police procedurals

Roses Are Red is a book full of murder,suspense,shock,and surprise. IT is by the author James Patterson he has a very interesting and creative mind to have come up with something like this. It was published in 2000 by Warner Books. I thought that this book had a very shocking conclusion which made me want to read Patterson's next book "Violets are Blue" I would suggest this book to someone brave enough to handle the gore, patient enough to handle the suspense, and mature enough to understand. This is a great book for someone wanting to be scared, it gave me nighttmares, but that's not a bad thing.
The story starts with a man name Alex Cross. He work's as a detective in Washington DC. At first everything is perfect, until an FBI agent and friend of Alex's comes to his house to tell him some news. "This is particularly bad Alex. This one has really struck a nerve." There had been a bank robbery earlier and not just a bank robbery, but a murder also. The robbers were split up. Some were sent to the bank, and the others were sent to the bank manager's house. The manager's wife and kids were held hostage. They weren't to die as long as the manager got the robbers the money and the robbers were out of there at exactly ten after eight. The robbers were just a few seconds late. All of the victims, dead.
These shootings/bank robberies kept going on. One by one various banks in the DC area were being robbed and innocent people being held hostage. Some killed, in some bank robberies the people lived. It never had a pattern, never had clues, the only thing the FBI and detectives knew was that the whole thing robberies and murders were being planned by someone named the mastermind. Meanwhile at the FBI headquarters, Alex and a team of workers, one of which was Betsey Cavalierre who was in charge and whom Alex had a crush on, were working day and night to crack this case. The mastermind performed another stunt by hiring workers to hijack a bus from the metrohartford, a big insurance company, and steal money using the hostages. This shook up everbody.
Detective Cross and Agent Cavalierre did find out a couple of things. 1. The mastermind was hiring new crews for every case and killing all of them. 2. One of the hijackers on the metrohartford bus was Brian MacDougal. He told the agents that the mastermind was checked into a mental hospital. 3. The mastermind had a sick mind. Alex Cross and a buddy detective of his went to work at the hospital for a couple of days just to see if they could catch the mastermind. They had a few people that stuck out, but most of all Frederick Szabo. Alex followed him one day and made an amazing discovery. Alex also found out that you can misjudge someone.(most of the time you think they are bad but turn out to be good...)
I would encourage you right now to get off of the internet and read this book. Maybe buy it off of Amazon or something. This book will let you know that you never know what is going to happen. It is full of suspense, but don't worry suspense can be a good thing. Alex does not only have work problems, but he also has some home problems too. You can learn about holding on and never letting go of something. IF you work at it you will succeed. I am asking you to please read this book, I am sure you will enjoy it as much as I did. So I leave you with this quote from the book:"I see you Detective Cross. I see you, but you don't have a clue who I am. I could walk up and touch you." "You're part of it now. Be extremely careful Detective Cross."

I prefer Patterson's earlier work to his latest. Rose Are Red is one of his better novels. Roses are Red" is about a detective named Alex Cross, who is well acknowledged by the FBI and is known for his god and detected work. Alex Cross always solves his cases with no problems. When a spree of bank robberies occur in Washington DC , Alex is put on with one lead, a man that goes by the name of the Mastermind.

The Mastermind hires bank robbers to kill employee's of the bank if the schedule is not followed for the robberies. After these killers have done the dirty work for the Mastermind and has gathered the stolen money, the Mastermind poisons his workers with Chianti and pizza. To make the case even more twisted, the mastermind sexually violates dead females whom he has killed after their bodies are twisted and mutated.

While Alex Cress helps to find this creep, he has a crisis at home with his family. Alex has a lot of weight on his shoulders and the case is getting tougher. But that is just what the Mastermind wants, as he plans his last attempt, which must be perfect. Alex starts to crack down on the case and finds a suspect, could it be him? The mastermind? Good guess Alex but, not good enough. The Mastermind has made it tough. Can Alex solve this case in time?

The book " Roses are Red" is like a speeding train, with no breaks. It keeps going and going and finishes with a crashing ending. It hits you in the part of the mind you never know you had. If you like a book that you literally cannot put down, " Roses are Red" is an excellent choice by many, and is one of my favorites from James Patterson.

For some reason I never get tired of Alex Cross and the incredible situations and antics that Patterson dishes out. Perhaps it's his ability to pull us into the story, head first, or perhaps it's his knack for writing believable situations and characters. For which ever reason, I never fail to enjoy his books, especially the "Cross" ones. Of the three books I've recently read (Da Vinci Code, Bark of the Dogwood, and this one), "Roses" is by far my favorite. The other two are great also, but the Alex Cross series really does it for me.