It was in the Bronx where Bennett and his future wife Maeve met where the latter also worked at the Jacobi Hospital trauma ward. His first assignment was at the 49th Precinct in the Bronx, then reassigned to the Hostage Negotiation Team and of late was transferred to the Manhattan North Homicide Squad. He was an alumna of Regis High School in downtown Manhattan and took up Philosophy at Manhattan College located in the Bronx. Bennett joined NYPD to find the truth about the alarming criminalities in the city. The character of the main protagonist in the book series was created by the authors as an inspiration from the NYPD heroes. When his wife Maeve, succumbed to cancer in December 2007, he hired the services of a nanny by the name of Mary Catherine and his grandfather Seamus to help take care of his growing children composed of Chrissy, Shawna, Trent, Fiona and Bridget, an identical twins, Eddie, Ricky, Jane, Brian, and Juliana. He and his ten adopted children live in the city of New York.
He stands at a towering height of six foot three inches and a stocky figure weighing 200 pounds. For your perusal, the character of Michael Bennett exemplifies the real heroes of New York Police District (NYPD).īennett as told in the book’s prologue is described as an American of Irish ancestry. James Patterson collaborated with Irish novelist Michael Ledwidge in creating books that depict the character of detective Michael Bennett.īoth writers successfully tickle their reader’s imagination by narrating how a doting father of ten juggled his time in taking care of his big family and fulfilling his responsibilities in solving crimes in high-end New York City.
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Are you fond of reading detective stories and thrilled at how heroes save lives and properties? If you’ve read books written by James Patterson, for sure, you are familiar with his Michael Bennett series on paperbacks and hardcover.Īlong with Alex Cross, of his phenomenal hit novel by the same title and have been adapted into a movie and several other novels, Michael Bennett exemplifies the real hero in New York City.