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Résumé
Résumé
While grieving her husband's murder, a young Colorado veterinarian meets a troubled FBI agent and begins to uncover the world's most sinister secrets in this thriller from James Patterson.
Frannie O'Neill is a young and talented veterinarian living in Colorado. Plagued by the mysterious murder of her husband, Frannie throws herself into her work, but it is not long before another bizarre murder occurs and Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep.
Late one night, near the woods of her animal hospital, Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon that will change the course of her life forever: an eleven-year-old girl named Max.
With breathtaking energy, Max leads Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science. Bold and compelling, When the Wind Blows is a story of suspense and passion as only James Patterson could tell it.
Critiques (2)
Critique de Booklist
Dr. Frannie O'Neill hasn't recovered from her husband's brutal murder only months earlier. When handsome FBI agent Kit Harrison rents a cabin from her, Frannie is almost too grief-stricken to notice. Then one night, as Frannie is driving home, she sees a small girl--flying! She's shocked and intrigued, but when she tells Kit about the child, he's unsurprised. The girl is part of the case he's secretly working on. A group of scientists is determined to create a genetically superior "superrace" at a secret lab hidden in the Colorado mountains--which Kit is desperately trying to find--and the flying child is one of their successes. But their failures are unbelievably horrifying. Unfortunately, creating a superrace will guarantee huge profits and a place in history to whoever succeeds, so the scientists have no intention of stopping their research. Kit and Frannie eventually catch the little bird-girl, who's been injured in an attempt to flee the lab. Her tales of what the "bad men" are doing is enough to renew Kit's--and now Frannie's--commitment to stopping the scientists. No matter that this story is way past far-fetched; Patterson can make a believer out of anyone. He is an extremely talented and wildly popular author who writes the kind of gripping, suspense-driven thriller that makes it easy for readers to suspend disbelief. The one-million-copy first printing is probably not overstated; high demand is both guaranteed and deserved. (Reviewed August 1998)0316693224Emily Melton
Critique du Library Journal
Patterson (Cat and Mouse, Audio Reviews, LJ 10/1/98) brings together three interesting characters in this story of genetic testing, abuse of power, and murder. Frannie O'Neill is a veterinarian trying to escape the pain of the murder of her husband, a young doctor in a local Denver hospital. Kit Harrison is an FBI agent trying to escape family problems and a nonsupportive boss who is unwilling to let him continue to work on a series of cases, including the murder of Frannie's husband. Max, a young girl raised in a lab, has brains, pluck, and the ability to fly. These three people are brought together and eventually find friendship, love, and a way to stop the genetic experiments to create a new breed of children like Max. Diehard Patterson fans will enjoy this book; others may find the violence especially uncomfortable and may not like how the children are treated. However, the relationships among the characters are interesting, and readers will cheer Max and how she escapes and beats her captors. Blair Brown does an acceptable job with her performance. For public libraries with large mystery collections.ÄDanna Bell-Russel, Natl. Digital Lib., Library of Congress, Washington, DC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.