Cat & Mouse
by James Patterson
★ Top 25 book of 1997 · #16 on Best Books of 1997
Detective Alex Cross faces a vengeful, dying Gary Soneji just as a separate manhunt for the horrifying Mr. Smith pulls in a celebrated FBI investigator. Two killers watch their pursuers, and the tension builds toward a final trap.
Best for: Fans of fast, high-stakes crime thrillers with rival detectives and relentless killers
Cat & Mouse is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 1997, out of 27 1997 books that cleared our data bar.
What Cat & Mouse is about
Alex Cross faces two threats in this thriller. Gary Soneji is out of prison and dying of AIDS caught there. Angry and suicidal, he wants revenge on Cross before the end. Meanwhile Thomas Augustine Pierce, nicknamed St. Augustine for his record of catching killers, has hunted a man called Mr. Smith since the brutal murder of his fiancee. Smith is considered not of this earth because of what he does to his victims.
An attack in Cross's own home leaves him in a coma, and Pierce is drawn into the investigation, first in Washington and then toward Paris after a postcard arrives from Smith. Readers will find the story built around hunters and the killers who stalk them.
Cat & Mouse on the Best Books of 1997
Cat & Mouse came out in 1997. Of the 27 books first published in 1997 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #16 on our Best Books of 1997 list.
Why it made the list: 237 readers have shelved it on Open Library. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 1997 list
- Sex and the City Candace Bushnell, #14
- Out of the Dust Karen Hesse, #15
- The Partner John Grisham, #17
- How I Learned to Drive Paula Vogel, #18
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More years: Best Books of 1996 Best Books of 1998.
The numbers behind it
- Readers: 186 want to read it, 14 are reading it now and 37 have read it, according to Open Library.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 48 | 55% |
| Reader love | 7 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 41 | 20% |
Questions about Cat & Mouse
When was Cat & Mouse published?
Cat & Mouse by James Patterson was first published in 1997.
Was Cat & Mouse one of the best books of 1997?
Cat & Mouse is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 1997, out of 27 1997 books that cleared our data bar. 237 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
Why is Cat & Mouse on the Best Books of 1997 list?
237 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
More of the best books of 1997
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J. K. Rowling, #1
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert T. Kiyosaki, #2
- Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond, #3
- The Adventures of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, #4
- The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle, #5
- Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer, #6
See the full Best Books of 1997, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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