Roses Are Red (Alex Cross Novels)
Roses Are Red, James Patterson's sixth Alex Cross thriller, openswith the District of Columbia detective attempting to mend his nearly unraveledfamily. The year-long kidnapping of one's intended (1999's Pop Goes the Weasel) will dothat to a relationship. Christine, the kidnappee, is amenable with onereasonable condition: that her family's horizon remain uncluttered by homicidalmaniacs. How unfortunate, then, that the joyous christening of their newborn sonis rudely interrupted by the FBI bearing news of several heinous murdersrequiring the attention of detective (and doctor of psychology) Cross."Three-year-old boy, the father, a nanny," Kyle said one more timebefore he left the party. He was about to go through the door in the sun porchwhen he turned to me and said, "You're the right person for this. They murdereda family, Alex."As soon as Kyle was gone, I went looking for Christine. My heart sank. She hadtaken Alex and left without saying good-bye, without a single word.Which leaves Cross free to hunt the Mastermind, the barbarous brains behind awidening series of bank robberies in which employees or their family members areheld hostage and, when instructions aren't followed to the finest iota,slaughtered. Given the cases' glaring and unfathomable inhumanity, Cross's long- time DCPD partner (the wonderful giant, John Sampson) gives way to the warm,attractive, and fiercely intelligent FBI Agent Betsey Cavalierre.The longer and harder Cross and Cavalierre remain on his trail, the bolder andmore brutal--and shiveringly close to home--the Mastermind's strikes become.And, thanks mostly to lightning-short paragraphs and a point of view thatrappels from the first-person Cross to the third-person Mastermind, the taleprogresses at hot-trot speed to a bona fide doozy of a denouement. It'll be overbefore you know it, so sit back, hold your breath, and enjoy the show. And staytuned for the next one. --Michael Hudson more
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Recent Reviews
- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-08-2009
- the mastermind is another great villain
James Patterson has the same faults in all of his books his dialogue especially when Cross is involved in a romance can be overwritten to the point of being lugubrious but he has the fast pacing and intense action as strengths as well as...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-22-2009
- "Forgettable Alex Cross"
I got hooked on Alex Cross with Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider and the most spectacular of all, Step on a Crack. So, when I picked up Roses are Red, I expected the same page-turning suspense. To be honest, I can barely recall the...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-23-2009
- My Two Cents
Detective Alex Cross is investigating combination bank robberies/murders orchestrated by a criminal called The Mastermind, while dealing with two personal crises at home. Excellent story with good twists and quick plotting.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-15-2009
- Great beginning, twisted center and a stunning ending, phew...what a read!
The sixth installment of this fantastic series managed to draw me even more into the complex world of Alex Cross and his perilous adventures. When I start reading these books I cannot stop, it's a mind coma that takes over and I'm putty...
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Selected Reviews
- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-08-2009
- the mastermind is another great villain
James Patterson has the same faults in all of his books his dialogue especially when Cross is involved in a romance can be overwritten to the point of being lugubrious but he has the fast pacing and intense action as strengths as well as...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-23-2008
- Not a thriller but an easy read
Doesn't an author owe us a beginning, middle and ending to a story without having to read the previous and next book? There is nothing wrong with a series where the main characters are the same but the plot should start and end in each...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-22-2009
- "Forgettable Alex Cross"
I got hooked on Alex Cross with Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider and the most spectacular of all, Step on a Crack. So, when I picked up Roses are Red, I expected the same page-turning suspense. To be honest, I can barely recall the...
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