Audio specific - brilliant narration and easy to follow.

This is the second in the series, but I didn't realise that until the previous "case" was mentioned over 10% into the book. This didn't distract from my enjoyment, but may have increased the limited connection towards side characters.

I was quite engrossed for the entire book and cared about the books, and the topics covered. I think this would be a great book for 9-12 year olds - I know I would have loved it around that age. I think it also handles the topics of homelessness, police brutality (especially against black Americans), and the anti-police sentiment and failure of the police service in a very manageable and understandable way, especially for non-black children (or just white - I'm not American and I'm white so I'm very much on the outside). While it is not 'own voices', I think it's important for white authors - especially white authors who write crime books from police POV - to write about the police in non favourable ways.

really liked the story of this one, I liked it almost as much as the first one. Ali always tries to help but other always gets in over his head, he is a good kid though. Liked how Nana had quiet a role in this one. Of course his dad is always there and was doling out punishment for Ali since he doesn’t listen . Thank you Netgalley for the ARC! (I would have liked it more if were an actual book instead of audio-still trying to make myself listen to books)

Listened to Ali Cross: Like Fatger, Like Son by James Patterson with my 9 and 11 year olds. They were incredibly engrossed- it’s a good listen, and would be great on a family car trip. At first my 11 year old said she would rather read the book but once she got into it, she loved it. Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to listen- hours of enjoyment!

Synopsis-
Alex Cross's son Ali is an accomplished mystery-solver and #1 bestseller. A crime at a concert near his school sparks his newest investigation, and it gets dangerous fast. Sometimes it's good to have a father in the detective business.

ALEX CROSS is a genius detective. ALI CROSS is following in his father's footsteps. When Ali sees a friend get hurt, he's the best person to find out who did it. Even if he's only a kid. After all, he's Alex Cross's son. Solving crimes runs in the family.

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