Double Cross by James Patterson - Book Review

Patterson have a alone gift for making you experience all the joyousnesses and striving experienced by Cross, who is one of the best supporters of the suspense thriller genre. Reuniting fans with beloved, as well as, despised characters, while continuing to press the boundaries, Patterson radiances brighter than ever in this difficult hitting dual header!

Self-imposed retirement, a gorgeous new girlfriend and a quiet romanticist camping trip, what could possibly travel wrong? Well, when Alex Cross is around the reply is an unequivocal-anything and everything! Hot love affair is quickly cooled when Bree is ordered to go back to District of Columbia after the very populace homicide of celebrated writer Tess Olsen. Dubbed the Audience Killer, for his leaning for attention, this sociopath looks to have got no fearfulness of being discovered, growing more than brazen and chesty with each consecutive murder. He booms on the mass media attending his dastardly works afford him and enjoys in the terror his cutthroat Acts create. In the thick of the slaughter and chaos, Cross have a distressing phone call informing him Kyle Craig had escaped from the upper limit security prison house in Colorado, where he had been housed for the past four years. Prior to his incarceration, Craig had been a well-thought-of Federal Bureau of Investigation co-worker and a mastermind in his ain right. Craig was patient, resourceful and vicious, a formidable antagonist now methodically making his manner through the listing of those he deemed responsible for his imprisonment. Of course, Alex Cross was at the top of his list.

Two murderers, one seeking fame, the other set on revenge, yet they shared a common goal...the riddance of Detective Alex Cross. In this particularly well delivered novel, Patterson weaves an intricate, multi-layered plot, that moves seamlessly between opposing forces, while hurdling toward an unavoidable showdown. There are no twig-like stereotypes or bland settings, as Patterson show windows his unparalleled ability to make three dimensional fictional characters that are diabolical, yet very existent and disturbingly interesting. With his omniscient voice, tight narration and graphic detail, the reader is immersed in this carefully crafted, highly ingenious world, from the very first page. One of the most popular literary fictional characters of the century, Alex Cross is a difficult hitting, tough as nails detective, with an almost 6th sense ability to acquire inside a killer's mind. But it his personal struggles, as a son, father and lover that go on to convey the fictional character off the page and into the bosom of the reader. Chock full of action, short, sharp chapters and a few teasers thrown in to wet your appetency for the adjacent installment - Double Cross is a dual shot of Patterson at his electrifying best!