Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider)

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Alex doesn't want to carry out any more missions for MI6, but is forced to when a rogue journalist comes after him threatening to expose Alex and ruin any chance he has of a normal life. The fact that Alex involved himself in so much of the bad guy's overall plot was different, and it makes sense given that Alex is the kind of kid that he is. I hope, if you read it, you'll enjoy all the clues, the red herrings, the bizarre range of suspects and the occasionally violent twists. Cool fight involving a gun, the same yucky mushroom soup, barrels of leaded oil, and a leftover explosive that Alex hadn’t used on his mission in the GM foods place, and then boom. But here I am, writing a book in which I have no idea what's going on, following in the footsteps of a character who refuses to tell me anything.

Investigating, he comes across a mock-up of a dead African village (which is later revealed to be where McCain and co.This and the previous Alex Rider books are excellent for grabbing the attention of boys aged about nine years and onwards who don't want to read.

Alex comes back to school, flirts with Sabina for a bit, notices a few things which become important later on, get asked by MI6 to do something which ends up getting waaaay out of hand and saves the day alone, but ends up getting shot/injured/burned as a thank-you. Tajuk Crocodile Tears atau Air Mata Buaya ni SH rasa sangat kena dan bertepatan dengan isi ceritanya. It started out fine, and I thought for a moment this would be one heck of a book, and that at last, Mr Horowitz would deliver!Rahim rescues Alex and tears up Alex's shirt in an attempt to fool McCain into thinking he was the one who was eaten by the crocodiles.