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“With Jane Smith, Alex Cross has reason to be jealous” (Good Morning America). Hard to Kill features James Patterson’s greatest character yet–a tough-as-nails attorney up against a relentless killer.
Attorney Jane Smith is mounting an impossible criminal defense.
Her client, Rob Jacobson, is the unluckiest of the unlucky. No sooner is he accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons than a second family is gunned down.
It’s not double jeopardy. It’s not double murder. It’s double triple homicide.
Jane’s career has spanned from NYPD beat cop to Hamptons courtroom. She’s tough to beat. She’s even tougher to kill.
The defense may never rest.
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It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-23-24
Good story, way too many characters to keep track of!
I really struggled with the author’s fluency and intonation. As a reading teacher, I would like to listen to a book read appropriately. The story was good, It would have kept my interest more if I didn’t have to keep track of so many different characters, too many!
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- AMG
- 10-23-24
Great story, needs another book to finish series
I couldn’t get through this book fast enough. It kept me on the edge of my seat, but still lots of questions at the end…waiting for the next book.
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- Sharon W.
- 09-04-24
Intrigue
Liked the protagonists., the pace and the puzzle of who”done”. Liked that the ending leave another book open.
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- J. Truman
- 10-15-24
Good read - again!
Love the characters and their connections. You can’t help but root for Jane, Ben and Jimmy!!
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- shereehhi
- 08-13-24
No woke pls
Need to lose the ‘woke’ thing …God is not a she. So over this crap! ‘God wins’
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- alana jacobs
- 08-16-24
Jayne is a flawed character
Jayne decisions incongruent with character. Very ordinary for this genre. Abit to much meaningless chatter between characters. Author has better novels.
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- ladynutz
- 07-31-24
So much like book 1
This book was far to much like the 1st book. Fine but hardly with paying for. Get from your library.
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- Rhonda Madison
- 08-12-24
Good story
I liked this storyline. Although it left several unanswered questions. Hopefully, there will be another book to clear everything up. I also liked Eva Kaminski's narration.
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- Christine D. Darr
- 08-29-24
Drifting decibels
The audiobook reader would often decrease the volume of her voice at the end of a sentence so that many parts were unintelligible. It made it difficult to follow the story.
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- Gary Fredericksen
- 10-25-24
on the edge of our seats (driving while listening)
just dieing to find out who was behind it all... can't wait till the next one!
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