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Run for Your Life (Michael Bennett) |  | Authors: James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Rating:  109 reviews
Sales Rank: 1397
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 416
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 044656267X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780446562676
ASIN: 044656267X
Publication Date: October 20, 2009
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A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. His message is clear: remember your manners or suffer the consequences! For some, it seems that the rich are finally getting what they deserve. For New York's elite, it is a call to terror.
Only one man can tackle such a high-profile case: Detective Mike Bennett. The pressure is enough for anyone, but Mike also has to care for his 10 children-all of whom have come down with virulent flu at once!
Discovering a secret pattern in The Teacher's lessons, Detective Bennett realizes he has just hours to save New York from the greatest disaster in its history. From the #1 bestselling author comes RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, the continuation of his newest, electrifying series.
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 Fastpaced, unpredictable, and a fun new detective! November 8, 2009
M. Lapus (New York, NY)
I very much enjoyed Run for Your Life. As all of Patterson's novels, it is fast-paced with continuous action and a sympathetic lead detective. I enjoyed Run for Your Life in part because it had less gore than most other thrillers and even the killer was unusually interesting. How can you not be drawn in by someone whose mission is to teach the wealthy and arrogant of NYC manners?
Plus, Run for Your Life introduces us to a fun new detective. I was drawn in by Detective Michael Bennett and the insight that comes from his role in NYPD Tactical Assistance Response Unit. The light hint of romance adds to Michael Bennett's charm.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; 1 edition (October 20, 2009), 416 pages.
Review copy provided by the publisher.
 Not Happy ! November 2, 2009
Sheila (NY)
I have read every book James Patterson has written...loved them all.
HOWEVER HE MUST HAVE RUN OUT OF NEW IDEAS. THIS BOOK WAS TERRIBLE. I KEPT READING THINKING IT WOULD IMPROVE BUT IT WAS BORING , CONFUSING AND INANE RIGHT UP TO THE LAST PAGE.
THUMBS DOWN FOR THIS ONE ! IMO
 Wow! I loved this book. October 29, 2009
Cathi J. Lance (Oceanside, CA)
This is the first time I read about the new character, Michael Bennett. He is so human you have to love him. When I saw that this book, Run for Your Life only had 3½ stars I almost didn't buy it. I went by my gut instinct knowing how great James Patterson's books are. I couldn't put Run For Your Life down. It was very exciting and you kept rooting for Det. Bennett throughout the whole book. I can't wait to read his other books. I ordered Step On A Crack because I wanted to read the first installment of Michael Bennett. Then I'll be buying the other books about him. I love Alex Cross, but Michael Bennett seems a little more real to me. You gotta read Run For Your Life. You won't be disappointed.
 Just OK August 28, 2009
C. Barley
It's an OK read. Kind of see through. He has written better novels. Just OK.
Entertaining thriller August 22, 2009
Stephen M. Charme (Cranford, NJ United States)
New York City detective Michael Bennett heads a team trying to track down a psychopath named the Teacher who has gone on what seems to be a random killing spree, though the reader later learns that is not the case. In between the manhunt are some poignant as well as humorous scenes between Bennett and his large family of adopted children, all of whom miss Maeve, Bennett's wife and their mother, who died of cancer a year earlier.
There is lots of action, and the novel is very entertaining and fast reading. However I gave it only four stars because as the story moved toward its conclusion, it strained the bounds of plausibility (particularly the ending; there are limits to what a person can survive). Also, unlike the better Alex Cross novels, I felt that some of the characters were not fully developed (like Bennett's uncle and the children's nanny). On top of that, Bennett's philosophical waxing throughout the novel sometimes seemed too pat and cliched.
I am a huge James Patterson fan and thoroughly enjoyed reading this novel, but I think Patterson has done better.
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