false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966297m/79378.jpg 79378 22 <I>Roses Are Red</I>, James Patterson's sixth Alex Cross thriller, opens with the District of Columbia detective attempting to mend his nearly unraveled family. The year-long kidnapping of one's intended (1999's <I>Pop Goes the Weasel</I>) will do that to a relationship. Christine, the kidnappee, is amenable with one reasonable condition: that her family's horizon remain uncluttered by homicidal maniacs. How unfortunate, then, that the joyous christening of their newborn son is rudely interrupted by the FBI bearing news of several heinous murders requiring the attention of detective (and doctor of psychology) Cross. <blockquote>"Three-year-old boy, the father, a nanny," Kyle said one more time before he left the party. He was about to go through the door in the sun porch when he turned to me and said, "You're the right person for this. They murdered a family, Alex."<p> As soon as Kyle was gone, I went looking for Christine. My heart sank. She had taken Alex and left without saying good-bye, without a single word.</blockquote> Which leaves Cross free to hunt the Mastermind, the barbarous brains behind a widening series of bank robberies in which employees or their family members are held 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.<p> The longer and harder Cross and Cavalierre remain on his trail, the bolder and more brutal--and shiveringly close to home--the Mastermind's strikes become. And, thanks mostly to lightning-short paragraphs and a point of view that rappels from the first-person Cross to the third-person Mastermind, the tale progresses at hot-trot speed to a bona fide doozy of a denouement. It'll be over before you know it, so sit back, hold your breath, and enjoy the show. And stay tuned for the next one. <I>--Michael Hudson</I> 22566 2000 Roses Are Red (Alex Cross, Book 6) total:6590|5:1765|4:2566|3:1955|2:259|1:45| 6590 25517 8498 179 5 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 21:23:03 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 21:39:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 04 09:08:43 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 09:08:53 -0700 2009
Alex Cross has just broken with his fiancé and when she takes off he is left with his baby son. As if the breakup were not enough he is drawn into a tangled web of deception and betrayal. The Mastermind is robbing ba...more...]]> 1 1 false true Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 18:07:20 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 08:09:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 24 15:16:02 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 15:16:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Aug 02 10:24:28 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 10:26:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 01 17:29:46 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 17:29:53 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Wed Apr 18 06:43:29 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 06:46:06 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Feb 22 20:36:50 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:43:55 -0800 2009 4
this book is really awsome. It starts right off in the begginning, on the very first page, in a murder seen. It catches the attention of the reader. Not only that but it al...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 04 04:39:10 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 00:14:04 -0700 2009
Menurut saia, sangat sedikit buku thriller dengan tingkat suspense tinggi yang terjaga dari awal hingga akhir. Buku-buku "Silence of the Lambs"-nya T...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 18 17:36:36 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 17:36:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue Sep 04 06:16:02 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 06:35:48 -0700 2007 "Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And so are you"

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