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| | name = Pop Goes the Weasel | |||
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| '''''Pop Goes the Weasel''''' (1999) is the fifth novel in the ] series written by ]. | |||
| ==Plot== | |||
| The book begins by introducing the villain, Geoffrey Shafer. He is a well-dressed and wealthy man who lives in ], and drives a ]12. In the beginning, he rushes into oncoming traffic causing a commotion, before a ] officer pulls him over and asks him for some identification. This is when the reader finds out he is a British ] who has ]. | |||
| As Geoffrey feels he is losing control, he decides to play a ] game called the ], in which he takes on the character of ]. As the game begins, he drives to the red light district, picks up a prostitute and e-mails the other Horsemen. | |||
| ==Characters== | |||
| *] | |||
| *John Sampson | |||
| *Christine Johnson | |||
| *Nana Mama | |||
| ===The Four Horsemen=== | |||
| * Geoffrey Shafer (The Weasel) – Death. The main villain in the book. | |||
| * Oliver Highsmith – Conqueror. The game was originally his idea. He was in charge of the other 3 when they were stationed in ]. | |||
| * George Bayer – Famine. | |||
| * James Whitehead – War. War Recruited Shafer into MI6. Whitehead reported to Highsmith. | |||
| All four of them killed people in their area, but Shafer was more out of control. During their time in Bangkok they all murdered prostitutes. | |||
| ==Critical reception== | |||
| Kirkus Reviews said ''Pop Goes the Weasel'' was a suspenseful novel that hinted towards a sequel.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Pop Goes the Weasel |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/james-patterson/pop-goes-the-weasel/ |magazine=Kirkus Reviews |volume=65 |page=1250 |date=15 August 1999 |access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| {{James Patterson}} | |||
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