Roses Are Red

James Patterson

Nov 2005 · Alex Cross Book 6 · Hachette Audio · Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez

About this audiobook

Alex Cross races against time as a series of crimes stuns Washington, D. C.—and he might be facing his most brilliant enemy yet.

In a series of terrifying crimes, bank robbers have been laying out precise demands when they enter the building-and then killing the bank employees and their families if those instructions are not followed to the letter.

Detective Alex Cross takes on the case, certain that this is no ordinary bank robber at work; the pathological need for control and perfection is too great. Cross is in the midst of a personal crisis at home, but the case becomes all-consuming as he learns that the Mastermind is plotting one huge, last, perfect crime.

Ratings and reviews

*** 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).

A series of books that keep evolving this one and one right after are outstanding

About the author

James Patterson has had more New York Times bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 300 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels, the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.