Outside New York city, the palatial home of Dr. David Strauss's parents is attacked by gunmen during a glittering party. As he watches helplessly, his wife is murdered. In Los Angeles, Strauss's brother is killed during the Academy Award ceremonies. In Manhattan, his past sweetheart, Alix Rothchild, is running for her life.
Dr. David Strauss is soon obsessed with finding the explosive secret behind the murders of his family members. His dangerous odyssey takes him across Europe, and finally to the Olympics, where one of the most shattering surprises in suspense fiction will take place.
Janis K. (scrapbooklady) from PLYMOUTH, MI wrote on 6/26/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
"See How They Run" has a very unusual plot line. The book is about two WWII concentration camp surviors that are trying to prevent the Nazis from terrorizing the world again. David Strauss and Alix Rothchild fly to Germany to retrace David's brother's steps in making his film, The Forth Commandment, and to search for a man named Michael Ben-Iban. For David this might be his chance to find out why his brother was murdered and for Alix the trip was a terror filled and business trip. There are many plot twists that will make you think, "Why didn't I think of that earlier?" James Patterson has masterfully placed history in an exciting mouse chase that will leave you satisfied.
John D. (jdocop) from FARMERS BRNCH, TX wrote on 4/17/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Early work from him. A bit different, sort of unsettling, and ultimately, not particularly satisfying. Nazis vs. Nazi Hunters in 1980, with too many over-the-top, overly zealous radicals on both sides. In short, not very realistic.
Johannes K. from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote on 4/23/2006...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Read the first few chapters and didn't like it very much at all, too many typos and poorly composed sentences.
M. Carol T. (mamatraub) from SACRAMENTO, CA wrote on 5/11/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
You must read all of James Patterson's books if you are a fan, this book was published in 1979 and is harder to find. Look out bad guys James is on your case and you are toast.
JoAnne M. from ANN ARBOR, MI wrote on 4/10/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great book!!!
Jessica K. (Jessk) from SALEM, WI wrote on 3/29/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
loved it
Becky W. from ROSEMOUNT, MN wrote on 9/19/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great book by James Patterson
Nona R. from POWELL, WY wrote on 6/19/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Not as great as the Alex Cross series, but a good story.
Amberly B. (Amberly) from VILLA RICA, GA wrote on 6/2/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Good story, about WWII and the Nazis.
Christi T. (Christi) from CARSON CITY, NV wrote on 3/30/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Patterson is always good.
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Danny J. (DanJohnson) from CARTERSVILLE, GA wrote on 7/22/2008...
This book was originally published as "The Jericho Commandment"
Think back to the 1980 Olympic Games, held in Moscow. In truth, the U.S. boycotted the Games that year. Now, imagine that the U.S. team had participated in the 1980 Games, and that a group that calls itself The Fourth Reich infiltrates the Olympic Village with the intention of starting a new Holocaust.
This book has nonstop action almost from the opening page, and is full of the surprises and plot twists that a Patterson thriller has become known for. I can't imagine why there hasn't been a movie made of this one yet!
Candace G. (Ogre) from CARTERVILLE, IL wrote on 1/18/2007...
Outside New York city, the palatial home of Dr. David Strauss's parents is attacked by gunmen during a glittering party. As he watches helplessly, his wife is murdered. In Los Angeles, Strauss's brother is killed during the Academy Award ceremonies. In Manhattan, his past sweetheart, Alix Rothchild, is running for her life.
Dr. David Strauss is soon obsessed with finding the explosive secret behind the murders of his family members. His dangerous odyssey takes him across Europe, and finally to the Olympics, where one of the most shattering surprises in suspense fiction will take place.
James Patterson, the #1 bestselling author of ALONG CAME A SPIDER and KISS THE GIRLS, has done it again.
Eve M. from CAMAS, WA wrote on 8/7/2006...
ward ceremonies. In Manhattan, his past sweetheart, Alix Rothschild, is running for her life.
Dr. David Strauss is soon obsessed with finding the explosive secret behind the murders of his family members. His dangerous odyssey takes him across Europe and finally to the Olympics, where one of the most shattering surprises in suspense fiction will take place.
Jud H. (trekie70) from FAYETTEVILLE, AR wrote on 7/27/2006...
Average book for a non-Delaware novel.
Christine J. from ROCKLAND, MA wrote on 7/4/2005...
Outside New York City, the palatial home of Dr. David Strauss's parents is attacked by gunmen during a glittering party. As he watches helplessly, his wife is murdered. In LosAngeles, Strauss's brother is killed during the Academy Award ceremonies. In Manhattan, his past sweetheart, Alix Rothchild, is running for her life.
Dr. David Strauss is soon obsessed with finding the explosive secret behind the murders of his family members. His dangerous odyssey takes him across Europe, and finally to the Olympics, where one of the most shattering surprises in suspense fiction will take place.