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Texas Ranger (A Texas Ranger Thriller, 1) Hardcover – August 13, 2018

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In James Patterson's #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, a Texas Ranger fights for his life, his freedom, and the town he loves as he investigates his ex-wife's murder.

Across the ranchlands and cities of his home state, Rory Yates's discipline and law enforcement skills have carried him far: from local highway patrolman to the honorable rank of Texas Ranger. He arrives in his hometown to find a horrifying crime scene and a scathing accusation: he is named a suspect in the murder of his ex-wife, Anne, a devoted teacher whose only controversial act was ending her marriage to a Ranger.

In search of the killer, Yates plunges into the inferno of the most twisted and violent minds he's ever encountered, vowing to never surrender. That code just might bring him out alive.

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"An effective mystery . . . Patterson and Bourelle's rapid-fire chapters squeeze in plenty of dishy small-town drama on top of the murder case [and] the story is picking up speed like a semi barreling down the Interstate." -Houston Chronicle

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown and Company; First Edition (August 13, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316556661
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316556668
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.25 x 9.5 inches

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James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. He is the creator of unforgettable characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride, and of breathtaking true stories about the Kennedys, John Lennon, and Tiger Woods, as well as our military heroes, police officers, and ER nurses. Patterson has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, and collaborated most recently with Michael Crichton on the blockbuster “Eruption.” He has told the story of his own life in “James Patterson by James Patterson” and received an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.

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Tom McGee

Fast Draw Texas Ranger, Rory Yates, Hunts an Unknown Killer. A First Rate Thriller. Enjoy!

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020

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If you like a great suspenseful thriller, you cannot really go wrong with a James Patterson novel. Texas Ranger (A Texas Ranger Thriller) is a prime example of that theory.

Patterson knows how to develop character, tell a good tale that will keep you spellbound, and have you thinking about the whodunit from start to finish.

Rory Yates was a Rosbud, Texas hometown standout as a high school football player and has been a Texas Ranger for some 14 years. He has been a success at everything except his marriage.

Married to his job, his high school sweetheart, Anne, finally divorced him after struggling for love and attention she had an affair with Cal, a truck driver who Rory had twice busted—once for selling marijuana and once for getting in a bar fight.

Rory and Cal hated each other, but they had one thing in common. Anne was the love of Rory’s life and Cal was the love of Anne’s life.

Still close friends Anne calls Rory who happened to be in the process of facing a dangerous criminal in the process of beating and threatening his girlfriend with a shotgun.

Following the successful arrest Rory calls Anne back and learns that she has been receiving death threats over the telephone by an unknown creep who claimed to on the way to shoot her in the face. Cal is out of town, so she called Rory to ask him to come to her house.

Upon arrival, Rory crosses the police tape and yard full of police and ambulance vehicles and loses his breakfast as his world spins out of control with the horror he discovers.

Already temporarily reassigned for shooting a perp in the heart before the criminal could even touch the gun in his belt he was going for, Rory was now on paid time off after drawing his pistol and shooting the trigger finger off of a perp who was about to pull the trigger of a double barrel shotgun pointed at him from just feet away from him.

Now, Rory’s troubles mount geometrically as he crosses many lines in an effort to discover and arrest an unknown killer.

In the meantime two other former high school sweethearts beginning receiving the same kind of threats.

Will Rory lose his badge? Will he end up in jail himself? Will he find the perp? What will happen to the other threatened friends? Will Rory become a victim himself? Who did it?

Are you interested in finding out the answers to the above questions? Don’t miss this mesmerizing tale. My best guess is that you will enjoy this quick and easy read as much as I did.

Enjoy!

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good story but language a little rough

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2023

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good story but language a little foul

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Charles Scott

He asks, "What do you know, Geronimo?" and what does he get for a reply?

Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2019

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How anyone can write about honkytonks and country music in Texas without once mentioning Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis, Leann Rimes, Miranda Lambert, and a great many others is beyond me, but they do. Must have something to do with changing musical tastes and attitudes. Do we go to Billy Bob's, Gilly's, the "Midnight Rodeo," or Abby's on Saturday night? Decisions. Decisions.
I slid the "Dixie Chicks" music disc into the CD player on the dash-board of my vehicle, skipped forward to "Lullaby" and drove to the lake. Fully satisfied, listening contentedly, I inserted another disc from the stack of them on the front seat and it began to play. Tanya Tucker was singing about "Lizzie and the Rain Man." I was in the zone, in seventh heaven, moving on, into the wild blue yonder.
We're talking about basic human necessities here, such as food, clothing, shelter. How can I forget to include fuel for the ole jalopy pick-up truck? Sure, it's a changing world out there, with more choices than Standard Oil and Texaco, but let's not overdo it by running out of steam. Gas can in hand, I hiked to the nearest convenience store.
Texas has always been synonymous with Big Oil, but now we're in a complete state of culture shock. It's affected the way we live. Oil is imported. It comes out of a platform floating in the middle of the ocean. They fracture it out of rocks underground in South Dakota. They make it out of corn and soybeans in Nebraska and called it ethanol. When they talk about the hottest prospects for an burgeoning energy company, they're actually referring to a wind-farm extending for miles and miles along the ridge outside of town. What's the world coming to? It's all a mystery, I think, like the inner circle dealings of oil and gas industry giants.
To prove my point about how little many people know about Texas tradition, some of the most skeptical people once believed that if an oil well out west ever goes dry, a tycoon like "J. R. Ewing," as portrayed in the television series, "Dallas," can make a few phone calls and a crew of engineers and rough-necks automatically brings in dozens of big rigs and tanker cars. Then, they simply fill the oil wells back up again with new product. They call him a renewable energy source.
Be that as it may, The Texas Ranger, a novel written by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle, which was published in 2018, quickly grabs your attention and won't let go anytime soon. The plot is as fast-paced as the cars on the track at the "Texas Motor Speedway." The story hits you harder than a run-away freight train locomotive rolling through town at break-neck speeds. Luckily, you can catch your breath for a few moments of calm before the storm, since the authors provide a considerable amount of polite conversation on the part of the principal characters, which no doubt adds local flavor to the story, like basting barbecue sauce on a rack of ribs in an out-door smoker grill at a tail-gate party. Most people around here eat that good stuff up like there's no tomorrow. Plus, they can't get enough of community gossip and the associated gospel revelations. Wash it all down with a few bottles of beer and you have some mighty interesting reading material.
Because I wanted to dig deeper and delve into the mind-set and mentality that makes up the Texas Ranger persona and mystique, I did further research and read a couple of pertinent autobiographies. I wanted to gain a better understanding of the arch-type character involved. The first book I read was Jim Bridger, The Grand Old Man of the Rockies. He was a trapper, tracker, guide, and scout who lived from 1801 to 1881. He displayed great courage, tenacity, and prowess in his abilities. He was a true pioneer of the prairie, mountains, forest, and stream. His qualities were not unlike those of the modern-day Texas Ranger.
The second book I read is called Line Rider, by and about Joseph H. Pearce, who lived more recently from 1873 to 1958. He was a rancher, tracker, forest ranger, and an Arizona Ranger. He displayed similar traits as Jim Bridger did throughout his long, illustrious career, which included possessing unique problem solving skills, particularly those involving conflict resolution.
In addition, I began skimming a third non-fictional book for even more background information, called Rangers and Pioneers of Texas, by A. J. Sowell, published in 1884. It provides critical insight, gives a concise history, and offers a sense of the social climate operating in the Texas Territory during the 1800's. Ostensibly, a great many forces were at work on the psyche of the American settler during that turbulent century when Texans were trying to achieve statehood and gain their independence from Mexico.
Hence, I now have a basic idea in mind of what to say when a Texas Ranger approaches your home or business, politely knocks on the front door, and starts asking a considerable amount of questions about recent events that may have made the evening news on television and generated front page headlines in the newspaper.
If he asks, for example, "What do you know, Geronimo?" or, "Where did they go after the Alamo?" you'd better think twice before giving him a bum steer.
I reflect on the first words I ever heard sung by a new musician performing at a roadhouse in Denton, Texas years ago. It was simply beautiful the way she carried on with her little red electric violin. The manager wouldn't let her go on stage until very late in the evening. Apparently, she had to wait her turn, after two rock bands got their opportunity to perform before a live, exhilarated audience, some dancing, some slightly inebriated. I saw her seated quietly in the shadows of a booth along the side-wall, practicing and pantomiming in generally unobserved silence, non-deterred, and definitely not dissuaded. I was eager to hear her play. A few days after the event, I thought of some lyrics to go along with the song she sang like an angel. The verse went something like this:
"She met a man in Reno at the Dillard's Department Store.
He could have been a major disappointment, but he knew the big time score.
She was a honey, and he had the money.
Darlene was enchanting and Zoot-suit was kind of funny.
They high-tailed it out of town on the noon train, lightning fast.
Just in Texas for a high school reunion, they really had a blast.
The mere thought of it now makes him wince,
but they've been going together ever since
he'd run away with the girl of his dreams.
Some days, when she screams, he screams
and they all scream for sundae ice creams."
R. Royce sat on a secluded, unassuming, poured concrete dock in out-of-the-way Port Arthur, Texas, waiting for his ship to come in. Sure enough, there she was, the "Silver Cloud." The vessel appeared on the horizon remarkably similar to another "Rho-Rho," from Miami, Florida, he thought. A Rho-Rho is a metal hulled ship that hauls automobiles and such. A large metal ramp drops onto the pier, like the draw-bridge of a fortified castle over a moat. You can drive cars on or off the end of the vessel. The ocean-going ship was originally designed to transport cars for import and export. Some dozen and a half vehicles on the ship for this particular voyage belonged to Royce and his long-time business associate, Cornelius Korn, who was having a bite from a spicy empanada and sipping a V-8 vegetable juice in the shipping company warehouse. Three car-hauling trucks were parked at the ready for the long-haul north over the road to Missouri.
When the vessel docked and Royce saw the courageous Captain, he was momentarily stunned. "I thought you were dead!" he exclaimed.
"Let's just say Cornelius Korn and company saved my life and put me in the 'witness protection program,'" said the grateful, good Captain, modestly.
"How did you get back into the U.S. from the Bahamas?" asked Royce.
"That was the easy part," said the Captain. "We commandeered a high-speed cigarette boat on a special delivery consignment, and went for an island-hopping excursion en route. We eventually made on our way back to the Miami Yacht Club, and returned the speed-boat to its rightful owner. From there it was a hop, skip, and a jump home." Most people were unaware that he would have been equally proficient navigating the mangrove-choked coastal inlets, the lazy rivers of Lake Okeechobee, or the backwaters of the Everglade swamps had the situation been warranted, as he was in sailing the deep blue seas of the vast ocean.
"The Silver Cloud looks awfully similar to the vessel you once piloted in Miami," commented Royce.
"As you must know, the U.S. Marshalls seized the 'Silver Dawn,' in an early morning raid on the Miami River, and the government sold it at auction a few weeks later," said the Captain. "This is the very same ship. Cornelius bought the vessel, lock, stock, and barrel, with a cashier's check on the day of the sale. He was the best and highest bidder."
"In the meantime, he must have had the vessel renamed and reflagged," said Royce.
"The truth be told, we weren't sure whether to name it the 'Silver Ghost' or the 'Silver Geist,' but decided on the 'Silver Cloud,' instead. It's much less ominous sounding," said the Captain, smiling.
"So, Cornelius kept you on as the Master of the Vessel," said Royce. "What do you do when you're not transporting sports cars?"
"The Silver Cloud is easily modified and can be completely overhauled. For instance, we usually have it outfitted as a commercial Gulf coast fishing trawler, which, incidentally, is my day job," said the Captain.
"Sounds like a dream come true," said Royce, as men from the warehouse began driving vehicles down the ramp, off of the ship, and into the parking lot. They walked quickly toward the warehouse.
"Greetings and salutations! Come on into the office," said Korn. "Have you had breakfast yet? You can help yourself to the food and beverages on the table. We'll sign the pertinent cargo documents afterwards. While we're at it, we might as well transfer ownership of the Silver Cloud into your name, if you are agreeable."
"Like Royce said before, a dream come true," reiterated the good, courageous Captain. He was beginning a new life, starting over with a clean slate. Royce witnessed the proceedings instigated on behalf of the Captain. His had been a life full of promise. He'd finally found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. He was more than ready to live the good life. There was no stopping him now. Once known throughout the free world and Caribbean as the flamboyant Captain Eldorado Kidd, he had completely reinvented himself as the low-key Gulf fishing boat operator otherwise recognized as Captain Francis Drake Goode.
"May I call you Sir Francis?" asked Korn, suddenly inspired, as they continued to sign the shipping documents.
"Hello, darling!" interrupted Mariska, having sauntering into the office, unexpectedly, quite unannounced. To say that the Captain had been surprised and taken aback, would have been a profound understatement. He ran to her side of the room without any hesitation whatsoever. It was as if a flame had been ignited, their former intimate relationship, suddenly re-kindled. The effect was that of the Biblical burning bush, of all-consuming love. Not to down-play the intensity of their personal and emotional involvement at the moment, but the words of Bill Shakespeare were most applicable to the predicament in which the present party had now found themselves: "All's well that ends well." And they lived happily ever after.

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Once again James Patterson does not disappoint! I could not put this one down. I finished it in one day

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GREAT sTORY

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Really good read got me hooked from the start read it in one night must read book can't anymore

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Wonderful Creation by James Patterson

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I am about to finish this novel: its been a week i started this.. I really admire this story. wondeful creation by James Patersson. One of Thriller, Suspense American writter. Every node of story has been clearly highlighted by the author. Every emotion, instance were depicted right way as it has to be. I really want to read more of his creations. Thanks

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Good thriller

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Good read.

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As this Covid-19 virus is upon us and we're all trying to stay home, James Patterson is my favourite go to guy to take my mind elsewhere. To action and looking forward to the next book in this series.

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