See How They Run

by James Patterson

Book Overview

Blockbuster bestselling suspense writer James Patterson resurrects a masterpiece! His wife is murdered at a party. His brother is killed at the Academy Awards. Now his former sweetheart is running for her life. Dr. David Strauss is soon obsessed with finding the explosive secret behind his family's murders--a secret born in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. His search takes him on a harrowing trek across Europe, and finally to the Moscow Olympics,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568654235
• ISBN13: 9781568654232
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

See How They Run

James Patterson is such a gripping writer. I couldn't put the book down. There's always a surprise somewhere waiting to jump out and get you.

Controversial but a very good read!!!

I feel this book is very controversial. I know this story is written back in 1979, it is a bit shakey and needed a little bit of fine tuning but other that that this book is great!! James Patterson is a great story teller and shocks the heck out of you in the end as always. This is the first book I read by Patterson were the main character isn't a detective. Patterson made you feel what David (the main character) felt and David wanted ultimate revenge on Nazis but in the end David realize revenge is not the best solution because it can lead you in the wrong direction like the Nazi Hunter did. The Nazi Hunter (who's name I forgotten) did the unbelieveable as he held up the olympics. I feel that James Patterson had the guts to write this story because what if this did happen in real life. I feel that Patterson breaks all the rules and boundaries in my eyes!!!

A brilliant book from Patterson

Some James Patterson readers just cannot understand why his early books are actually very good. But they are...James Patterson's early books are gems to be savoured as they are some of the few example of him when he actually wrote GOOD prose, before he began churning them out like Danielle Steele just for a few more bucks. The prose in his latest books is unashamedly simplistic and shallow, and completely lacks any kind of depth. here, at least, his prose is far better. And, the story looses absolutely nothing. It is still very suspenseful, pageturning, etc. All the things for which Patterson is best known. The good writing takes absolutely nothign away from the excitement and overall quality of the plot and even, at times, adds to it. The plot itself is strong (if rather unrealistic...but then, we do not look to Patterson for realism) and much better developed than those of his latest books. The characters are also more well-drawn (still not good...but character development has never been one of his grest strength, unless of course you're talking about the villains in his first three Cross thrillers.) It's also a book which puts forward lots of moral issues, and probably plays around with yourbeliefes and conceptions about what is good and what is bad. I.e. the villains are not who at first we think they are, but they are an altogether different group of people whom we feel a great empathy for. There are still twists aplenty throughout the book, and it powers along with the speed and inevitability of a freight train. The climax is great, and the relationship between Alix and David touching (although its not quite understandable how David so quickly gets over the death of his wife)If only James Patterson would go back to this style. Good writing AND a great plot...now, there's something to look out for from JP.

Different kind of novel from Patterson

This is a story of revenge against the Nazis for the Holocaust. Or is it? Very interesting, exciting and sometimes down right scarey. A real page turner.

Quick and well thought out. I loved it!

Though I have never read a James Patterson book that was a full ten, this is as close as it gets. His style of writing is unmatchable. He has a special gift that allows him to write at a quick pace, leaving out overkill, but still enthrawling the reader with a very deep plot. This book shines very brightly as one of his best