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James Patterson's GONE stars Michael Bennett, former NYPD Detective now attached to the FBI. Mexican Cartel boss, Manuel Perrine, a very evil man, has been on a killing campaign directed not only at rival drug gangs in southern California but also the brutal termination of law enforcement officials. Bennett captured Perrine once before but he escaped while in his custody. Perrine publically threatened annihilation of Michael Bennett and his ten-member extended family. This resulted in Bennett and his family being placed in the witness protection program and secretly ensconced on a ranch in an isolated area of northern California.
The president declared Perrine the number one security threat to the United States. Michael Bennett is reluctantly dragged back into active service with the FBI to join the chase to bring Perrine to justice, thus leaving his family alone and vulnerable to Perrine's henchmen. The newly formed task force includes the FBI, CIA, NSA, and military special ops units from the three services.
The story bounces back-and-forth from tactics of the operational chase, to Bennett's family who are still in hiding, and to Perrine's personal and murderous activities in southern California and Mexico. Bennett's FBI partner, Emily Parker, seems to stay on the sidelines. Her character was never fully developed. I think she would have enhanced the story as a love interest. In fact many characters seem to make brief appearances and are never heard from again. The story seems to have no central theme and little spark.
The novel, co-authored by Michael Ledwidge, who I assume did most if not all the writing, is not one of Patterson's best--actually far from it.
I rate the novel a moderate 3.


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Gone Michael Bennett James Patterson Michael Ledwidge Books Reviews

I believe that this was one of JP's best books - at the end of the last Michael Bennett book, MB knows all too well that for the sake of himself and his family, he and his family need to go into hiding as he knows that Manuel Perrine will not forget what MB did to him and that Perrine will come after him and his family so as to exact his trademark retribution, which is merciless pain and death for MB and anyone he loves. But you just know that even in the Witness Protection Program, somewhere along the line, a man like Perrine, with his vast resources and power, will ultimately find MB and his family. And when it finally happens, MB decides to actually come out of hiding, he knows he must stop playing defense, definitely go on offense, and he knows that he will need some serious allies because this is definitely going to get ugly.

The book is very fast-paced, as JP's books usually are, and in the end, you truly get to appreciate what it truly takes to finally defeat one of the most powerful drug cartels - it's all out war with no holds barred!
I considered this a decent come back in terms of story line.

For a slight synopsis, this book follows the ongoing entail of finding and capturing the drug cartel head/murderer/kidnapper Manuel "The Sun King" Perrine. Previously, Manuel Perrine was finally captured and was being put on trial. He escaped custody mid trial. Meanwhile the rest of the story focuses around Michael Bennett's personal life. There was his personal life with some sprinkles of action and then after Manuel's escape, Bennett and family went into the witness program. For me the reader, the previous book was good with an element missing for an expected Bennett novel.

But I feel that this side of the story makes up for it. There was a lot of action, movement, and progress that ultimately lead to Manuel's capture and later his death. Even his new hit woman dies at the hands of Mary Catherine. And the family of Michael Bennett will be able to move on with their lives after this threat has passed.

I definitely endorse it with a 5 stars. Ok, I would give it the 5 plus a 6th star just for the fact that I feel passionately that this book made up for an amazing conclusion to a slower book previous in this 2 part story.
I have been reading novels by James Patterson since I have been in my early thirties and now I am in my late 50’s. I have to say I can’t remember ever not enjoying reading his novels. He is the type of writer that gets you hooked into the story from page one and does not let you go until the very last word. He is that kind of talented writer. But in the novel GONE he took it to a whole new level for me. The way he wrote and weaved the story, the skill with the way he developed the criminal and his organization, at times, I have to say, it literally scared the HELL out of me. I have recommended novels by James Patterson to friends and family. As a matter of fact, my son had a reading class in High School that the course required reading a book and then briefly summarizing and making recommendations to the class as to whether they should read the novel. There wasn’t a reading list to choose from so my son asked to pick something out of my library. He came out with the first book showcasing Lindsay Boxer. The course was only a semester, but in that time he went through to the 11th book. Keep in mind my son didn’t read a lot, he preferred video games. I was quite surprised that once the class was over he continued to read that series and when he came to the end in the series he would ask when the next book was coming out. That is the kind of magic that James Patterson’s writing has. It made a reader out of a gamer. THANK YOU James Patterson!!!!! So in conclusion, if you are looking for some good reading pick up anything by James Patterson and you WILL NOT be disappointed!!!
James Patterson's GONE stars Michael Bennett, former NYPD Detective now attached to the FBI. Mexican Cartel boss, Manuel Perrine, a very evil man, has been on a killing campaign directed not only at rival drug gangs in southern California but also the brutal termination of law enforcement officials. Bennett captured Perrine once before but he escaped while in his custody. Perrine publically threatened annihilation of Michael Bennett and his ten-member extended family. This resulted in Bennett and his family being placed in the witness protection program and secretly ensconced on a ranch in an isolated area of northern California.
The president declared Perrine the number one security threat to the United States. Michael Bennett is reluctantly dragged back into active service with the FBI to join the chase to bring Perrine to justice, thus leaving his family alone and vulnerable to Perrine's henchmen. The newly formed task force includes the FBI, CIA, NSA, and military special ops units from the three services.
The story bounces back-and-forth from tactics of the operational chase, to Bennett's family who are still in hiding, and to Perrine's personal and murderous activities in southern California and Mexico. Bennett's FBI partner, Emily Parker, seems to stay on the sidelines. Her character was never fully developed. I think she would have enhanced the story as a love interest. In fact many characters seem to make brief appearances and are never heard from again. The story seems to have no central theme and little spark.
The novel, co-authored by Michael Ledwidge, who I assume did most if not all the writing, is not one of Patterson's best--actually far from it.
I rate the novel a moderate 3.