false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg 79379 27 Fans of James Patterson's resourceful cop Alex Cross will be relieved to find that he's back on familiar territory with <I>Violets Are Blue</I>--and, more importantly, that this is one of the best Alex Cross thrillers yet.<p> The malign criminal genius of <I>Roses Are Red</I> is fixing to give Alex a hard time once again. The FBI joins Patterson's dogged cop in a particularly unsettling investigation: two San Francisco joggers have been viciously murdered and are found suspended by their feet, with all the blood drained from their corpses. And when further brutal deaths follow in California and on the East Coast, Alex is forced to contemplate the bizarre possibility of modern-day vampires, although his instincts point him to one of the many sinister religious cults that flourish on the West Coast. Aided by Jamilla Hughes, a streetwise young woman detective from San Francisco, Alex finds that he has to crack not one but two impenetrable mysteries to stop further bloodletting.<p> Patterson fans expect the extremely concise, page-turning chapters (116 of them here!), along with a reluctance to dawdle over details of his hero's personal life, and both characteristics are firmly back in place. If you can resist reading this one in just a few sittings, you deserve some kind of a thriller reader's medal. <I>--Barry Forshaw, Amazon.co.uk</I> 1827952 2001 Violets Are Blue (Alex Cross, Book 7) total:6677|5:1608|4:2553|3:2124|2:318|1:74| 6677 25334 8583 170 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 2 2 false Wed Jun 18 17:36:12 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 17:36:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 1 3 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jun 13 08:18:29 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 22:40:49 -0700 2007
1. Write simple sentences. Don't use big words or describe people wearing colors other than black or "powder blue."

2. Dialogue should be monotonous. Have your characters say the same thing ...more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 4 1 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue Sep 04 06:38:21 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 06:46:35 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 2 1 false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 12:04:37 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 12:22:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Jan 15 08:18:13 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 08:19:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 2 0 false Tue Dec 08 10:20:52 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 10:26:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 3 0 false Wed Oct 28 09:07:05 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 09:07:17 -0700 2009
Still haunted and taunted by the Mastermind, Alex Cross must hunt down a new serial killer. This serial killer believes he is a vampire and uses his fellow vampires to commit murder, allowing them to drink their ...more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 3 0 false Sat Apr 11 15:58:09 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 15:59:07 -0700 2009
I usually try to make it my business not to read any books relating to either werewolfs or vampires. As a matter of fact, I stopped reading Patricia Cornwall's Kay Scarpetta series for this exact reason....the werewolfs had invaded the pages. Sin...more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 3 0 false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 12:07:23 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 12:10:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 2 0 false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Aug 20 07:36:22 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 07:36:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 3 0 false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 13:09:38 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 22 14:34:16 -0700 2009 This is my conclude for the detective books, movie, and soap operas I have watched so far.
In this book, there is one thing author didn't make it clear.
If Kyle Craig was that mastermind, how could Alex Cross receiv...more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 4 0 false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 17:57:02 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 18:00:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 5 0 true Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 23:24:31 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 17:34:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 1 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 02:02:05 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 02:02:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 654638 0316693235 9780316693233 64 7 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176789792m/654638.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/654638.Violets_Are_Blue_Detective_Alex_Cross_Series 2 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 08:31:36 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 08:31:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 1 0 true Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 07:29:11 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 07:32:51 -0800 2008
The end of the book, where they the main character ends up chasing down a s...more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 3 0 false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 07:26:27 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:46:49 -0700 2009
Some other authors, like Laurie R. King, when I have come to the end of a series I felt like friends were missing from my life.

I don't think I'll fell that way about Alex Cross. Along came a spider was fan...more...]]> 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 0 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:55:20 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 08:55:20 -0700 2009 1 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 3 0 false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 10:48:38 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 10:48:38 -0700 2009 79379 0446611212 9780446611213 6547 156 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170966303m/79379.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79379.Violets_Are_Blue_Alex_Cross_Book_7_ 3 0 false Tue Jul 29 13:02:41 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 13:08:10 -0700 2008
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I went through a bit of a James Patterson kick for a while back in the day so please excuse the sheer amount of his books that I've read.

I thin...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=79379