of the terrorist group was mentioned in the beginning of this book and their adventures with Al Ayla along their way. She is skilfully trained and she is a precise shooter, as accurate as a sniper.

Are both the kidnapping and the river contamination related? The river contamination is spreading fast. Schools are closed. Read this novel as Alex Cross who was also contacted by the first lady to assist in finding their children, Ethan and Zoe. 

Al Ayla could not be captured as well. There are intelligence information given but they still could not find the terrorists. The terrorists are smart enough not to be caught and their operation is almost flawless. 

Time is running out for Alex Cross as he interviews the suspects who are in the vicinity of the kidnapping of the president's children. When the book was almost at the 3/4 mark, he has a lead of the kidnapper, a male nurse working at the Branaff school where the president's children are enrolled. Catching the criminal is itself a very difficult task for the kidnapper is smart too.

The Al Ayla terrorist in the novel also made a mistake in one of their operations and resulting in them spotted. Kill Alex Cross focuses on the Dossaris more than the others. 

Alex also finds himself meeting Ava, a girl who robbed his mother, Nana. He is in a dilemma whether to send her to foster care or adopt her in her family.

Can Alex Cross rescue Ethan and Zoe Coyle alive? Can he and the police force including the FBI able to capture the kidnapper? One of the close persons of the kidnapper reveals something about him that prompts Alex to have a tight surveillance on him. 

What methods can Alex use to catch him? You will find out when you have reached this scene. It may be the best method that he can think of at that time but it is not the best either. It turns out the only way that they can get him. The kidnapper also wanted to kill Alex Cross.

How about Ava? What decision will he made, to adopt or send her to foster care? What will happen to the Dossaris? Can things turn out well at the end? Get the book to read it. It costs only RM32.90 at MPH, Popular and Borders or you can buy it at Amazon.com below or through MPH Online.







Cheers,

Rogerkoo

Micro

Hi Everyone,

I have bought the latest book from Michael Crichton and Richard Preston from MPH about two months ago. Michael Crichton did not finish this book when he passed away a few years ago. Micro was completed by his friend, Richard Preston.

Once again, I am impressed with a Michael Crichton fiction book. After Prey, this is one of the best books that he has written. The main storyline focuses on 7 US top graduate students who do research on nature. 

This is a summary of it:

1. Ethnobotanist studying medicine made by indigeneous people
2. Arachnologist
3. Venom and envenomination expert
4. Entomologist
5. Botanist
6. Biochemist
7. Doctoral studnt writing a thesis on 'scientific lingustic codes'

One of the graduate students has an elder brother working at a nanotechnology company named Nanigen Microtech. Nanigen has the technology capable of shrinking animals and humans into a microscopic size. A 6 ft man would be slightly less than two tenths of a millimetre. (as quoted from the book).

The story begins when this elder brother was found to be murdered in Hawaii, where Nanigen is based. These 7 students then went there to find out more about the company and about the elder brother's disappearance. Their circumstances change when the 7 students together with a Nanigen staff found themselves to be shrunk by the Nanigen CEO. Worst of all, they can only stay shrunk for a few days before they experienced bends, a condition where micro cuts will appear and they will die.

Nanigen CEO has a plan that will cost the students their lives.  How are they going to escape the Hawaiian rainforest and go back to lab so that they can be returned to normal size again? Can they do it? With the wits and the intelligence of the students, they will embark on a treacherous journey to survive the forces of nature and evil, being in microscopic sizes. Everything felt different for them. Insects and plants are huge when they are in microscopic sizes.  Follow them as they use their knowledge to find ways to escape. You can also get to know more about each students' characters throughout the book.

It is indeed a very thrilling novel. You will need to read what happens at the end of the novel. There are ups and downs throughout the adventure and it will keep you wanting to find out whether all of them will survive it or not. Last but not least, enjoy Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston.

Cheers,

Rogerkoo

The Fifth Witness

Hi Everyone,
 
I bought a new book by Michael Connelly titled The Fifth Witness. This is the latest Lincoln Lawyer Novel. It sees the returns of Mickey Haller,  a foreclosure defense lawyer. He is also Harry Bosch's half brother. Harry Bosch is another Michael Connelly's main character in the Bosch series of his novels.

 

I came across this book through The Star a few Sundays ago. This book was on a 30% discount offer at Borders bookstores nationwide until 12th June. Therefore, I bought this book only about two weeks ago.

 

Michael Haller received a news that his former foreclosure client, Lisa Trammel was accused of killing the banker, Mr. Bondurant she blames for trying to take away her home.

As a Criminal Defense attorney, it is up to Mickey to defend her even though as he found out, there were plenty of evidences against her. He also had suspicions that his client may be guilty.

The book also tells us the court proceedings that went on between Michael Haller and Andrea Freeman, the prosecution lawyer on the Lisa Trammel case. There were twist and turns throughout the proceedings and you will find a surprising end.

Overall, another great read by Michael Connelly. He is one of the best modern crimes book writer.

Stieg Larsson: The Girl Series

http://www.mphonline.com/books/nsearch.aspx?do=detail&pcode=9780307743435Hi Everyone,

I have completed my reading on all the Stieg Larsson's The Girl series of three books, namely The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and the Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest a few months ago.  Now available in a set of trilogy at bookstores nationwide.

 

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo introduces us to the characters of Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander. Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist trapped by a libel conviction was asked to investigate the disappearance of Harriet Vanger, scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families 40 years ago. Her uncle continued to seek the truth all these years. Through the investigation, he met Lisbeth Salander, a personal investigator and also a hacker at Milton Security led by her boss, Dragan Armansky. Together with Lisbeth, Mikael went to investigate the mysterious circumstances that led to the disappearance of Harriet Vanger. As you read the book, we will also begin to uncover Lisbeth Salander's past. We will see more of her past in the 2nd and 3rd book of the series.

After the adventures of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Mikael Blomkvist decided to run an expose of a wide-ranging sex trafficking operation. Just before it is published, two people were brutally murdered. The fingerprints was found to be that of Lisbeth Salander. As a friend, he is convinced that Lisbeth is innocent and then plunged into an investigation onto the murder. More of Lisbeth's past is mentioned here. Her father, Alexander Zalachenko a.k.a Karl Axel Bodin made his appearance here in The Girl Who Played with Fire. We will begin to know who he really is and the hatred of Lisbeth towards her father. Lisbeth meanwhile is drawn into a murderous game and is forced to face her dark past.

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Next, the 3rd and final installment of this series continued directly from the last chapter of The Girl Who Played With Fire. It starts with Lisbeth lying in a critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care of a Swedish city hospital. When she is released, she would stand trial for 3 murders. Now, her journalist friend, Mikael Blomkvist will help her to prove her innocence with the cooperation of various parties and to denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, Lisbeth herself to suffer abuse and violence. Lisbeth is also plotting a revenge against the man who tried to kill her and the corrupt government institutions that nearly destroyed her life. We can see how a division of the government also actually covers up certain things that led to the public belief that Lisbeth is a mentally ill person. We can see how corrupt these people are and how they actually took measures to protect a Russian defector and their own interests.

All the three books are very thrilling and filled with suspense that you will always want to read all the three books until the end. The main characters are mainly Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander but we also see these characters as well:

• Erika Berger (Editor-in chief of the Millenium where Blomkvist was working and Blomkvist's friend)
• Dragan Armansky
• Christer Malm
• Henry Cortez
• Holger Palmgren
• Malin Eriksson
• Anders Jonasson
• Dr. Teleborian
• Inspector Bublanksi
• Inspector Edklinth
• Annika Gianini (Blomkvist's sister)
• Monica Figuerola

There are others not mentioned here.

This is indeed one of the series of books that I enjoyed reading best. It is different from other crime / mystery novels such as those written by Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes, James Patterson and Michael Connelly. I truly recommend these three books to all of you.

You can find out more at this link: 

MPH Online

Amazon doesn't have the entry the box set that are currently sold by MPH so individual titles will be displayed.

Cheers,

Rogerkoo

Nine Dragons and I, Alex Cross

I just bought Nine Dragons written by Michael Connelly and I, Alex Cross written by James Patterson yesterday. I bought it at the MPH Members' Day Sale which will end today. 20% off for every book. Savings of RM13.16.

Nine Dragons is the latest book by Michael Connelly. Harry Bosch, the main detective in the story has visited Fortune Liquors before. It guided him through his darkest days. There is a murder at Fortune Liquors, where the owner, a Mr Li was shot dead. With the help of his assistant, they uncover a link with a crime ring. Then Harry Bosch's daughter was taken from him. Read more in the book. It costs RM32.90 (original price).

James Patterson has written another Alex Cross novel entitled I, Alex Cross. He also wrote the novel, Alex Cross's Trial which talks about his family's history and discovered more about his family.

In the book, I, Alex Cross, Alex Cross discovered that one of his nieces that he hasn't met for a long time were found murdered during his birthday celebrations. He was informed by his leader. He then paired up with his girlfriend, a detective, Bree Stone to find out the murderer and solve the case. He also found that his niece was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. The paperback of I, Alex Cross costs RM32.90.

By the way, if you buy I, Alex Cross from MPH Online, you can get 30% off. Of course, add the RM7 delivery fee, it is RM31.43 unless you buy over RM150 to get free delivery.

Going to start reading these books soon. 

Cheers,

Rogerkoo

Pirate Latitudes

I bought the latest novel by Michael Crichton, Pirate Latitudes last week. This is a full manuscript novel that was discovered after he passed away 2 years ago.

Michael Crichton was the producer of the hit television series, E.R and author of many bestseller books such as Prey, Jurassic Park, Congo, The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Next and The Lost World. Some of these books were adapted into movies such as Jurassic Park and The Lost World.

The image displayed on the left is the U.K paperback cover. The U.S paperback mass market version is also available which I bought.

The story starts in the island of Jamaica under the ruler, Sir James Almont. Jamaica was a remote colony of the English but the area around it was under the Spanish empire. Port Royal, the first scene of the book , there are taverns, grog shops and bawdy houses. Besides these, another source of income of Port Royal is through piracy. 

Pirate Latitudes talks about how a merchant ship which also brought the governor's (Sir James)  secretary has discovered a galleon of treasure at an island under the Spanish rule by its captain. And so, Sir James Almont then appointed Captain Hunter to find and loot the galleon of treasure. This begins the adventures of Captain Hunter who embarked on a journey to the island with risks of being attacked or spotted by the Spanish guards. He recruited some people from Port Royal who sailed with him to the island. 

I have read more than half way through the book already. I have reached Chapter 27 which is also Part 4 of the book. Follow the adventures of Captain Hunter and his crew to find and loot the treasure and the dangers they faced during the trip to the island. 

This is a thrilling book to read. It does not disappoint. Once you started, you will keep on reading it. MPH is currently having 20% discount on this book until 30th June. You will paying RM27.92 instead of RM34.90 for this book now. 30% if you buy it @ MPH online but you will incur the delivery fee of RM7. Borders also offers this book at 20% off if you bought this book together with another book. It's the Borders Buy 1, Get 1 at 20% off offer.

Cheers,

Rogerkoo

The Purpose Driven Life

Want to find out the purpose of your life? Been asking this question for quite some time? What on earth am I here for?  This book will enable to know what Christianity is all about. Want to know more about a Christian's lifestyle or how we ought to live? Read this book. It is one of the books which will change the way you live.  Let's explore what Christianity is all about through a 40-day journey.


The Purpose Driven Life, written by Rick Warren is a great book to read. Learn and understand the five main sections detailed in the book which consists of worship, fellowship, discipleship, service to God and missions. You can explore and find out the meaning of life here and God's plan for you and me. After understanding the book, you can live your life according to what God's plan. You can live your life with purpose.




There are 40 chapters in total. After each day, there are questions for you to think and answer. there is also the 40 Days Of Purpose campaign run by churches here. You can join in the program if you are interested to find out more. 


I definitely recommend this book.


Cheers,


Rogerkoo

Duma Key and Lisey's Story

Hi Everyone,


Let me introduce Duma Key and Lisey Story, two books written by Stephen King.


Duma Key is a book written by Stephen King. t is a very good book. Highly recommended. The genre of this book is Mystery / Thriller. Duma Key is a fiction novel, which tells the life of Edgar Freemantle who was involved in a freak accident. His suffered some brain damage and lost his right arm. His psychologists suggested to him to go to Duma Key to recuperate and a place which may give him a fresh new start. When he is at Duma Key, he discovers that he has the ability of painting pictures which later proved to be true. There is also a mystery surrounding the remote Duma Key island which he will slowly discover later. The painting of the pictures reminds me of the Heroes series. The character, Issac in the first season is able to paint pictures when he is high on drugs which can predict the future. We found out the events does happen. The novel has the elements which allows me to keep on reading further until the end. It has the thrill and a suspense which lets me to want to find out more about the island's mystery. Stephen King has a done a good job in this novel. 


Lisey waas married to her author husband, Scott Landon. Now he's dead. She has knew Scott for 25 years. She had been his light all the time. After his death, people were after his works. It is a story about Lisey's journey after her husband's death. During her journey, a fan threatened her to give him Scott's works as an author. He kept on coming for her and even resort to trying to kill her. Follow Lisey's journey on how she keeps the memories of her and her husband and how she overcome the sinister threats from the man who is going all the way to get her to pass Scott's works to him.


Another great book from Stephen King.








If you like Stephen King, these are some of the books to look for. 


Cheers,


Rogerkoo

Don't Look Twice (Andrew Gross)

Hi Everyone,

I bought this book last year, Don't Look Twice written by Andrew Gross. Andrew Gross was co-author with James Patterson in some of James' books before writing on his own. This is his 3rd book. The paperback came out this year. I saw this at MPH 1 Utama where it is offering 20% discount to members and non-members (purchase of RM5 to quality for offer) until 31st July 2009. Because I am a MPH Readers' Club Member, I bought this at 20% off instantly without the need to buy at least RM5 of items for MPH. It is a savings of RM7.20. I bought this for only RM28.70 instead of the usual price at RM35.90.

It talks about a police detective, Ty Hauck who had a good life. He had a waterfront house, a new girlfriend and even a hero after unconvering a Wall Street scandal. Then during a day trip with his daughter, they encountered a shooting that an innocent man got killed. Now he has a new investigation to follow. It is just a normal shooting? Is it because of revenge? Ty suspects things go deeper and everyone, from the FBI to his own family wants him to stop finding out the answers. He could not turn away from the case for his estranged brother, Warren is also in danger. Here we will see how Ty continue to find out more about case despite the devastating consequences that he will be facing. I've finished reading this book.

Cheers,

Rogerkoo

The Associate

The Associate is another impressive and great book by John Grisham. I bought this book around September last year.


Kyle McAvoy was studying to become at lawyer at Yale. His future is very bright and promising until some men approached him regarding his dark secret which would ruin his career and future. They have a compromising video that can be used against him unless he cooperates with them.


The deal is for Kyle to work at a law firm as a law associate. The catch is that he is not working for the law firm, but against it in a dispute between two powerful defense contractors worth billions.


Can Kyle outsmart the men and find his way out of this situation with his intellectual mind? Will he survive this? Find out by reading this book! 


John Grisham is superb at legal stories. The Associate is another example of why he is so good. His other books include The Last Juror, The Appeal, The King of Torts and The Firm. These are also very good books to read.


Next post: Outstanding apps for the IPhone. From to do list to games...

Cheers,

Rogerkoo

Don't Look Twice by Andrew Gross

Hi Everyone,

This is my 100th post for my blog already. My previous post two hours ago was the 99th post. This blog has been nearly one year old in about 3 months I think. 9oo+ visitors. Still not quite there though.

I just bought this book last week, Don't Look Twice written by Andrew Gross. Andrew Gross was co-author with James Patterson in some of James' books before writing on his own. This is his 3rd book. The paperback came out this year. I saw this at MPH 1 Utama where it is offering 20% discount to members and non-members (purchase of RM5 to quality for offer) until 31st July 2009. Because I am a MPH Readers' Club Member, I bought this at 20% off instantly without the need to buy at least RM5 of items for MPH. It is a savings of RM7.20. I bought this for only RM28.70 instead of the usual price at RM35.90.

It talks about a police detective, Ty Hauck who had a good life. He had a waterfront house, a new girlfriend and even a hero after unconvering a Wall Street scandal. Then during a day trip with his daughter, they encountered a shooting that an innocent man got killed. Now he has a new investigation to follow. It is just a normal shooting? Is it because of revenge? Ty suspects things go deeper and everyone, from the FBI to his own family wants him to stop finding out the answers. He could not turn away from the case for his estranged brother, Warren is also in danger. Here we will see how Ty continue to find out more about case despite the devastating consequences that he will be facing. I've started reading this book. Will have time to read it again when I'm overseas again. This is a summary of it. Another crime & mystery book in my collection.

I also have been waiting for The Associate written by John Grisham. The paperback will be out next month. I placed an order for it earlier this month at MPH already. The Associate will be another good book to read. You can find out more about The Associate at John Grisham's website.

Cheers,

Rogerkoo

The Pearl & The Return

Hi Everyone, Still remember these? I last read these books in Form Five, that was 7 years ago. The English literature books introduced were The Pearl & The Return. I preferred The Pearl for it is easier to read and has a great storyline. The Return talked about the history of Ravi's family and tend to be quite difficult to understand. I studied at S.M.K St.John during secondary school. I think the teacher who took my class, 4H and 5H was Mrs. Smith. She was quite fierce but she was friendly too. Anyone comments on her? Still remember Mrs. Smith? .

Updates From Me This Week

Hi Everyone,

The books I ordered and paid through MPH Online has been delivered on Wednesday. I bought Against Medical Advice by James Patterson and I'm Not Sick, Just a Bit Unwell: Life with Neurofibromatosis.

There the books are. These are great books for reading. Both are true stories by the way. Yvonne Foong's book proceeds is for her surgeries. I didn't know that she is a Christian too until I've read the acknowledgements section in her book. Both are inspiring books. A little different from my usual mystery / detective / legal books that I read.

Yesterday was the Twenties Group and Girls Group social night at Su Anne's house at Damansara Indah Resort Homes. There was a lot of food and drinks there including KFC, Domino's Pizza, beancurds, rice, fried rice, sangria, soft drinks, water, salads, mashed potatoes, coleslaws, noodles, apple crumble, merinque and cakes. However, the cakes that I brought was not eaten because there were a lot served there. It's a time of fellowship and get to know each other better. We also updated each other about what we have been doing for the past few months / weeks since we met again as a combined group yesterday.

We also had a games session after desserts. We played two games which include a round of Charades to finish it off.

The first game was to get to know interesting facts about us which was known to anyone. A few of us were chosen. We are told to write interesting events that everyone did not know about. Pauline was the game master for the first game yesterday. Then, we put it into a box where Pauline then picked a few random papers being thrown into it. She then selected 3 people to sit down on 3 chairs in front of everyone. Next, Pauline then reads out to everyone about it. The objective and aim of this game are to guess who among the three sitting in front actually performed or did the thing being read out by Pauline. It's very fun to know what some of us actually did when we were younger. Others will start asking questions and there were some funny answers coming from everyone. The persons selected who did not do the things read by Pauline also need to make up a story as it that he or she has done it before.

Thanks to Su Anne and her family for opening their house for all of us yesterday night. Also thanks to Kelvin who fetched me back home yesterday after that. Thank you very much to all who attended too. We had a great fellowship together.

Updates from Rogerkoo

Yo, What's up, Everybody? Is everyone in the pink of health? I am fine here and in the pink of health. 

It's been long since I have updated this blog. I was in overseas for the past few weeks.

Tears To Tiara¹, adapted from the video game on PS3 and PC and Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood² (the most anticipated anime of the 2009) animes are now shown on Animax. I have watched the first few episodes and excited to follow these animes. These are two of the best animes that I have seen. I also like La Corda Doro Prima Passo and Nodame Cantabile too, both talking about classical music.

I've watched the previous CSI episode where Gil Grissom (William Petersen) told his team he is leaving CSI. What's the reason behind his decision? Is it because of Sara? It seems Catherine (Marg Helgenberger) knows about it. Lawrence Fishburne will join the CSI team later. Grissom has a case last week where the killer has killed a lot of people. The killer was part of a criminal research programme at a university where Lawrence Fishburne is the professor there. At the end of the episode, he told them to find a body at a site somewhere and they found the bones of another person too. Grissom can't leave CSI yet! He'll need to solve this first together with his team members. Find out this Wednesday.

I went to Ancol - Taman Impian at Ancol last week with my friends. We went to Sea World and Gelanggang Samudra. Have a look at the pictures that I took at Picasa Web - Ancol - Taman Impian. Had fun there. Came back around 5 and cooked dinner for some of my friends later. Had a good meal.

On Saturday, I've bought James Patterson's Against Medical Advice and Yvonne Foong: I'm Not Sick, Just a Bit Unwell: Life with Neurofibromatosis. If you have not noticed, my blog linked to her blog. Yvonne is suffering from Neurofibromatosis Type 2, a genetic disorder that makes tumours grow in her brain, spine and along peripheral nerves at 16³. which left here to live in silence. It talks about how she manage to cope with it and won numerous awards including Most Outstanding Youth of the Year 2005 and Her World Young Women Achiever of the Year 2008⁴

Against Medical Advice talks about Cory Friedman, who woke up one day with the uncontrollable urge to shake his head. He has gone through medications for 15 years that had side effects on him. It is a true story. It talks about he manage to fight for his life and survive them with the support of his family and teachers and medical professionals.⁵

The next few good books that I am looking forward to buy this year are The Associate written by John Grisham and James Patterson's Cross Country. I was planning to buy The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson but found that it is under the teen category so I decided not to buy. Is it meant for both adults and teens though? Hehe. Maybe should have bought it. Haha.

Will update again later. 

¹ Wikipedia: Tears to Tiara, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_to_Tiara

²Full Metal Alchemist Official Website, http://www.fullmetalalchemist.com/

³ MPH Online, http://www.mphonline.com/i/charity.jpg ⁴ The Star Online, http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/4/16/nation/3700470&sec=nation ⁵ James Patterson: The Offical Website, Against Medical Advice, http://www.jamespatterson.com/books_againstMedicalAdvice.html

Rogerkoo

James Patterson's Double Cross

Hi,

I was away again to somewhere in Indonesia. This blog post will be on James Patterson's book, Double Cross that I have finished reading. I am a fan of his books now. Wonder why I did not discover him earlier.

The main characters of the book:

Alex Cross (Retired police detective turned psychiatrist, wife passed away because of a bomb attack in a previous novel)

Bree Stone (His girlfriend, a police detective)

AK (Audience Killer, one of the villains in the book)

Kyle Craig (Another notorious villain in the book)

The books starts off with the sentencing of Kyle Craig to prison for life. The chapters in James Patterson books are short and concise. The next chapter proceeds to Alex Cross' live who now is a psychiatrist. His business to doing well with regular patients. He also likes Bree who is also a police detective as well. They are happy together and she gets along well with his kids.

The novel talks about how the Audience Killer, who planned a series of crime to challenge Alex Cross to solve the case. These series of crime are well organised that pulls Alex Cross back into the police department that he has retired from. In the first crime, a crime writer was murdered. In a video tape, Alex Cross' name was mentioned. This is followed by a number of crimes later planned so well that they could not track down the person. 

Meanwhile, in a prison, Kyle Craig still met his laywer on the case. Actually, he is planning to escape the prison through a surprise method which only him could pull off. Then, he wanted to plan with meet with the Audience Killer and teamed up to try to kill Alex Cross. Kyle Craig for the sentence that he has received because of Alex and Audience Killer who at the end revealed to be someone in need of money.

There is a twist at the end of the book. Be entertained and thrilled by James Patterson in this crime thriller. He will put you in suspense until the end of the book. Great book. Of course, this is different compared to the style of Michael Connelly, another police crime book writer. It is good as well. This is the cover and the back page of the version that I bought at Borders The Gardens.

Back in KL

Hi, I just came back to KL yesterday. Was in Jakarta. Took the Air Asia flight back and it was delayed 1 hour. Arrived here at 1900 KL time instead of 1800. Flight is pleasant although there was a little turbulence for a while. Had a good experience there. Can get used to it. Chinese New Year will be coming in just 3 weeks. This year is the year of the Ox. I was born in the year of the Ox. Will be having some family reunion gatherings during that time. I am going to buy more books to read. Most possibly written by Stephen King, James Patterson and Michael Connelly. May be looking at it tomorrow. These can help me kill time. Will be going to the First Baptist Church in PJ tomorrow for the 1100 service and listen to the sermon and worship God. That's all, Teng Joon