Roses Are Red
About this book
In this heart-pounding but touchingly romantic thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most complex and brilliant killer he's ever confronted - mysterious criminal who calls himself the Mastermind.In a series of crimes that has stunned Washington, D.C., 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.
Alex Cross · 32 books
In publication order- 5 Pop Goes the Weasel 1999
- 6 Roses Are Red 2000 This book
- 7 Violets Are Blue 2001
- 8 Four Blind Mice 2002
Subjects
- adventure / thriller
- african american police
- alex cross (fictitious character)
- bank robberies
- collectionid:ac
- crime & mystery
- cross, alex (fictitious character), fiction
- detective and mystery stories
- fiction
- fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
- fiction, psychological
- fiction, suspense
- fiction, thrillers, suspense
- kidnapping
- mystery/suspense
- police
- police psychologists
- thriller
- washington (d.c.), fiction