Detective Alex Cross is in love, but in Washington D. C. he must face a villain he will never forget.
Alex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders-murders with a pattern so twisted, it leaves investigators reeling. Cross's ingenious pursuit of the killer produces a suspect: a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shafer.
But proving that Shafer is the murderer becomes a potentially deadly task. As the diplomat engages in a brilliant series of surprising countermoves, in and out of the courtroom, Alex and his fianc e become hopelessly entangled with the most memorable nemesis Alex Cross has ever faced.
Pop Goes the Weasel reveals James Patterson at the peak of his power. Here is a chilling villain no reader will forget, a love story of great tenderness, and a plot of relentless suspense and heart-pounding pace. To read Pop Goes the Weasel is to discover why James Patterson is one of the world's greatest suspense writers.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 10/19/1999
ISBN: 9780316693288
Pages: 423
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.34w x 1.24d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/1999 pg. 64
Booklist 07/01/1999 pg. 1895
Library Journal 07/01/1999 pg. 134
Publishers Weekly 08/02/1999 pg. 69
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/1999 pg. 1250
Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 31

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 66161 / Pop Goes the Weasel
Reading Level: 5.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 14