Black Market

I found this book boring to begin with, but glad I continued to read out of sheer desperation, it is a brilliant book, complicated combinding terrorism with Wall Street

Absolute garbage (0/0 people found this helpful)

I've read a couple of James Patterson's books in the Alex Cross series and thoroughly enjoyed them so I was looking forward to sitting down and reading this book. However, I found the story extremely tedious and boring, so much so I did'nt even bother to finish it. What more can I say.

Frightening prophetic (0/0 people found this helpful)

This book explores what might happen to the world markets if Wall Street were largely destroyed by terrorist action. It was written well before the events of 9/11 or the recent market implosion where the damage was done from within.

It's a good, fast paced novel with a likeable (although apparently built proof) hero, girl friend and even antagonist. There's a nice, unexpected series of twists at the end.

My main quibble is that there are a number of lose ends. Some of which have already been pointed out by other reviewers. How did our hero get on to the leader of the Green Band? Exactly why did the stock markets suddenly start to pick up, it doesn't work like that in the real world? And so on.

A fantastic pre-Alex Cross/WMC novel from Patterson (4/4 people found this helpful)

'Black Market' (also known as Black Friday) is one of the first of James Patterson's many novels, originally published back in 1986. The story begins in the early hours of a cold December day in New York City where several of the biggest banks and investment and financial buildings on Wall Street are blown up by a terrorist organisation called The Green Band, a highly skilled group of Vietnam veterans who have a personal vendetta against the United States and plan to attack in one of the worst ways possible, by causing a complete financial crash where literally billions of dollars will be lost. FBI agent Archer Carroll and Wall Street lawyer Caitlin Dillon are on the case to find out the identities and the motive behind Green Band's terrorist acts.

Out of all of the pre-Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club novels, this is definitely the best (with Hide & Seek at a very close second). The action is fast and exciting and the usual short chapters kept me flying through the pages until I got to the end. There's the usual Patterson twist in the last few pages that was a real shock in the story when I read it. The bombings of the Wall Street buildings is scarily like the 9/11 events, with America being in a total crisis as they hadn't had a terrorist attack on them before. Being written in the mid-80's some of the facts about Wall Street are now a bit out of date, but this aside it is a great read from the master of the thriller genre and one that anyone who has read and enjoyed any of Patterson's more recent novels should enjoy.

AMAZING AUTHOR..... (2/9 people found this helpful)

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE JAMES PATTERSON BOOKS, THE FIRST I READ WAS 'ALONG CAME A SPIDER' (WHICH I BORROWED FROM A FRIEND) AND I HAVE NEVER LOOKED BACK. I'D LIKE TO WRITE A REVIEW FOR ALL OF HIS BOOKS I HAVE READ BUT THERE ARE TOO MANY SO I WILL WRITE A GENERAL REVIEW. JAMES PATTERSON WRITES IN SUCH A WAY THAT KEEPS THE WRITER GRIPPED FROM START TO FINISH, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND ALL HIS BOOKS, MANY OF WHICH I SELL AT A LOW PRICE, CHECK THEM OUT. THANK YOU.

James Patterson

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