It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: Nobody does it better.
- JEFFREY DEAVER,
Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn't forget that no one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The <i>Alex Cross</i> series proves it
- LEE CHILD, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series,
James Patterson is The Boss. End of.
- IAN RANKIN, bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus series,
I wrote, "<i>Along Came a Spider</i> is the best thriller I've come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season's no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name." A household name, indeed.
- NELSON DEMILLE,
James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.
- STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone series,
[Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages.
- DOUGLAS PRESTON and LINCOLN CHILD,
Alex Cross is a legend.
- HARLAN COBEN,
Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind.
- MICHAEL CONNELLY,
Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination.
- NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW,
Patterson is in a class by himself.
- VANITY FAIR,