GoodReads Rating: 3.67/5
WHAT IS LOST…
WILL BE FOUND
In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world’s most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol
is a masterstroke of storytelling – a deadly race through a real-world
labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths…all under the watchful
eye of Brown’s most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden
chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, DC., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.
As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned
unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building.
Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn.
A disturbing object – artfully encoded with five symbols – is
discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an
ancient invitation…one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost
world of esoteric wisdom.
When Langdon’s beloved mentor, Peter Solomon – a prominent Mason and
philanthropist – is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope
of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow
wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly into a clandestine world of
Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations – all
of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.
As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons,
Dan Brown’s novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane
symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges
readers with an intelligent, lightning-paced story that offers surprises
at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown’s fans have been waiting for…his most thrilling novel yet.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.8/5
A fascinating and absorbing
thriller — perfect for history buffs, conspiracy nuts, puzzle lovers or
anyone who appreciates a great, riveting story.
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon
receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the
Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have
found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle,
Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in
the works of Da Vinci — clues visible for all to see — yet ingeniously
disguised by the painter.
Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu,
and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion — an
actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton,
Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.
In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and
Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate
their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine
puzzle in time, the Priory’s ancient secret — and an explosive
historical truth — will be lost forever.
The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of
lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to
its stunning conclusion.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.86/5
An ancient secret brotherhood.
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
An unthinkable target…
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to
a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol — seared into
the chest of a murdered physicist — he discovers evidence of the
unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as
the Illuminati… the most powerful underground organization ever to walk
the earth. The Illuminati has surfaced from the shadows to carry out the
final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy… the
Catholic Church.
Langdon’s worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican’s holy
conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces he has hidden an
unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the
countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria
Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the
Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous
catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most
secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year old trail
of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten
Illuminati lair… a secret location that contains the only hope for
Vatican salvation.
An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from
enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science
and religion turns to war.
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Robert Langdon is a fictional protagonist of a series of novels, novellas and short stories by American author Dan Brown. A Harvard University professor of religious iconology and symbology
(a fictional field related to the study of historic symbols, which is
not methodologically connected to the actual discipline of semiotics). Brown's novels that feature the lead character Robert Langdon also include historical themes and Christianity as motifs, and as a result, have generated controversy. Brown states on his website that his books are not anti-Christian, though he is on a 'constant spiritual journey' himself, and says that his book The Da Vinci Code
is simply "an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and
debate" and suggests that the book may be used "as a positive catalyst
for introspection and exploration of our faith."
1. Angels & Demons
2. The Da Vinci Code
3. The Lost Symbol
4. Inferno
5.Origin
GoodReads Rating: 4.1/5
Stephen King returns to the
characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The
Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan
Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special
12-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot
travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless – mostly old, lots of
polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and
spunky 12-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal,
living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when
they are slowly tortured to death.
Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one
horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to
shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally,
he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him,
and a job at a nursing home where his remnant “shining” power provides
the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he
becomes “Doctor Sleep.”
Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular
gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons
and summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival. This is an
epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill
the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining and wildly satisfy
anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.18/5
Jack Torrance’s new job at the
Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the
off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of
time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing.
But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever
more remote…and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange
and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a
uniquely gifted five-year-old.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.6/5
The writing team that delivered the bestselling Faithful,
about the 2004 Red Sox championship season, takes readers to the
ballpark again, and to a world beyond, in an eBook original to be
published on August 21, 2012.
Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with
nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball.
It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up.
Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face
of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame,
shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from
Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until
one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier….
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GoodReads Rating: 3.98/5
Alex Cross chases a cold-blooded killer…with a conscience.
Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of
Washington, D.C. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies
dead, leaving the city’s police force scrambling for answers.
Under pressure from the mayor, Alex Cross steps into the leadership
vacuum to investigate the case. But before Cross can make any headway, a
brutal crime wave sweeps across the region. The deadly scenes share
only one common thread – the victims are all criminals. And the only
thing more dangerous than a murderer without a conscience, is a killer
who thinks he has justice on his side.
As Cross pursues an adversary who has appointed himself judge, jury,
and executioner, he must take the law back into his own hands before the
city he’s sworn to protect descends into utter chaos.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.15/5
Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced
to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross’s family – his loving
wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children–have
been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man
what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people
in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross
sacrifice to save the ones he loves?
Widely praised by the greatest crime and thriller writers of our time, Cross My Heart set a jaw-dropping story in motion. Hope to Die propels
Alex Cross’s greatest challenge to its astonishing finish, proving why
Jeffery Deaver says “nobody does it better” than James Patterson.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.04/5
James Patterson raises the stakes to their highest level, ever-when
Alex Cross becomes the obsession of a genius of menace set on proving
that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime. Detective Alex
Cross is a family man at heart–nothing matters more to him than his
children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is
his anchor, and gives him the strength to confront evil in his work. One
man knows this deeply, and uses Alex’s strength as a weapon against him
in the most unsettling and unexpected novel of James Patterson’s
career.When the ones Cross loves are in danger, he will do anything to
protect them. If he does anything to protect them, they will die.CROSS
MY HEART is the most powerful Alex Cross novel ever, propelled by the
ever-ingenious mind of James Patterson, the world’s #1 bestselling
writer.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.04/5
Kill Alex Cross was “Patterson at the top of his game” (Washington Post). Alex Cross, Run is
even better. DON’T LOOK, ALEX CROSS Top plastic surgeon Elijah Creem is
renowned for his skills in the operating room, and for his wild,
no-expense-spared “industry parties,” bringing in underage exotic
dancers and models for nights of drugs, champagne, and uninhibited sex.
That is, until Detective Alex Cross busts one of Creem’s lavish soirees
and ruins his fun. Now Creem is willing to do anything to avoid going to
jail. DON’T THINK, ALEX CROSS But Alex doesn’t have time to dwell on
that case. A beautiful woman has been found murdered in her car, a lock
of her hair viciously ripped off. Then a second woman is found hanging
from a sixth-floor window with a brutal scar slashed across her stomach.
When a third mutilated body is discovered, rumors of three serial
killers on the loose send Washington D.C. into an all-out frenzy. JUST
RUN Alex is under so much pressure to solve these three grim cases that
he hasn’t noticed that someone else investigating him-someone so obsessed and so twisted that they’ll do anything-ANYTHING- to get the vengeance they require. Alex Cross, Run is
James Patterson’s most unrelenting story yet-a white-hot, sensational
thrill ride with the most extreme and gripping characters Patterson has
ever brought to life.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.85/5
It’s Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to
catch someone who’s robbing his church’s poor box. That mission behind
him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children.
The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone rings again–a
horrific hostage situation is quickly spiraling out of control. Away
from his own family on the most precious of days, Alex calls upon every
ounce of his training, creativity, and daring to save another family.
Alex risks everything–and he may not make it back alive on this most
sacred of family days. Alex Cross is a hero for our time, and never more
so than in this story of family, action, and the deepest moral choices.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, ALEX CROSS will be a holiday classic for years to
come.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.01/5
Kill Alex Cross is faster, more exciting, and more tightly wound than any Alex Cross thriller James Patterson has ever written!
The President’s son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex
Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high up is
using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in
the dark.
A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital,
and Cross discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most
devastating attack the United States has ever experienced. As his window
for solving both crimes narrows, Alex makes a desperate decision that
goes against everything he believes – one that may alter the fate of the
entire country.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.05/5
Wedding bells ring
Detective Alex Cross and Bree’s wedding plans are put on hold when
Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of
two of Washington D.C.’s most corrupt: a dirty congressmen and an
underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins picking off other
crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories–is the marksman a hero
or a vigilante?
A murderer returns
The case explodes, and the FBI assigns agent Max Siegel to the
investigation. As Alex and Siegel battle over jurisdiction, the murders
continue. It becomes clear that they are the work of a professional who
has detailed knowledge of his victims’ movements–information that only a
Washington insider could possess.
Caught in a lethal cross fire
As Alex contends with the sniper, Siegel, and the wedding, he
receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind
is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his
family for good. With a supercharged blend of action, deception, and
suspense, Cross Fire is James Patterson’s most visceral and exciting Alex Cross novel ever.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.92/5
Can Alex Cross survive his most chilling – and personal – case ever?
Pulled out of a family celebration, Detective Alex Cross gets awful
news: A beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Vowing to
catch the killer, he quickly learns that she was mixed up in one of
Washington, D.C.’s wildest scenes. And she was not this killer’s only
victim . . .
The hunt for the murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective
Brianna Stone, to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have
the credentials to get in. Soon they confront some very important, very
protected, and very dangerous people who will do anything to keep their
secrets safe. As Alex closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence
that points to the unimaginable – a revelation that could rock the
entire world.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.92/5
Separated by time
From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great
uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux
Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a
novel he’s written–a novel called Trial.
Connected by blood
As a lawyer in turn-of-the-century Washington D.C., Ben Corbett
represents the toughest cases. Fighting against oppression and racism,
he risks his family and his life in the process. When President
Roosevelt asks Ben to return to his home town to investigate rumors of
the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan there, he cannot refuse.
United by bravery
When he arrives in Eudora, Mississippi, Ben meets the wise Abraham
Cross and his beautiful granddaughter, Moody. Ben enlists their help,
and the two Crosses introduce him to the hidden side of the idyllic
Southern town. Lynchings have become commonplace and residents of the
town’s black quarter live in constant fear. Ben aims to break the reign
of terror–but the truth of who is really behind it could break his
heart.
Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross, Alex Cross’s Trial is a gripping story of murder, love, and, above all, bravery.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.84/5
When the home of Alex Cross’s longtime friend Ellie Cox is turned
into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, he is devastated. The
destruction leads him to believe that he’s chasing a horrible new breed
of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend Brianna Stone begin the hunt for
the villain responsible for the killings, they quickly find themselves
entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington, D.C. What
they discover is shocking: a strongly organized gang of teenage thugs
headed by a powerful, diabolical man—The Tiger.
As the killing spree escalates, Alex and Brianna realize they are not
dealing with any ordinary killer, but one who has brought his personal
war of vengeance to America’s capital. But just when the detectives
think they’re closing in on the elusive murderer, the Tiger disappears
into thin air. Unable to let the killer get away with this narrow
escape, Alex makes it his duty to bring the brutal butcher to justice.
He knows that he must follow the Tiger. Alone.
When Alex arrives in Nigeria, he discovers a world where justice is
as foreign as he is. Unprotected and alone in a strange country,
bombarded on all sides by the murderous threats of The Tiger, Alex must
draw on his fiercest instincts just to survive in a lawless world.
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GoodReads Rating: 4.0/5
Just when Alex thought his life was calming down into a routine of
patients and therapy sessions, he finds himself back in the game–this
time to catch a criminal mastermind like no other. A spate of elaborate
murders in Washington D.C. have the whole East Coast on edge. They are
like nothing Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone,
have ever seen. With each murder, the case becomes increasingly
complex. There’s only one thing Alex knows: the killer adores an
audience. As victims are made into gruesome spectacles citywide,
inducing a media hysteria, it becomes clear to Alex that the man he’s
after is a genius of terror–and he’s after fame. The killer has the
whole city by its strings–and he’ll stop at nothing to become the most
terrifying star that Washington D.C. has ever seen
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GoodReads Rating: 3.99/5
Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department
when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him.
The killer was never found, and the case turned cold, filed among the
unsolved drive-bys in D.C.’s rough neighborhoods.
Years later, still haunted by his wife’s death, Cross is making a
bold move in his life. Now a free agent from the police and the FBI,
he’s set up practice as a psychologist once again. His life with Nana
Mama, Damon, Jannie, and little Alex is finally getting in order. He
even has a chance at a new love.
Then Cross’s former partner, John Sampson, calls in a favor. He is
tracking a serial rapist in Georgetown, one whose brutal modus operandi
recalls a case Sampson and Cross worked together years earlier. When the
case reveals a connection to Maria’s death, Cross latches on for the
most urgent and terrifying ride of his life.
From the man USA TODAY has called the “master of the genre,” CROSS is
the high-velocity thriller James Patterson and Alex Cross’s fans have
waited years to read – and the pinnacle of the bestselling detective
series of the past two decades.
This novel was originally published under the title Cross. The movie tie-in editions are published under the title Alex Cross.
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GoodReads Rating: 3.93/5
FBI Agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family in Disneyland
when he gets a call from the Director. A well-known actress was shot
outside her home in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the
Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail describing the murder in vivid
details. Alex quickly learns that this is not an isolated incident. The
killer, known as Mary Smith, has done this before and plans to kill
again.
Right from the beginning, this case is like nothing Alex has ever
been confronted with before. Is this the plan of an obsessed fan or a
spurned actor, or is it part of something much more frightening? Now
members of Hollywood’s A-list fear they’re next on Mary’s list, and the
case grows by blockbuster proportions as the LAPD and FBI scramble to
find a pattern before Mary can send one more chilling update.
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