Personal Review Of Worst Case By James Patterson

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The book I chose to read was Worst Case by James Patterson. I’ve heard really good things about the author from both my brother and dad. When I was trying to find a book, I asked my brother for help since he also likes that genre. He has a enormous box of books that I sorted through until I found a book that I liked the looks of. The cover is a picture of a cop in front of New York City. This sparked an interest in me because I really enjoy city crimes. The book’s main character, Michael Bennett, works for the NYPD and is faced with his most difficult case yet. College students coming from wealthy families are getting kidnapped and murdered. The killer is very concerned about poverty and before killing his victims, he gives them a test on

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