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When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged)
When the Wind Blows - When the Wind Blows, Bk 1 - Audio Cassette - Abridged
Author: James Patterson, Blair Brown (Narrator)
ISBN-13: 9781570426391
ISBN-10: 1570426392
Publication Date: 11/1/1998
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: Warner Adult
Book Type: Audio Cassette
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 reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 142 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 12
Part X-Men, part X-Files. Part adult thriller, part childrens' fantasy. Buckle up before you hop on this wild ride.
scrapbooklady avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 472 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
At first, I thought Patterson had finally lost it and decided to try his hand at science fiction. However, as I read further, this realistic-fictional story became a page turner rather quickly. The questions this story raised in my mind about the manipulation of human DNA to serve an evil purpose, not only made my skin crawl but forced me to bring this possibility to a conscious level for which I'd rather not. This story made me think while it kept me on the edge of my seat.
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Helpful Score: 6
I really enjoyed this book. The storyline is pretty creepy but not far fetched.

Hilda
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Helpful Score: 6
I was not sure of this book, my mom reccommended it to me and I have since read all 3. This is a wonderful can't put down book.
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Helpful Score: 5
For those of you who read Maximum Ride, this is the first book that begins the ride. In usual Patterson form, it will keep you guessing until the end, it's a great read.
nccorthu avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 569 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
A really great read. Starts a bit slow maybe but then take off.
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Helpful Score: 3
Definately a good read!
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Helpful Score: 3
Very good book, interesting story.
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Helpful Score: 3
I really enjoyed this book! The sequel is on it's way!!
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Helpful Score: 3
QUICK read (just like the cover says) Evil mad scientists, murder, love and young people that fly like angels, what more can you ask for?
goldilocks2005 avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 104 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Very good! I really enjoyed this story! Recommend!
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Helpful Score: 3
It was amazing. i love his books.
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Helpful Score: 3
Very enjoyable and suspenseful fantasy book by Patterson....very unlike a Patterson book but great fun...quick read.
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Helpful Score: 2
loved this book
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Helpful Score: 1
Taking a break from his phenomenally successful Alex Cross series, James Patterson's When the Wind Blows is as much child's fantasy as it is an adult nightmare. The novel moves away from the gritty Washington, D.C., setting of the Cross books and follows the daily life of Frannie O'Neill, a Colorado veterinarian. After the mysterious death of her husband several years before, Frannie retreated to an isolated life in her Colorado practice. But a series of bizarre events suddenly disrupts her lonely routine. On a personal level, she is shaken by her new tenant--Kit Harrison. Kit's too handsome and too friendly and he's a hunter (or so Frannie thinks). He's also recovering from a devastating personal tragedy, and, as Frannie eventually learns, he's really an FBI agent using his vacation to follow a crucial lead. But Kit isn't the one that's got Frannie concerned. As she says after stopping her Suburban one night to check out something on the side of the road: "What I saw was way beyond my abilities to imagine, beyond my comprehension, my system of belief, and maybe beyond my ability to communicate right now. The little girl's arms were folded back in a peculiar way, but when she lifted them--feathers fanned out." The girl is Max, and the mystery of her wings leads Frannie and Kit into a massive conspiracy involving secret genetic research and the scientific manipulation of the human species.
knittymama avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 424 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
WOW!!! I had this on my TBR for 2 years. I can't believe I waited so long!!! It blew me away within the first 2 chapters. It has very short, quick, intense chapters that keep you wanting to turn the pages. The story was awesom. Definitely one of my favorites.
sataro avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 50 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Another excellent book by James Patterson. This book has a different twist than most of his suspense writings. Definately worth reading.
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Helpful Score: 1
Good story! Believable flying kids!
Bernelli avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 266 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
GREAT story - what a page turner. I immediately had to get The Lake House to find out what happened next.
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Helpful Score: 1
this book is an excellent blend of thriller, mystery, medical and fantasy. A great book for anyone who ever wished they could fly.
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Helpful Score: 1
A widowed veterinarian joins forces with a troubled FBI agent to ensure the safety of a miraculous being named Max. Max is only 11 years old, but she is capable of changing the world with her very existence. This is an extremely uplifting book, a different turn for the author of the sometimes bleak and starkly realistic Alex Cross novels.
mamajamma avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 25 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Could not put it down, a little sci-fi-ish, so i had my doubts, i was wrong.
cottre26 avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 75 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This was my first Patterson book and I loved it! Very different plot, but it works.
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Helpful Score: 1
Amazing how Mr. Patterson can write as though he were a man, a female, or a 12-year-old child. He will have you weaved through his fingers. I thoroughly enjoyed my trip with Frannie, Kip (Tom), and mostly Max. Elizabeth from Maine
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Helpful Score: 1
This book includes Max, Kit and Frannie and their supernatural adventures.
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I really enjoy James Patterson. This book held my interest throught out but I just could not get into the flying children. Everything else I really liked but it was just a little to far fetched for me. Even though this story could very well come to pass in the future. To me it was just a little to much. I would still say this was a very good story, book and I did enjoy it.
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Didnt put it down until finished!
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I have read every Patterson book written and this is by far on the top of my list along with the sequel "The Lake House".
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List #1 or #2 Best Seller on the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA times. Chicago Tribune, etc. 'Nuff said.
angelwolf avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 74 more book reviews
Alex Delaware rides to the rescue again.
VivaLaVole avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 119 more book reviews
This was great, fast-paced, magical, and terrifying. Highly recommended!!
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This is the first book of a 2-book series. This is unlike James Patterson's Alex Cross novels - more science fiction-style. I thoroughly enjoyed this book!
PABlo avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 4 more book reviews
consumed this one in two (long) nights...couldn't put it down...
soupysmom avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 21 more book reviews
A mystery with a twist. I loved it.
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What a FANTASTIC and GREAT book by James Patterson!!
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excellent book for i hope and pray he makes this one along with the lake house into a movie and not the one with sandra bullock and keanu reaves.

alana.
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VERY DIFFERENT JAMES PATTERSON BOOK FROM WHAT YOU ARE USED TO WITH ALEX CROSS AND HIS OTHER SLEUTHS..IT WILL AMAZE AND CAPTIVATE YOU.
Children with wings, half human half bird...but someone doesn't want them to live..at least not in public where the truth will come out.
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FANTASTIC AS USUAL.
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PATTERSON IS AWESOME, I AM LISTING A BUNCH OF HIS BOOKS, SO BE ON THE LOOK OUT.....
ladycholla avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 2081 more book reviews
If I could give this story more stars I would, loved every minute of it. Great start to the trilogy about Max.
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Bizarre but fascinating plot. Found myself totally engrossed.
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This is a different story for Patterson. I loved the flying children. It's a thriller, but also enchanting.
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" Whips the pages right by...it has been more than a decade since I was captivated by a book like I was captivated by this one"Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Max is only a little girl, but that doesn't stop the scientists who created her from huntinig her like prized game, without remorse. When Frannie, a local veterinarian, sees the girl in the forest, she doesn't know how she will get close enough help her.

I loved this book!
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This is supposed to be a young adult series, but I love the ongoing story of Max and her companions.
galnsearch avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 143 more book reviews
Reading James Patterson is like watching a train wreck, you just can't turn away!! This is a story about children raised to be used in lab experiments. Fortunately, it's not graphic.

Donna V.
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Chilling...this book is hard to put down once you start reading it.
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A real fast read. Didn't want to put it down. Fascinating genetic engineering storyline.
vwbernie avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 157 more book reviews
A wonderful, on-the-edge-of-my-seat tale about some amazing children and the couple that helps them.
MELNELYNN avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 669 more book reviews
When The Wind Blows by James Patterson is a touching story about a group of children who are mistreated and misused for the benefit of another group of people. This group is using the children as test subjects by mutating cells of different animals and using host women to give birth to the children. These children are born mutated; some have wings, some have no faces, and some do not even survive. The ones that die, or are later "put to sleep" are stuffed away. One of the children in particular, Max, is a 12 year old girl with wings. She and her brother Matthew have taken the abuse from the horrible school for so many years, and are so fed up with it, that they decide to flee the school. This doesn't work to plan. On the other face of the story, a man named Tom Brennan, undercover for the FBI as Kit Harrison, is boarding an airplane to Colorado to investigate the recent news of several murders in and around the Bear Bluff, Colorado area that may possibly be linked. Behind the backs of his co-workers, Kit has been studying the talks of a corporation secretly trying to evolve humans by testing children, which is extremely illegal and distasteful in every way. Kit is told by his boss to go on vacation to Nantucket due to his diligent work ways, but he's actually off to investigate this case. Also there is Frannie O' Neal, a widow of Bear Bluff working as a veterinarian. Her husband, David, was killed a few years ago in a parking lot. The police never found a suspect or lead. She still wakes up sweating after having a dream of her trying to save her loved husband once again. These 3 characters will all meet in one way or another, which leads up to an epic ending full of laughter, surprise, suspense, and loads of entertainment. This book left me wanting more...in which I grabbed a copy of the sequel, The Lake House, to start reading. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has enjoyed a James Patterson book, or to anyone who enjoys suspenseful, murder mystery, and adventure type books.
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Very good
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WOW! What an imagination on this one! Very different... but it kept me glued till the end and I loved it!
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modern science messing with kids
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good read with a different type of story
ferretlover avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on
I absolutely loved this book and the others that go with this one. This would make a great movie. Flying children, we all have fantasied at least once of flying, this book is of kids that can.
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A great mystery which will make the reader work to figure out the clues, recommended
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Interesting and a page turner! Another great Patterson read.
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Wonderful book to read...I just couldn't put it down till I was done with it... It kept me up till all hours of the night just to be able to see what was happening next... GREAT BOOK
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A real page turner!! I loved this book!!!!
dastephan6 avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 132 more book reviews
this book was a lot better than i imagined it would be. since i'm not really into all that sci-fi stuff and this is about kids with wings, i didn't think i would get into it. but i did. frannie must find a way to save the bird kids and overcome her life of lies.
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Another riveting book by James Patterson. Keeps you on the edge all the time and wanting more so you don't want to put the book down! Excellent book
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I really liked it. I read it in one day - it was a believable story due to the writing of the author.
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I enjoyed this book. It was very fast paced, easily read and great story
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I really liked this book, imaginative and addicting
tonya avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 26 more book reviews
Another Great bestseller by author James Patterson
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goes along with Lake House. Very different tale, but keeps you interested.
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A kind of prelude to the Angel Experiment series A good read.
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Interesting book...hard to put down.
GrandmaJanie avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 10 more book reviews
a fantastic story! I want to fly like the kids did in this book. Can't wait to read the next one to see what happens to them
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I loved it! I suggest you read this book before reading "The Lake House" by the same author!
timtastic avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on
Great read. Story is very interesting and a scary.
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Good read. Hard to put down.
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A RE ISSUE OF AN EARLY ONE VERY DIFFERANT FROM THE USUAL
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This is a great read...It's the introduction to Max of the Maximum Ride series.
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I enjoyed this book, but it was not at all what I was expecting. Most of his books are not like this one. However it is still the great suspense and storytelling you expect from Patterson.
Hophead avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 285 more book reviews
Children with wings!
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This is a mystery thriller in which the two protagonists stumble upon a strange experiment of hybrid human bird-like children at a lab hidden in the mountains in Colorado. It is very fast-moving and action-packed. The sequel to this book is the Lake House.
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Absolutely charming, along with a serious mystery involved. Different from most of Patterson's works, but a well worth read!
toomanydogsblue avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 7 more book reviews
Loved this book and have already ordered the next in the series!
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fast read, very interetsing!
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James Patterson is incredible. He pulls you into his story in a few short pages and keeps you turning them until you are finished! His chapters are short and inevitably you end up reading "just one more!" This series is very thrilling!
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Another great book by Patterson! Great read, enjoyed it a lot!!
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Another great Patterson novel!
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Both my daughter and I loved this book.
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Excellent book! I love this author!
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Fantastic book. I loved the characters.
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A departure for Patterson, exploring one of mankind's wishes: the ability to fly.
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ENJOYED THE BOOK. COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. THE END WILL SHOCK YOU, IT DID ME..
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A Colorado veterinarian and a FBI agent discover a cruel but astonishing experiment hidden in the mountains-her name is Max-she is eleven years old-and she is one of the result of the scientist inhuman plot.
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Loved it so much, I read it twice!!!!
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One of his best books, didn't want to put it down.
janenutshell avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 3 more book reviews
Greeat read!!
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Great sci-fi, suspense, and love story combined. Really good stuff.
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James Patterson is such a versatile author! This one is more of a science fiction book, but written in a very believable modern day setting. I enjoyed it and would highly recommend it.
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I love reading James Patterson books, but this book lost my interest.
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I'm a James Patterson fan - can't wait to keep reading more of his books!
funhorses avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 21 more book reviews
absolutely loved this story
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This is a very intriguing look at what may be happening in the world right now. It sucked me in and I couldn't put it down.
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Can't go wrong with a James Patterson book!
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It was a great mix of science and fantasy.
nrezac avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 160 more book reviews
Excellent book!
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excellent novel about genetic experiment gone wrong. thriller with plenty of danger. good patterson novel
hallelujaheart avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 96 more book reviews
A great book! A quick read, one you can't put down, not only because of the story line but because of the short chapters. It just makes you keep turning the pages...lol Prequel to The Lake House.
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Fast-paced, suspenseful, Patterson at his best.
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A good Patterson novel
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great
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Prequel to The Lake House.
IMADiva avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 43 more book reviews
Not your ordinary James Patterson mystery, this book introduces a new FBI agent, Kit Harrison to solve a mysterious killing in Colorado. A strange and astonishing phenomenon named Max arrives on Veterinarian Frannie O'Neill's doorstep after her husband's and bizarre murder. Max is only 11 years old and she leads Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science. This story could be very close to reality.
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Her name is Max.Only eleven years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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Frannie O'Neill, a young and talented veterinarian whose husband was recently murdered, comes across an astonishing discovery in the woods near her animal hospital. Soon after, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on Frannie's doorstep. And then there is eleven-year-old Max -Frannie's amazing discovery - and one of the most unforgettable creations in thriller fiction.
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One of James Patterson's best! This one introduced the flying kids that are genetically enginered in a hidden lab and the people who tryto save them. Really keeps you turning the pages from start to finish!
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Not an Alex Cross novel but it does have a surprise twist thats totally unbelievable...I hope...but it makes a good read
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Great book. Makes you think about some of the things you wish you had the ability to do.
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Very good and entertaining.
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I was able to read this book in a weekend - it is one of those page turners that is hard to put down. Even though the plot is a bit unrealistic, the author makes you feel as though it could really happen.
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Good Read. I did not want to put the book down.
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Excellent Patterson book. Lots of twists and turns. Characters were different from his normal stuff. I couldn't put this down -- read it in 3 days.
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This was a quick, easy read with good characters. I gave it three stars. There are other books with Max in them and I may give them a try sometime.
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A widowed veterinarian and a renegade FBI team don't know that they're on the same team. She's trying to find the strange girl she saw in the woods, the one with arms like wings. He's looking for the law-breaking doctors accused of unorthodox genetic testing. But the little girl in the woods isn't going to be found without a fight. And she isn't the only one with wings.

My mom first told me about this book. She liked it well enough, although she doesn't go in for the science fiction and fantasy so much. Also, James Patterson has rewritten the series for young adults, making Max and her five feathered friends the heroes. I think I might like that idea a little better. It was an interesting enough story but too many other aspects seemed to cloud the main plot. Yeah, we all feel bad about Kit's family dying in a plane crash but at what point does that make a difference to the plot?

There's a second book but I've been told it's just more of the same: running from the bad guys, the kids flying and being beautiful. Probably not going to bother. I might take a look at the young adult version...
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Page turning thriller.
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Not the usual James Patterson....more like Dean Koontz. Interesting
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This is a good suspense book up there with all the rest of Patterson's work.
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One of this author's most unforgettable thrillers.
An eleven-year-old leads an unconventional FBI agent and a widow of a murder victim to one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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This book is definitely NOT like James Patterson's other books. If you are looking for the typical Alex Cross detective novel, this is not for you. However, if you are looking for a mystery/science fiction novel that is more in the vein of Dean Koontz, you may enjoy this one.
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i really didn't like the characters.
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This thriller grabbed me from the first page.......and I stayed up all night finishing it!
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partly mystery partly on the sci fi edge... not bad if you want a no brainer good read
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This is a must read book!! Truely grabs you from the start and keeps you reading til the wee hours
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1st in this series. i can't wait to read the next one.
I would recommend this book to avid patterson readers!
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Another great thriller from James Patterson! Fun to read!
Roses723 avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 11 more book reviews
Great read! Quite the page-turner!
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A GREAT book ! ! Hard to put down!
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Typical Patterson.....great read!!
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I completely loved this book and I reccomend it to anyone.
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Another James Patterson great
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Hard to put down
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This is a very interesting book. Difficult to put down. It is the first book of a series, I believe, of three books.
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Loved it!
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A fascinating story ~ I could not put it down.
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This is my favorite James Patterson book. I really enjoyed it!
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Awesome book! The first in a series.
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Wow, this was great! You'll want to read the sequel also, The Lake House.
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Loved it -- lots of suspense.
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Easy, Breezy afternoon read. Interesting and fun.
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Delightful entry into the books about flying kids. this one was the precursor and is what the author based his other stories on. It is not the official bk1 to the series. It is more like the budding of the idea for the later books. I thoroughly enjoyed it, though.
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Very interesting different book about a mysterious group of scientist that are making children who have wings and are half human and half bird like who can live longer lives than humans. The story is mostly about a couple who has discovered what these people are doing and are trying to save the children and get the secret hospital unveiled so that all can see what horrible lengths these scientists are going to to can these human babies to do their experiments on.
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The story line is different than the usual James Patterson books, but still a good read.
Naiche avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 91 more book reviews
Wow, this book is bad. Awkward writing, doubly awkward romance, minimally believable scenario. Could someone explain to me why they didn't go to the press earlier? Or how killing a bunch of high-profile doctors is supposed to help the bad guys stay undercover?
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Interesting concept.
sfc95 avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 686 more book reviews
This is atypical Patterson. I did not enjoy it. I do not like fairy tale type books in terms of a mystical element and this was filled with it. I have the second book in the series but I don't think I am interested
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I usually love Patterson's books. This one should be titled "When The Book Blows"
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Very different from the types of mystery and suspense thrillers I'm used to reading. A childlike quality of mystery and wonder shines through on every page. Very well done.
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A little different from other Patterson books, but still a good read. Has a sequel.
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Frannie O'Neill, a young and talented veterinarian whose husband was recently murdered, comes across an astonishing discovery in the woods near her animal hospital. Soon after, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on Frannie's doorstep. And then there is eleven-year-old Max -- Frannie's amazing discovery -- and one of the most unforgettable creations in thriller fiction.
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Awesome book by James Patterson! Love the story line.
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This book was not Patterson's standard fare - the writing was awkward and hard to process at times, the dialogue wooden and un-realistic, the characters hard to understand or even like. The plot is hard to believe and hard to move forward at time, and overall not work my time.

While Patterson still makes a quick read with 'When the Wind Blows' you have to be willing to turn your brain off first.
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When Dr. ONeil, a veterinarian in Rural Colorado, who has been widowed, meets an FBI agent, also a widower, pages start turning while they both begin to uncover leads in a diabolical and inhuman plot involving modern science and research, gene splicing, ect. that involves high ups in the medical, scientific, legal, and government fields.
There are magical ideas involved, which did not appeal to me as much as books with more "realistic" plots do. Patterson continues in his "page turner" manner, and breath taking twists. Some probable like this more than I did.
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The story line is one that all of us at one time or another have though about.Or even dream of.I just couldn't put the book down without wondering what was happening next.
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Non Series Book
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Really enjoyable read. Intriguing!
casilynne avatar reviewed When the Wind Blows (When the Wind Blows, Bk 1) (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 8 more book reviews
Book is very good. Science fiction.
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Franny O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon.
Her name is Max. Only eleven years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.

"WHIPS THE PAGES RIGHT BY---IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE SINCE I WAS CAPTIVATED BY A BOOK LIKE I WAS CAPTIVATED BY THIS ONE." Denvery Rocky Mountain News.
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This was another book by James Patterson, not as good as some, but o.k
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EXCELLENT BOOK !!!! Loved it! Next in this series is titled "THE LAKE HOUSE".
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Another James Patterson thriller. I read these regularly. Recommend
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Another excellent book by James Patterson.
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This is a good book. I think it's the beginning of the Maximum Rides.
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Frannie O'Neill is a young and talented veterinarian living in Colorado. Late one night, near the woods of her animal hospital, she makes an amazing discovery that changes her life forever - Max. Great book.
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Top notich - you'll want to try to read it in one sitting ... EXCELLENT
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon. Her name is Max. Only eleven years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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Great all Patterson's books are fast moving
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This book was rather out there and not really my type, still, I finished it and I could see how some people would like it. Nice character development.
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A very enjoyable read,Patterson as usual has written one fantastic book.
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Short chapters make for a fast read and with the interesting cast of characters the story line just flows smoothly keeping one captivated.
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This is an excellent book, and is a precursor to the 3 books about kids with wings.
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon.

Her name is Max. Only eleven years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon.
Her name is Max. Only eleven years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncober one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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Her name is Max, only eleven years old she will lead frannie and kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science
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Fernnie O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder.But the course of her life is about to change again.After another bizarre killing,Kit Harrison,a troubled and unconventional FBI agent,arrives on her doorstep.And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange,astonishing phenomenon.Her name is Max.Only 11 years old,she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modren science.
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Frannie O'Neill is a talanted Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon....11 year old Max. She will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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When the Wind Blows is as much child's fantasy as it is an adult nightmare. It follows the daily life of Frannie O'Neill, a Colorado veterinarian. After the mysterious death of her husband several years before, Frannie retreated to an isolated life in her Colorado practice. But a series of bizarre events suddenly disrupts her lonely routine. On a personal level, she is shaken by her new tenant--Kit Harrison. Kit's too handsome and too friendly and he's a hunter (or so Frannie thinks). He's also recovering from a devastating personal tragedy, and, as Frannie eventually learns, he's really an FBI agent using his vacation to follow a crucial lead. But Kit isn't the one that's got Frannie concerned. As she says after stopping her Suburban one night to check out something on the side of the road: "What I saw was way beyond my abilities to imagine, beyond my comprehension, my system of belief, and maybe beyond my ability to communicate right now. The little girl's arms were folded back in a peculiar way, but when she lifted them--feathers fanned out." The girl is Max, and the mystery of her wings leads Frannie and Kit into a massive conspiracy involving secret genetic research and the scientific manipulation of the human species.
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colrado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon.

Her name is Max. Only eleven years old, she will ead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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I WONDER IF THIS IS POSSIBLE? GENETIC RESEARCH IS QUITE SCARY.
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Frannie ONeill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon.

I loved this book!! Very good read!!
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange astonishing phenomenon. Her name is Max. Only eleven years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science. This was a real page turner, couldn't put it down!
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The Barnes & Noble Review
October 1998
Set against a sinister backdrop of genetic engineering and illegal scientific experimentation, When the Wind Blows dares readers to test their notions of human evolution and medical science. Frannie O'Neill is a caring young veterinarian living in the Colorado Rockies, trying to erase the memory of her beloved husband's mysterious murder. It is not long before another neighbor suddenly dies, and FBI agent Kit Harrison arrives at Frannie's doorstep. Kit is hell-bent on solving the heinous case despite resounding protests from the FBI and the thrashing of his own internal demons.

Kit secretly pursues the investigation, yet witnesses keep turning up dead. Then Frannie stumbles upon an astonishing discovery in the nearby woods, and their lives are altered in ways they could never have imagined. Simply knowing the secret of Max the terrified 11-year-old girl with an amazing gift could mean death.

As more and more diabolical details are unearthed, the murderer's bloody trail ultimately leads the trio to an underground lab network, known as "the School." Herescientistsconduct shockingly incomprehensible experiments involving children and genetic alteration.

But perhaps not so unfathomable: Doctors and medical researchers who have read Where the Wind Blows say the events described in this book could actually be a reality in the next 20 to 30 years. If not before.
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Frannie O'Niell is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon. Her name is Max. Only 11 years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover on of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventinal FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon.
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The Lake House is a follow-up story to When the Wind Blows and unfortunatly, I read them out of order. I liked the Lake House better, but maybe if I'd read them in order...
Makes you wonder if these type experiments really go on.
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange astonishing phenomnon. Her name is Max. Only 11 years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterianarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stubles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon. Her name is Max. Only eleven years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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Another really good book by James Patterson. Awesome characters and an intriguing story.
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Frannie O'Neil is a vet in Colorado. Her hubby was murdered a couple years ago...murder intrigue. More killings...strange phenomenon. Her name is Max. She is only 11. She will lead everyone to one of the mosr diabolical amd inhuman plots of modern science.
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colorado vet. haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon.

Her name is Max. Only eleven years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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It was a good book. different but good
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Kit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. and late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon.
Her name is Max. Only eleven years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plats of modern science
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I loved this series! Great idea for a story!
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Taking a break from his phenomenally successful Alex Cross series, James Patterson's When the Wind Blows is as much child's fantasy as it is an adult nightmare. The novel moves away from the gritty Washington, D.C., setting of the Cross books and follows the daily life of Frannie O'Neill, a Colorado veterinarian. After the mysterious death of her husband several years before, Frannie retreated to an isolated life in her Colorado practice. But a series of bizarre events suddenly disrupts her lonely routine. On a personal level, she is shaken by her new tenant--Kit Harrison. Kit's too handsome and too friendly and he's a hunter (or so Frannie thinks). He's also recovering from a devastating personal tragedy, and, as Frannie eventually learns, he's really an FBI agent using his vacation to follow a crucial lead. But Kit isn't the one that's got Frannie concerned. As she says after stopping her Suburban one night to check out something on the side of the road: "What I saw was way beyond my abilities to imagine, beyond my comprehension, my system of belief, and maybe beyond my ability to communicate right now. The little girl's arms were folded back in a peculiar way, but when she lifted them--feathers fanned out." The girl is Max, and the mystery of her wings leads Frannie and Kit into a massive conspiracy involving secret genetic research and the scientific manipulation of the human species.
Patterson, a former advertising executive who coined such catchy phrases as "Nupe it!," knows how to entertain. His chapters are always short (some only two pages), and his writing is clear and unobtrusive; the reading experience is brisk--akin to watching a summer blockbuster. The book is not as dark or as weighty as the tales of detective-psychologist Alex Cross, but while some fans may be disappointed by Patterson's migration from pure suspense fiction, his first-person narrator Frannie, has a quirky realism that keeps this flight of fancy mostly on stable ground.
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Frannie O'Neill is a talented Colorado veterinarian haunted by her husband's murder. But the course of her life is about to change again. After another bizarre killing, Hit Harrison, a troubled and unconventional FBI agent, arrives on her doorstep. And late one night Frannie stumbles upon a strange, astonishing phenomenon.

Her name is Max. Only eleven years old, she will lead Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science.
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Frannie, a veternarian, is disturbed by the murder of her husband, David. Another murder occurs shortly after and Kit, an FBI agent, arrives at her door. Read on in this suspenseful book :)
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Frannie O'Neill is a young and talented veterinarian living in Colorado. Plagued by the mysterious murder of her husband, David, a local doctor.
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Frannie O'Neill is a young and talented veterinarian living in Colorado. Plagued by the mysterious murder of her husband, David, a local doctor, Frannie throws herself into her work. It isn't 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...

Her name is Max.

With breathtaking energy, eleven-year-old Max leads Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern science. When the Wind Blows is as unique a story as has ever been told, filled with suspense and passion.
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Frannie O'Neill is a young and talented veterinarian living in Colorado. Plagued by the mysterious murder of her husband, David, a local doctor. Frannie throws herself into her work. 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...
Her name is Max.
With breathtaking energy, eleven-year-old Max leads Frannie and Kit to uncover one of the most diabolical and inhuman plots of modern sc ience. When the Wind Blows is as unique a story as has ever been told, filled with suspense and passion.

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