This novel is being promoted as “The most suspenseful family saga since Succession or Yellowstone” but it is more like Dynasty in that is unashamedly over the top and any other cliché you want to use. I hope you notice my subtle attempts at sarcasm because there is more to come. Oh, and did I mention that she is also coaching a high school football team? Nothing is beyond her abilities in this one. Jenny, who is the family outcast, has been put in charge of both the football team and the newspaper with her brothers reporting to her.Īs with any Patterson novel, the family conflict and drama are unbelievably high as Jenny tries to save her team from a forced takeover, fight off her brothers attempts to undermine her and find her father’s killer. The result hits his fighting selfish children, 3 sons – Danny, Joe, and Thomas and 1 daughter – Jenny, with a shocking surprise. Or did he? It is very apparent from page 5 that he was murdered. That is until he was found drowned in the bay, somehow falling overboard off his boat. The father Joe was the patriarchal owner of the San Francisco Wolves NFL franchise and the San Francisco Tribune newspaper. “The House of Wolves” is the story of the dangerously disjointed, rich, and powerful Wolf family.
Parker’s classic series Jesse Stone, Spenser (taking over from Ace Atkins), and Sunny Randall (handing off to Alison Gaylin).
In this outing Patterson has teamed up for a second time with Mike Lupica, a veteran sports writer, novelist, and current caretaker of Robert B. I have really enjoyed some, liked some, and didn’t really care for others. Some might ask why and that’s another whole discussion best saved for another day. I read most of his books and have for several years. This is a nice little story if you have Audible.Let’s start this off with my usual upfront James Patterson disclosure. I was a little disappointed as reading the first few lines of the blurb for The House of Wolves gave away the ending to this story, but it was still a good ride. As far as I can tell this does exactly what it's supposed to do, set up the novel. In this case, I'm glad I read it, there is no major spoiler unless the bad guys are revealed near the middle or end of the novel. Most of them I don't discover until after I read the novel and after reading I'm glad I skipped as the preview gave major spoilers for the novel, like A Witness to a Trial and The Whistler.
My thoughts: I have read a few of these, find-out-what-happens-next prequel-novellas. Genre: Mystery, Short Stories, Fiction, Audiobook, Sports > Sportsįeaturing: San Francisco, California Multi-billion Empire, Extortion Football Team, Audible Originals Fear the Wolf by James Patterson and Mike Lupica
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