Cross Fire by James Patterson
is the latest in a series about detective/psychiatrist, Alex Cross. This edition has multiple bad guys: a pair of
snipers killing business and political elites, a serial killer preying on
homeless young men and etching mathematical formulas into their bodies with a
knife, and an escaped killer that Alex has put away once before looking for
revenge.
In a way it’s a shame this wasn’t set
up as three novels. Each of these criminals could support a story on their
own. The main bad guy, Kyle Craig, the
escaped killer has the most well developed story line here. He even goes so far as to kill the serial
math murderer so Alex will have more time to spend on dueling with him. And the
sniper team story line leaves a lot of unanswered questions hanging out there
even though both perpetrators end up dead.
A lot goes on in this novel. In
between closing three high profile cases, Alex manages to get married. He may be a better organizer than me! As usual, this is a fast paced, exciting
episode in the Alex Cross lexicon. I
highly recommend it to fans of James Patterson, Alex Cross, police thrillers
and murder mysteries.
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