See How They Run

✍ Scribed by Patterson, James

• Book ID: 107037519
• Publisher: Vision
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 140 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780613707091

✦ Synopsis

Product Description

Outside New York City, the palatial home of Dr. David Strauss's parents is attacked by gunmen during a glittering party. As he watches helplessly, his wife is murdered. In Los Angeles, Strauss's brother is killed during the Academy Award ceremonies. In Manhattan, his past sweetheart, Alix Rothchild, is running for her life. Dr. David Strauss is soon obsessed with finding the explosive secret behind the murders of his family members. His dangerous odyssey takes him across Europe, and finally to the Olympics, where one of the most shattering surprises in suspense fiction will take place.

About the Author

James B. Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an award-winning American author. Formerly an advertising executive for J. W. Thompson in the early 1990s, Patterson came up with the slogan ''Toys R Us Kid''. Shortly after his success with Along Came A Spider he retired from the firm and devoted his time to writing. The novels featuring his character, Alex Cross, a black forensic psychologist formerly of the Washington, D.C. Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation, now working as a private psychologist and government consultant, are the most popular books among Patterson readers. James Patterson has been criticized by Stephen King, who called Patterson's books ''dopey thrillers''.[citation needed] Patterson shrugged off the comments, stating that he wants to be the ''thrillingest thriller writer of all time''.[citation needed] James Patterson has also been put as one of Forbes magazine's top 100 celebrities.