Roses Are Red

· Hachette Audio · Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez
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In this #1 New York Times bestseller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Alex Cross is in a race against time as a series of crimes stuns Washington, DC—and he faces down his most brilliant enemy yet. 

Inspiration for the heart-pounding Prime Video show, Cross.

 
Homicide detective and forensic psychologist Alex Cross turns his powers of observation on the criminal known as Mastermind, whose every act is marked by a pathological need for control and perfection. Even with Cross's home life in crises, it’s Mastermind who captivates the investigator’s attention by dropping a series of clues that he is plotting one huge, last, perfect crime. 
 
"Clever and engrossing … Roses Are Red is definitely in the can’t-put-down-until-the-final-page category.” —Orlando Sentinel

“It starts out, bang! … Patterson has got the material dead-on … another winner.” —Baltimore Sun
In this #1 New York Times bestseller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Alex Cross is in a race against time as a series of crimes stuns Washington, DC—and he faces down his most brilliant enemy yet. Inspiration for the heart-pounding Prime Video show, Cross. Homicide detective and fo...

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15 reviews
Russell Rogers
March 16, 2018
*** Don't read/listen to this book before starting on "Along Came A Spider" and going through the four other books before Roses Are Red. The ending will be FAR less impactful if you start on this book first. *** Also, while the swearing was somewhat minimal, if you have a low tolerance for very descriptive violent and preverse actions then this may not the book for you. As far as my feelings of this book it was just ok. I was interested enough to finish it quickly, but to be honest the ending only slightly surprised me. One, because I hadn't read the previous books so the ending was very underwhelming to me. But two, looking back, I can't seem to remember any clues that would've teasingly tipped me off to who the "Mastermind" really was. And I'm pretty sure I would have remembered something because the story itself was very simple and really only does all it's major twisting and turning towards the end. So after the first major twist it just fizzled out for me (again, unless you read the Alex Cross books that came before this which I had not done).
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Stephen Klages
November 19, 2018
A series of books that keep evolving this one and one right after are outstanding
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Jason Buie
September 11, 2024
amazing
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About the author

James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, Michael Crichton, and Viola Davis, as well as collaborated on #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots, and Filthy Rich. Patterson has told the story of his own life in the #1 bestselling autobiography James Patterson by James Patterson. He is the recipient of an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.
James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, Michael Crichton, and Viola Davis,...

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