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    The Postcard Killers

    Written by James Patterson and Liza Marklund

    Narrated by Reg Rogers, Erik Singer and Katherine Kellgren

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    About this audiobook

    NYPD detective Jack Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him—he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each restaurant through a killer's eyes.

    Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have become victims of the same sadistic killers. Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson. Every killing is preceded by a postcard to the local newspaper—and Kanon and Larsson think they know where the next victims will be.

    With relentless logic and unstoppable action, The Postcard Killers may be James Patterson's most vivid and compelling thriller yet.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateAug 16, 2010
    ISBN9781607883838
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    The Postcard Killers
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    James Patterson

    James Patterson is the CEO of J. Walter Thompson, an advertising agency in New York. He has written several successful fiction and nonfiction books, including The New York Times best seller The Day America Told the Truth.

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    Reviews for The Postcard Killers

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    • 5/5
      The Postcard KillersOK, so I have no patience! but after I loaded it, I just had to start listening to it. Besides, having dumped my butt (no bounce) onto the ground twice yesterday, I needed something to distract myself from my pain filled self. This was a was an excellent distractor!The story is about a very attractive couple who attract other couples in only to gruesomely kill them. One victimized couple consisted of the only daughter of a New York cop. He will travel Europe to find the killers. Along the way he is joined by a Swedish reporter. I know that doesn't sound very exciting, but trust me, if it can draw me in and keep me interested more in the story than my pain filled body, it is a hell of a story! The murders are horrific but you mostly know that from the reactions of the finders which keeps the goriness to a minimum. I also liked listening to this book because I did not have to struggle with foreign words and names and accents as the 3 narrators did such a great job! O, I did check, The Postcard Killers is available at Audible.com as well as Amazon.com in Kindle format as well as wherever you get your paper copies.I must thank Hachette Book Group for sending me this book for review! Especially as they know it will have no bearing on my review.
    • 3/5
      OK book. Didn't really find all that suspenseful.
    • 2/5
      This book was only OK. I felt that the book was churned out by the Patterson Machine. Everything happened too fast, not the action but the book itself. Very limited character or story development. Just trying to get the book out. I felt hard pressed to care about the characters and felt the relationship between Jacob and Dessie was too predictable and forced. This book could have been so much better if the authors took some time to actually write a book rather than ride their reputations and write a "best seller". The story premise was great, just not executed.

      It was an easy fast read and good for the beach. I finished it in 2 days.
    • 4/5
      Another great read by James Patterson and.......someone else. It still marvels me as to how this duo writing process happens. Anyway, I like this one better than a lot of the other co-authored books. It was interesting and refreshing (if you can call a murder book refreshing) having the novel set in another country.
    • 4/5
      Quick but exciting read. Patterson books keep you reading with the short chapters. This one is a good thriller and makes a good summer read.
    • 5/5
      Really enjoyed this book.
    • 3/5
      Adequate. I've not read Patterson before, so I don't know whether I was unimpressed with him, with the co-author Liza Marklund or perhaps just the combination failed to jell.Many chapters are two pages, adding to the quick pace of the book. All through though, the US main character: Jacob Kanon is, basically, a jerk. He's suffered a personal loss and seeks revenge but goes about it screaming, yelling and knocking down tables and chairs in his frustration.I get that, I do. What I don't get is why none of the Swedish police force curtails his Swedish access or locks him up to get him to cool down. He throws tantrums and they still work with him.Past that, there is a good opponent, a build in tenseness up to the conclusion, two plot twists, then... a deus ex machina ending with everything wrapped up tightly.Miss this one. You have better things to spend your time on and better authors to spend it with.
    • 4/5
      Postcard Killers is a flawed diamond. On one hand Patterson and Marklund invent some great killers and their path of violence and chaos is certainly entertaining to follow. The other hand holds two poorly constructed characters (the detective and the reporter) who offer little consistency in their approach or beliefs. Whether this is a defect created by multiple writers a world apart we'll never know, the output is plain to see though. There's enough frenetic action to keep the pages turning and the psychopaths make up for the lacklustre central characters. An enjoyable enough way to pass a few hours.
    • 3/5
      an interesting premise, action-packed, somewhat contrived ending
    • 4/5
      Excellent change of pace for James
    • 3/5
      Last summer when The Postcard Killers was first released I attempted to read it. Key word: attempted! For whatever reason, I could not finish the Prologue. Never a good sign. I put it down thinking it was just the mood I was in and didn't think much about it.Last week I was at the library and noticed The Postcard Killers in the audio book section. I decided maybe listening to it would be a better option. I was able to move past the place where I first stopped and soon found myself engaged with the story.While listening to the audio book, it took me awhile to warm up to the narrators. This was my first experience with multiple narrators and the switching back and forth didn't work with me initially. I found myself paying more attention to which narrator was speaking instead of the plot itself. As the plot started to develop, and true to Patterson's style of twists and turns, I was able to let it go and focus on the storyline.I certainly wouldn't say The Postcard Killers is Patterson's "most compelling thriller" (the Alex Cross series, in my opinion, is more compelling), but it's worth a listen for Patterson's fans. Be warned, some scenes are graphic and the killers are dark and twisted.
    • 3/5
      This book is about murders that take place across Europe and the only thing that connects them are postcards. This really wasn't my favorite by James Patterson but it wasn't bad either. I will recommend this others but I'd tell them to save their money and get it from the library.
    • 4/5
      This novel by Patterson made quite an action packed audiobook for me. There are multiple narrators telling us this disturbing story including Erik Singer, Katherine Kellgren, and Reg Rogers. Jacob Kanon takes it upon himself to track down these killers all over the globe after they claim his daughter as one of their victims. Jacob finds that he needs to enlist the assistance of Dessie, a foreign reporter. After they spend time together on this quest for justice a relationship does bloom and she helps him to recover from the loss of his daughter. After thoroughly investigating several crime scenes they conclude that the killers seem to be trying to duplicate famous works of art. After making this realization they are led to the killers who happen to be a brother/sister team with a very disturbing relationship.Jacob and Dessie are confident that all is safe after the Rudolph's are locked away, but before too long another murder takes place. Senior officials decide that a mistake has been made with the arrest and allow the Rudolph's to go free. This will lead our investigators to find that this crime spree is much larger than just the two individuals that were suspected and they must figure out how to put a stop to it.I did enjoy this audiobook and as I said earlier it was definitely action packed. There were plenty of sound effects, especially at the end that had me jumping in my seat. If you are a Patterson fan, you probably won't want to miss this novel.
    • 4/5
      When I see a bestselling author paired up with an unknown, I expect a lower quality, presuming the famous author has lent his name to a beginning author's work, with resulting lower quality. Postcard Killers has convinced me otherwise. Liza Marklund has added specific expertise to make Patterson's mystery thriller accurate and more complex. A pair of killers is travelling around Europe recreating artwork in their display of murdered couples. Intriguingly, the reader has the opportunity to know the killers and the international team of detectives hunting them. The unique perspective of knowing both sides allows for the reader to get more involved in the characters and action. And of course the reader doesn't know as much as he thinks. There are suprises along the way.
    • 3/5
      I've only read a few James Patterson novels. I've always heard great things about his writing and I really wanted to start reading some of his stuff. My only problem thus far is that everything of his I've read has been so predictable. I've had such high expectations for each of his books and I've been let down with each one.Having said that I don't hate his books. I think that the sheer number of books that he has released, with co-authors, has lead to a bit of overkill. I like the story lines, I like the characters, but it's so easy to predict the end of the book.This one was no different. While it did have a bit more of an emotional connection than I've felt with the other Patterson novels it was still predictable. I liked the characters. Dessi was a great character. She was very well rounded, she had such a great back story, and as her past starts popping up she becomes even more likable. For her to come from where she came from and be able to do what she's done it was very touching. Jack wasn't an unlikable character, but I didn't really connect with him. I did feel sympathy for him, but that was about the extent of my connection.The story was pretty fast-paced. Things happened pretty quickly in this one. It didn't take long for the killers to get going, actually that's how the book opens. As the reasoning behind the killings come out, it is pretty shallow. But I guess a killer doesn't really have to have a good reason to kill (killers are crazy after all).Since this was an audiobook I have to talk about the narrators. There were actually three of them in this story. I liked the differences in the narrators. It helped me to keep track of when the story changed. When I'm listening to an audiobook I find it easy to get lost as far as what's going on, and who's doing what but the three different narrators would at least keep me on track as to who the story was following. I have to say that I wish more audiobooks were read like this, I really liked it. A review copy of this title was provided by Hachette Book Group.
    • 4/5
      another fast-read page-turner. When the killers get caught halfway through the book, the reader wants to find out why the killings continue.However, I though the ending was rather anti-climatic.
    • 3/5
      This book just fell kinda flat. The characters didn't work for me. The two and three-page chapters were choppy, and the ending was no big surprise and anti-climatic. A bust. Since both James Patterson and Liza Marklund are bestselling authors I am sure it will sell, but it you have to read it, buy it paperback or get it from the library.
    • 3/5
      What started as a pretty good mystery, soon ended up a pretty standard thriller...without much thrills. Certainly NOT up to the standard that I usely expect from this Author. I don't think i will be reading anymore of his Co-Authored novels, they are just not that good. I will stick to his ALEX CROSS books, they are far superior. Patterson, I think is just running out of steam, ideas, plot, interesting characters etc. I think it's because he is CHURNING out so many novels now...Quality over Quantity Patterson, that's the key.
    • 5/5
      I've read almost everything James Patterson has written, have waited in line at a bookstore to meet him, and have counted the days for his new books to arrive. I consider myself one of his biggest fans even though I have written favorable reviews and not so favorable reviews of his books.The Postcard Killers is a "home run!" This book had everything--a great plot, good pacing of action, interesting characters, and romance. I LOVED IT! I haven't been too impressed with some of Patterson's more recent works (Sorry, James), but with this book you have redeemed yourself.
    • 4/5
      I have read a lot of James Patterson books and generally I like them for what they are: suspenseful quick reads. The same can be true of this book. I really enjoyed the premise of this book and I liked that Patterson and Marklund focused a lot of their writing on character development. Most times these novels are plot driven and this is not to say that this novel isn't plot driven but it also focuses on the relationships between the characters. I enjoyed reading about the different countries and the different art pieces that were written about in this book. I feel that the authors really pushed the boundary of what is acceptable and I liked it. My only criticism of the novel is about the way the authors ended it. I felt that there was a big lead up to catching the killers and then in the end it was quickly tied up and concluded. I would have liked a little more in the finale of the novel. Overall, I feel this is one of Patterson's better books. I give this book 3.5 stars out of 5.
    • 3/5
      Would have liked more background - what happened to Sylvia and Mac to make them so sick?
    • 4/5
      A good, trashy murder story...pretty light-weight overall, great beach/vacation read
    • 4/5
      Good murder mystery with a good plot and twist and turns to keep the reader interested. I've read a lot of Patterson books and this is the most violent and graphic of the ones I can remember, so reader beware. There is also some romance in the book, so again reader beware. The story follows a NYPD cop searching throughout Europe trying to track down the killers of his daughter, but the killers are elusive and conning, but they also seek attention by reaching out to the press to warn and then to show proof of what they have done. This is how they get the name "Postcard Killers." The deceptive assist the Stockholm police with several murders and with the help of Dessie he will unravel the story behind the killings and in the end justice is served. I won't say any more to avoid any further spoilers but I would recommend this book or any other written by James Patterson. Enjoy your next reading adventure because there are numberless new worlds and realities to discover.
    • 1/5
      This is a romance novel masquerading as a mystery. It was pretty terrible. Beware of books abandoned at airports! Oh, the horror.

      Was James Patterson ever good or did my younger self just not know any better?? I remember enjoying several of his books in the past. What the hell happened?
    • 3/5
      Good thriller of serial killers who prey on young couples and a driven NYPD cop chasing them and bringing in a Swedish crime reporter.
    • 3/5
      He's not one of my favorites, but this one wasn't bad. I needed an easy read right now.
    • 3/5
      Postcard Killers is the first novel co-authored by James Patterson and Liza Marklund. It’s a thriller about young glamorous killers traveling around Europe murdering couples. Plenty of sex and violence, in the short chapter format that James Patterson seems to love. The villains are nasty and there’s a bit of a plot twist to keep it interesting.
    • 2/5
      Random murders of young newly married couples have been reported throughout Europe. The murderers have been dubbed “The Postcard killers” as they send a postcard to a local reporter. One such lucky reporter happens to be Dessie Larsson. While she is pondering on why she was the chosen one she meets Jacob Kannon, an NYPD detective. Jacob lost his daughter Kimmy to these gruesome murderers and hence his passion to find them is personal.What are the murderers trying to convey through these deaths? Will Jacob and Dessie be able to solve the clues and find the culprits? Is there something more brewing between the both of them than just the common passion to find the murderers.. You need to read to find out more.The story gave me a sense of Déjà vu. The minute I read about the positioning of the bodies I knew it must be an attempt to mimic an artwork. I am still trying to figure out if I have read a similar thriller elsewhere but my memory fails me (again!). So that sums up my experience with the story. I did not find it new or exciting and in spite of the twists pertaining to the art group, incest and numerous copy cat murderers I did not enjoy the book.The characters did nothing great as well. Jacob was not memorable to say the least and all I can remember about him was that he is an American who dint take a bath. Dessie did a better job at solving the murders than the cops did. She was actually the smart one who helped carry the story forward.The Postcard Killers was a drag. The beginning of the book was much better than the end where poor attempts were made to catch the murderers. I did not enjoy this book and I was disappointed with the story and the way it was told. Rated a 2 on 5.
    • 2/5
      I picked this up because it takes place in Sweden and is co-written by a Swedish author. This is the first book I've read of James Patterson's and it is also going to be my last. The collaboration between a Swedish and American writer sounds like an interesting idea, but it shouldn't be so obvious who wrote which parts; it's clear that Ms. Marklund is responsible for the parts where the American character uses Swedish syntax when he speaks English. Why wasn't there anyone around to check grammar? And, why would the Swedish protagonist be upset with the American for not knowing anything about the Ådalen riots - is that part of Swedish history supposed to be common knowledge to non-Scandinavians? And then there's the sex, which appears out of nowhere between characters who exhibit no such feelings until just before they almost literally tear each other's clothes off. And who afterwards cannot even fathom life without each other. On top of everything, the mystery is easily guessed. It's all a bit of a train-wreck.
    • 3/5
      The Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund is an action-packed thriller with a likeable pair of protagonists. Jacob Kanon is a NYPD homicide detective who has taken a leave of absence from his job to track down a pair of serial killers who are roaming Europe’s major cities and killing tourists. He is determined to catch the killers since one of their first victims was his only daughter, Kimmy. Dessie Larsson is a journalist with a distinct lack of ambition. She seems to be unable to finish her doctoral dissertation, and she has little interest in covering high-profile crimes. She is dragged into the limelight and into the path of Jacob Kanon when the postcard killers select her as their media contact. This is one of those mysteries where the reader knows who the killers are from the beginning of the novel. The question is will the psychopathic killers win, or will our hero and heroine, Jacob and Dessie. A little romance is also thrown into the mix. The violence was a bit graphic for my tastes, but overall, this was a satisfying mystery thriller.