Four Blind Mice

By: James Patterson

Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez, Michael Emerson

In this #1 New York Times bestseller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson go deep behind military lines to confront a team of assassins known as the Four Blind Mice.

The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross.

Detective Alex Cross is on his way to resign from Washington DC’s Metro PD when his partner John Sampson’s military past collides with civic duty.

When a friend from Sampson’s Army days is arrested for murder on evidence strong enough to invoke the death penalty, Sampson and Cross discover clues overlooked—or concealed—by the military. Leads point to three elite killers and an even more skillful commander.

Cross and Sampson are about to find out how their street training and almost telepathic mutual trust stack up against the darkest impulses of military authority.

“A murder mystery of the highest order.” —Boston Herald

“The best Cross yet…. Everything clicks in this novel…it sure is entertainment.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Next time I'm going with abridged version

Enjoyed most of this one...but the extended "love scenes" and some of the storyline would have been much more enjoyable - without.

Next Patterson novel with be abridged for me.

Love this book

I thought I had read all of the Alex Cross series but guess I skipped this one. They never disappoint.

Infinitely better than recent Alex Cross stories

I like Alex Cross. I loved the earlier stories, but after Roses are Red, I swore I would never, ever read another James Patterson book. It's an addiction. I read Violets are Blue, a slight redemption, but I was still borderline. Beach House was adequate, and the new series, 1st to Die and 2nd Chance were an interesting change. Four Blind Mice is a good book, ill-timed storyline, but such is life. I find myself looking forward to some more enjoyable quick reads/listens from Patterson (what is it, every six months?)....

Music ruined it

The music during some of the scenes completely ruined it. It was too loud and very distracting. We don't need a sexy saxophone playing during love scenes to get the picture, or creepy midnight crickets and woodland noise to know we're in the woods.

Great for Flying

I listened to the book over a period of a couple of weeks while flying between BWI and Florida. First time in my life that I was fervently hoping for a delay to the flight so that I could listen some more. The suspense is outstanding. The love scenes are OK, but about as good as Tom Clancy (if you know what I mean).

The plot develops nicely and has quite a few twists and turns. I could not predict what the ending would be, although I was teased by the foreshadowing.