The Russian (Michael Bennett, 13)

Just finished The Russian & found it to be very entertaining. It really kept your interest,which is especially good since I’m on Covid lockdown. There were a couple of minor glitches, the Woodstock thing from a previous review and the fact that they had the injured partner in the hospital PRONE! Why did they have him laying on his stomach? I was impressed that they kept the reason for the title a mystery till the end. I thought I had it figured out. SPOILER ALERT!! I was wrong. I don’t know who actually wrote the book but the did a fine job.

Daniel Ott can blend into a crowd. The bland man whom you don’t remember after staring right in his face. He’s a computer whiz, talented and probably well-paid in his field of computer communications. He also despises pushy, mouthy American women, and NY women test him. Enough to brutally murder them. A serial killer. This we know. As detectives, Michael and his new young, barely tested partner Brett need to decipher a string of murders plaguing the region. But, are there one or two killers? And, are those murders isolated to the NYC area? With the impending marriage of Mary Catherine and Michael as a background, and pressure mounting from the Mayor and press, the partners build a new relationship while struggling to find clues. Brett makes a good addition to the broad cast of characters in the NYPD and FBI world who inhabit the Michael Bennett series. Will he last? Does Ott best them? We may already have a well cultivated dislike of at least some of the FBI characters, but be prepared to meet political skunk, John Macy, who reports to the Mayor. The story is classic Michael Bennett. It’s a good read, especially since much of the mystery is told from the perspective of a murderer.

A page turner filled with thriling twists and turns. Patterson at his best. Love the characters and how they interact with each other . An amazing mystery within a mystery that I never saw coming. I totally enjoyed this book and I would highly recommend this book for your reading pleasure. You will not be disappointed.

I have been a fan of James Patterson for a long time. The only problem I have is that once I start reading one of his books I can't put it down. (LOL) This book is no different. I'm writing this review at 1:30am when I should be sleeping.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel that Patterson has sacrificed quality of writing for quantity of books? It seems that he has a new release every three weeks. With the exception of his YA series I believe that I have read at least 90% of what he, along with so many co-authors, has written. I keep hoping that his plots, along with the quality of writing will improve, but it just keeps getting worse. This book could have been written as a short story as so much the material had nothing to do with advancing the story. I think that I have finally reached the end of my James Patterson purchases.