Night Sniper

by James Patterson, Christopher Charles

One killer. Eight million targets. Eight million suspects.

Cheryl Mabern is the NYPD's most brilliant detective--and the most damaged. Now she must confront her darkest fears to stop a calculating killer committing random murders.

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Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Audiobook, Short Stories, Novella, Thriller

144 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication January 1, 2099

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James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and Michael Crichton, as well as collaborated on #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots, and Filthy Rich. Patterson has told the story of his own life in the #1 bestselling autobiography James Patterson by James Patterson. He is the recipient of an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. I had no idea what was going to happen.

[Ed · Rating 3 out of 5]

A 2017 thriller novella by authors James Patterson and Charles Christopher. An interesting twist from the beginning - NYPD detective Cheryl Mabern is in an upscale rehabilitation center for drug addiction and the aftermath of putting a black teenager on life support; she claims the kid turned and pointed a gun at her but there are doubters in the community. She had gained notoriety for killing a serial killer who had captured her partner. Now a serial killer the press has dubbed "The Night Sniper" is on the loose and her partner springs her from the center to join a task force tracking the killer. Most of the story is quite good but the killer's love interest doesn't ring true and the clue he sends to Cheryl is extremely stupid, of course, so is her use of the clue.

Cheryl Mabern is the NYPD's most brilliant detective—and the most damaged. Now she must confront her darkest fears to stop a calculating killer committing random murders.

[Ranie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I lost interest in this story, a bit too redundant and confusing scenes....

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

You never know how someone's life used to be. Or what makes them tick.....what a book.

[David Winslow Winslow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and easy. Classic police officer with issues….past and problems. Do I believe it would really work out this way? Nah. But does it make for a quick entertaining read? Sure.

[Eileen Leith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read. It was a stretch to think Mabern figured out the snipers pattern

[Teresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome read! Detective Cheryl has a drinking and drug problem, and she hit bottom when she shot a teenage boy. She checks herself into a drug rehab facility, and is successful in staying sober. Until the Night Sniper strikes. Night Sniper is told from both Cheryl's and Miles (the Sniper's) view points. We are invited along as Cheryl continues to get closer to revealing who the Sniper is and learning how clever and smart Miles is. Cheryl is brilliant, fighting past demons and her guilt over the shooting, and I enjoy her intelligence and her ability to think outside any box. Her partner, Randy, is loyal and practical and her former team is still learning just how skilled their leader is. We also learn how Miles got to be as twisted as he is and how he is able to justify his actions. Recommend!

[Meiwilli · Rating 2 out of 5]

Night Sniper is a short collaboration by James Patterson and Christopher Charles about a hero/disgraced NYPD detective who is called back into action from her sabbatical at the treatment facility she is hiding out in, to catch a killer committing random murders in the city.

Unsurprisingly as so many of Patterson's Book Shots, this one is DOA. In the short span of this story, there are too many (unimportant) characters introduced that I found myself flipping back to try and remember who is who on more than one occasion.

More importantly, this story could have been anywhere other than New York City...A sniper in the city, how original.

[mandyfujita · Rating 3 out of 5]

Detective Cheryl Mabern has made the news several times. Herione turned villian, she is now the cop no one wants to associate with. Her ex partner, Randy Hall asks her to be part of a task force to help catch the Night Sniper. No clues left behind and nothing to go on, Cheryl is asked to once again do the impossible and solve the serial killing.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was okay, I just didn't really get into the characters, maybe if it had been a full length novel?
A sniper serial killer is knocking off people in the late night hours. The cops bring in their ringer, who is recovering after accusations of an unjustified shooting. She needs to figure out and/or set up his next move to try to stop him before he kills again.

[Sean Harding · Rating 1 out of 5]

Another short crime fiction from Patterson Inc with no time to develop characters, or get a sense of s decent plot, but just bang bang bang we are done. You didn't even have time to leave your phone number James!
Very ordinary and quite dull actually, sometimes the Patterson quest should be called Patterson's curse...

[Anna McFadden · Rating 4 out of 5]

after a case that ended with a "special needs kid" getting shot and ends in a coma Detective Cheryl Mabern, New Yorks most brilliant detective needs to. she is on LOA dealing with the the damage she's is feeling to her soul but when the homeless are starting to be murder and the police are not getting anywhere it is up to Cheryl to find the killer and stop him/her before they kill again.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Homicide Detective Cheryl Mabern is in recovery trying to make sense of the fact that she shot a young autistic teenager. When a killer called the Night Sniper begins randomly killing individuals across NYC her partner begs for her to come back to work to help find the killer. But is Cheryl to damages to be of any help or had the killer just found his sole mate?

[Uwe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good story about a abused kid, getting to be a surgeon and a serial killer with a motiv coming from pictures ..... situation of lonely people. so lonely and sad so they deserve to die to be happy. A cop with problems and visions, very good what she is doing, but not good with her superiors. Good old story about the rebellious cop .........wich wins in the end!

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Night Sniper is the second story of three in the book The Family Lawyer by James Patterson. All three stories are about 150 pages each. This story was just okay, it was lacking excitement and it took a lot to keep my interest. It wasn't terrible but it wasn't that great either.

[Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

This short book shots novel finds a troubled NYPD detective taken out of a rehab center to try and track down a sniper terrorizing the city. Faced with a backlash when the city finds she is on the case can she track down the sniper before ending her career. Ok

[Papalodge · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good all round fun to read. Overcoming public opinion is sometimes worthwhile. But it takes a lot of effort. In the end it's how you feel about yourself. Only God is perfect... but we can try to do our best.

[Brenda Wharton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short story.
Cheryl is a brilliant police officer but is In trouble for shooting a young man. She gets asked to come back to help catch the night sniper... who seems to be shooting his victims through the heart

[Alan Snow · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second of the three books in the “Family Lawyer” compilation.

It was a good psychological thriller that built up towards the end to a great finish.

There were actually two storylines happening in parallel which to a degree intersected.

Well worth reading.

[Carolyn Morales · Rating 3 out of 5]

Again, disappointed it was short story because there was so much character development and then, boom, end of story. Classic-- no one can solve a case until they are told they are no longer on the case. I did like the end explanation of how he became a psychopath.... always like those.

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started well, but petered out a bit after a while. Not the best of the bookshots.

[Bernadette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good as a short story. It was one of three in a book called Family Lawyer.

[Sam Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the biggest fan of short stories but this was actually ok - not as good as his full length stuff but pacey and worth a read.

[Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book shot

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

So far I love this book. It's the middle of three books in The Family Lawyer.

[Freda Witt · Rating 4 out of 5]

a doctor, abused as a child, chooses people to kill by paintings.

[Ida · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally got to read this. Great Story had me on the edge of my seat.

[Zory · Rating 4 out of 5]

briliant

[Christina Mages · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another awesome book by James Patterson

[Sylvia · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Very exciting. Fast read.