[.ca] Violets are Blue (ISBN 0446611212)

From Amazon.com:
Fans of James Patterson's resourceful cop Alex Cross will be relieved to find that he's back on familiar territory with Violets Are Blue--and, more importantly, that this is one of the best Alex Cross thrillers yet. The malign criminal genius of Roses Are Red 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. 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. --Barry Forshaw, Amazon.co.uk

keep writing James Patterson:
I have almost read all of the Alex Cross books.So far none have let me down. When I started to read this book i was dissapointed because the first 100 pages were gory, grussome, and bad written. I mean how much can you describe. But as the book went on it got way better. It didn't focus as much on the murders and focused more on the investigation. Unlike the first half of the book. I also liked how Alex Cross was getting stalked while trying to solve the mystery. The twists were very good and when I finished the book I was barely breathing. So this instalment in the series was very good,but not for the faint of stomach or heart.

TERRIBLE!:
I've only read a handfull of James Patterson's books and have to say that none of them strike me as "can't put them" down reads. This one takes the cake though!!! What a waste of time....

James Pattersons' best? Not by a long shot:
I'm a huge James Patterson fan and there are only a few books of his that I have not read. After the incredible book "Roses Are Red" with its incredible twist ending, I could not WAIT for this book to come out and see how everything panned out. Naturally, I had this book within the first few days of its release. It didn't take me long to read it. The vampire plot was somewhat interesting, but in general, not my realm of interest, so, for the most part, I shouldn't comment on that. I'd be too biased towards it, however, it wasn't bad. It was well written. I personally was more interested in the Mastermind storyline continuing from "Roses Are Red." Obviously, the Mastermind continues to stalk Alex Cross and Alex continues to chase him until the final showdown. As all fans of James Patterson's have, I have come to expect the unexpected in his novels. Complex and incredible plot twists. This book however that every author, no matter how good, has a bad writing day some days. I mean, honestly, Alex Cross figured out who the bad guy was out of nowhere in this novel. He's sitting in his car, and out of nowhere, with no rhyme or reason, says to himeself, "Oh, it's this guy. He's the Mastermind." Where did it come from? Nowhere. And, I admit, at first I though it was great. But, the more I thought about it, it really disappointed me because that's not what I expect from an author of james Patterson's cailiber. He's so much better and could have given it a much better twist as to Alex's way of figuring it out. My advice, take this one out of the library and save your money for a first edition copy of "Roses Are Red." It's so much more worth it.

Handwriting On The Wall:
Looks like we are in for a series. The poem: Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, And so are you. The first two verses are books. Looks like 2 more books before we find out the entire story. Sugar is sweet looks like it can play on what Sampson calls Alex Cross- "Sugar". Anyway, look forward to seeing how this plays out.

Dude; get a fact checker.:
"Eating at a diner in Woodland Hills, just off the 5 freeway"? The 5 is nowhere near Woodland Hills. Try the 101. And stop making each chapter 6 pages long, and ending in a SHOCK. It reads like Nancy Drew.