Baptism - Hardcover

PRAISE FOR "BAPTISM"

"A tense blockbuster with worryingly credible characters." --Peter Millar, "The Times
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"This thriller has more twists than a bagful of snakes--and as much bite . . . A must read." "--Peterborough Telegraph

""Nerve-racking, impeccably researched . . . ratchets up the suspense to an almost unbearable level" --"Mystery People Magazine"

"An exciting page turner." --"Bestseller's World"

PRAISE FOR "BAPTISM"

"With lots of violence, steadily building tension, and an exciting finale, this one will find eager readers among James Patterson's fans."--"Booklist"

"A tense blockbuster with worryingly credible characters." --Peter Millar, "The Times
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"This thriller has more twists than a bagful of snakes--and as much bite . . . A must read." "--Peterborough Telegraph

""Nerve-racking, impeccably researched . . . ratchets up the suspense to an almost unbearable level" --"Mystery People Magazine"

"An exciting page turner." --"Bestseller's World"

""Baptism" is a top class thriller... This book takes a well-established idea--think The Taking of Pelham 123 --and adds some highly original twists... [a] fast-paced and exciting thriller." ""San Francisco Book Review"""

"An exciting page turner." ""Bestseller's World"""

"An exciting page turner." Bestseller's World"

"Baptism is a top class thriller... This book takes a well-established idea--think The Taking of Pelham 123 --and adds some highly original twists... [a] fast-paced and exciting thriller."--San Francisco Book Review

"A greased-lightning thriller that will doubtless make a perfect summer movie--preferably one to sit through on the hottest day of the year."--Kirkus Reviews

"A tense blockbuster with worryingly credible characters."--Peter Millar, The Times

"An exciting page turner."--Bestseller's World

"With lots of violence, steadily building tension, and an exciting finale, this one will find eager readers among James Patterson's fans."--Booklist

The London Times called Baptism "a tense blockbuster with worryingly credible characters."

In this modern-day thriller set in the subway tunnels beneath London, DCI Ed Mallory of the London police faces the greatest challenge of his brilliant, if somewhat unconventional, career as a hostage crisis negotiator. Blinded in a grenade blast during the course of only his second official negotiation, Mallory has over the ensuing years developed other faculties to compensate for the lack of sight, including an acute sense of hearing and penetrating insight into the twisted workings of the criminal mind. Driven and obsessive, Mallory now faces a high-stakes showdown with a psychopath who combines religious fanaticism and a chilling disregard for human life. Will Mallory's skills be enough to save London from a baptism by blood?