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Step on a Crack
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Michael Bennett: Book 1

Step on a Crack (2007) (edit title/settings)

by James Patterson (Author), Michael Ledwidge (Author) (edit contributors)

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Detective Michael Bennett is about to take on the most sinister challenge of his career. The nation has fallen into mourning after the unexpected death of a beloved former first lady, and the most powerful people in the world gather in New York for her funeral. Then the inconceivable... read more

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Detective Michael Bennett is about to take on the most sinister challenge of his career. The nation has fallen into mourning after the unexpected death of a beloved former first lady, and the most powerful people in the world gather in New York for her funeral. Then the inconceivable occurs.... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Detective Michael Bennett is about to take on the most sinister challenge of his career. The nation has fallen into mourning after the unexpected death of a beloved former first lady, and the most powerful people in the world gather in New York for her funeral. Then the inconceivable occurs. Billionaires, politicians, and superstars of every kind are suddenly trapped within one man's brilliant and ruthless scenario. Bennett--father of ten--is pulled into the fray. As the danger escalates, Michael is hit with devastating news. After fighting for many years, his wife has succumbed to a terrible disease. As New York descends into chaos, he has lost the great love of his life and faces raising his ten devastated children alone--and rescuing 34 hostages. Day after day, Bennett confronts the most ruthless man he has ever dealt with, a man who kills without hesitation and counters everything the NYPD and FBI throw at him with impunity. As the entire world watches and the tension boils to a searing heat, Bennett has to find a way out--or face responsibility for the greatest debacle in history.

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  • “You want to get seriously hurt? Mr. ToughGuy Detective!”
    Maeve Bennett
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  • Trent and Shawna are African American; Ricky and Julia, Hispanic; and Jane is Korean.
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  • Bennett clan—Chrissy, three; Shawna, four; Trent, five; twins Fiona and Bridget, seven; Eddie, eight; Ricky, nine; Jane, ten; Brian, eleven; and Juliana, twelve—all
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  • That’s when I realized she hadn’t really left for good. She’d just gone on ahead a little. “One thing Eileen had taught me by her example was that you get up and put your clothes on and do what you can do until the day you don’t get up.
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  • “I won’t lie to you. I can’t say why God would take her now. But if the fact that she was sent here among us doesn’t point toward a loving God, then I can’t help you. If we bring away anything from today, it should be the lesson that Maeve herself showed with every full, spent day of her life. Hold back nothing. Leave nothing in the tank.”
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  • Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s famous book On Death and Dying. It described the stages in the death process: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
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  • NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER Cathy Calvin
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  • Dave Oakley from HRT,” Steve told me. “The greatest tactical team supervisor alive.”
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  • In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman / Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish.
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  • “Remember when you changed me forever,” I whispered in Maeve’s ear.
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  • If the military knew how to honor the dead, leave it to the Catholics to put the fear of God into the living.
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First Sentence edit see section history

The back of the table captain's cream-colored evening jacket had just turned away when Stephen Hopkins leaned across the secluded corner booth and kissed his wife.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 6 in Michael Bennett. (standard series)

Followed by Run for Your Life.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. James Patterson (Author)
  2. Michael Ledwidge (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0-446-19927-8
Page Count: 373

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  • Library of Congress: PS3566.A822 S74 2007
  • Dewey: 813.54

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Reading Level: Adults

Violence

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