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Michael Bennett mysteries

Author:
Patterson, James, 1947
 
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Star rating for Step on a crack
Series Volume:
1.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
As he faces a devastating personal loss, Detective Michael Bennett is about to take on the most sinister challenge of his career: a kidnapping crisis that could destroy the most powerful people in America.
The nation has fallen into mourning after the unexpected death of a beloved former First Lady, and the most powerful people in the world gather in New York for her funeral. Then the inconceivable occurs: Billionaires, politicians, and...
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Star rating for Run for your life
Series Volume:
2.
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. Discovering a secret pattern to The Teacher's lessons, Detective Mike Bennett realizes he has just hours to save New York from the greatest disaster in history.
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Star rating for Worst case
Series Volume:
3.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Detective Michael Bennett and FBI Abduction Specialist Emily Parker reluctantly team up to stop a killer targeting not only the children of New York's wealthiest families--but the entire city of New York.
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Star rating for Tick tock
Series Volume:
4.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
NYC's #1 detective, Michael Bennett, has a huge problem-the Son of Sam, the Werewolf of Wisteria and the Mad Bomber are all back. The city has never been more terrified!
When a rash of horrifying crimes tears through the city, the city calls on Detective Michael Bennett, pulling him away from a seaside retreat with his ten adopted children. Not only does it tear apart their vacation, it leaves the entire family open to attack. Immediately,...
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Star rating for I, Michael Bennett
Series Volume:
5.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Detective Michael Bennett takes his family to upstate New York in an effort to escape a lawless crime wave erupting in Manhattan only to find themselves immersed in another nightmare, one that endangers his relationship with his wife.

6. Gone

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Star rating for Gone
Series Volume:
6.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"Manuel Perrine doesn't fear anyone or anything. A charismatic and ruthless leader, Perrine slaughters rivals as effortlessly as he wears his trademark white linen suit. Detective Michael Bennett once managed to put Perrine behind bars, the only official in the US ever to accomplish that. But now Perrine is out, and he has sworn to find and kill Bennett and everyone dear to him. Detective Bennett, along with his ten adopted children, their nanny,...

7. Burn

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Star rating for Burn
Series Volume:
7.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Detective Michael Bennett finally returns to New York City-and to the most unsettling, horrific case of his career in this #1 New York Times bestseller.
At last, Detective Michael Bennett and his family are coming home to New York City. Thanks to Bennett, the ruthless crime lord whose vengeful mission forced the Bennett family into hiding has been brought down for good.
Back in the city that never sleeps, Bennett takes over a...

8. Alert

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Star rating for Alert
Series Volume:
8.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
In this New York Times bestseller, Detective Michael Bennett must race against time to save New York City from chaos by tracking down the source of two mysterious attacks.
New Yorkers aren't easily intimidated, but someone is doing their best to scare them, badly: why? After two inexplicable high-tech attacks, the city that never sleeps is on edge. Detective Michael Bennett, along with his old pal, the FBI's Emily Parker, have to...
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Star rating for Bullseye
Series Volume:
9.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Snow blankets the avenues of Manhattan's exclusive Upper West Side. The storm is the perfect cover for a fashionable, highly trained team of lethal assassins as they prowl the streets, hunting their prey. But their first hit is simply target practice. Their next mission may very well turn the Cold War red-hot once again. Stepping directly into the line of fire, the president of the United States is in New York for a summit at the United Nations with...

10. Haunted

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Star rating for Haunted
Series Volume:
10.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Detective Michael Bennett and his family are about to be haunted ... by a father's worst nightmare--the signs he should have seen and a son's desperate cry for help. Reeling from a crisis that would destroy lesser families, the Bennetts escape New York for a much-needed vacation. An idyllic country town in the Maine woods is haunted ... by an epidemic emptying its streets and preying on its youth. Turns out the vacation brochures don't tell the full...

11. Ambush

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Star rating for Ambush
Series Volume:
11.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
The life of New York's top cop is not the only one at risk. One of Bennett's children sustains a mysterious injury. And a series of murders follows, each with a distinct signature, alerting Bennet to the presence of a professional killer.
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Star rating for Blindside
Series Volume:
12.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
When New York City's Mayor is desperate to find his missing daughter, Detective Michael Bennett steps in to help the Mayor and strike a deal to save his son in prison.
Bennett and the mayor have always had a tense relationship, but now the mayor sees in Bennett a discreet investigator with family worries of his own. Just one father helping another.
The detective leaps into the case and sources lead him to a homicide in...
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Star rating for The Russian
Series Volume:
13.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Investigating a trio of horrifying murders in three major U.S. cities against a backdrop of his impending nuptials, Detective Michael Bennett risks getting caught in a deadly trap set by a particularly elusive killer.
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Star rating for Shattered
Series Volume:
14.
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
When his partner and best friend, FBI abduction specialist Emily Parker, is murdered, NYPD master homicide investigator Michael Bennett takes on the most intensely personal investigation of his career.
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Star rating for Obsessed
Series Volume:
15.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
When a killer becomes obsessed with his oldest daughter, Detective Michael Bennett will do anything to keep his family safe as he races against time to crack this superstitious killer's code.
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Star rating for Crosshairs
Series Volume:
16.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
NYC detective Michael Bennett teams up with a former Army Ranger and sniper whose long, unexplained absences from duty causes suspicions during the investigation of a serial killer.

17. Chase

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Star rating for Chase
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
A man plunges to his death from the roof of a Manhattan hotel. It looks like a suicide--except the victim has someone else's fingerprints and $10,000 in cash. Enter Detective Michael Bennett.
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Star rating for Manhunt
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Michael Bennett, be grateful you're alive. Someone attacked the Thanksgiving Day Parade directly in front of Michael Bennet and his family. The television news called it 'holiday terror'; Michael Bennett calls it personal. The hunt is on...."--Back cover.