another excellent offering from patterson.

one of the great things about his books is they are a very fast read without being too oversimplified. the only criticism i have is that alex cross seems to find girlfriends far too easily for any normal person - women just tend to flock to the man! in this book more than any other so far, i also found the personal life of alex cross got in the way of the story rather than adding to it as it normally does.

i'm sending this to the winner of the bookrelay sweepstakes, because they already have a couple of pattersons on their shelf but not this one.