Overview:
Christmas is fast approaching. The former First Lady has been poisoned while sharing a romantic dinner with her husband in a posh New York City restaurant. A few blocks away, Maeve Bennett is dying of cancer. She and her husband Mike have adopted 10 children of various races and nationalities. Government leaders and celebrities fill St. Patrick's Cathedral for the funeral mass, attracting a massive crowd of spectators.
But, something goes terribly wrong and the entire congregation is kidnapped by an unknown group of gunmen who have no apparent means of success. Mike Bennett, a detective and former hostage negotiator is called in to assist. He quickly assumes the lead role in negotiating with Jack, the leader of the kidnappers. Cool, detached, and seemingly amoral, Jack simply asks for money and the stage is set. We learn quickly that he has help on the outside, the Neat Man, an obsessive-compulsive man who must always be clean.
James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge juxtapose the conflict Bennett endures as he faces a relentless and well-prepared foe while trying to cope with the impending death of his beloved wife and caring for a brood of children 3 - 12 years old. There are so many kids that a visitor at the hospital thinks he has brought some students from a school to sing Christmas carols for the patients. The authors of Step On a Crack deftly draw characters with the strengths and frailties of real people in real situations. The plot is not so unreal as to detract from our willingness to envelope ourselves in the story and "believe" in what we are reading.
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And Blessed Are The Ones Who Care For Their Fellow Men!
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