- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Headline; New Ed edition (25 Jun 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747266999
- ISBN-13: 978-0747266990
- Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 2.9 x 17.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 126,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Part of the motive of serial killers is simply to prove that they are better--better than their victims and better than the police investigating them. Mastermind, the villain of James Patterson's new thriller Roses are Red, goes one better--he does not even have to do all his own killings, simply manipulate the bank robbers he gathers for progressively more vicious hostage takings into ever more bloody massacres. Psychologist-investigator Alex is already coping with the aftermath of a previous case--the woman he loves has been so badly traumatised by the killer who abducted her for months that she does not want to be near him or their child; and now he finds himself dealing with a case where completely arbitrary decisions about who lives and who dies are the order of the day. Mastermind is ahead of the game each step of the way--this is a novel about the pain of betrayal as well as the pain of responsibility; Alex is a flawed, clever man driven near to breaking point by the knowledge that, if he guesses things wrong, people will die, and that they may die anyway just to spite him. --Roz Kaveney
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`Patterson's simple but effective style and short, punchy chapters keep the action moving nicely' Daily Mirror
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Where has the JP that I enjoyed so much gone? I've been so disappointed from the last couple of books (even the Weasel was so unrealistic, not to mention "When the wind blows"!!!) that I made up my mind to give up reading any future book by JP. I really thought that Alex Cross was cool and smart, even though still human. Now we have to cope with a sort of a super-hero with a perfect ever-happy family, whose feelings seem so unrealistic and unnatural. Even the plot wasn't that original (the namecode for the bank robbers is something already seen) and it leaves you without any explanation of the real motives of Mastermind. Finally, I don't want to be forced to buy the next book to find out the meaning of this one. I want to buy a new book because I enjoyed reading the previous one. It looks like a bad marketing technique!!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read this book in a day, couldn't put it down.. The short chapters were frustrating, 128 chapters in a 200 plus page book - come on JP, The books good, especially if you've read earlier JP books with the story of Alex Cross. However the ending is not plausible, it's a shock but after reading earlier works you'd expect some kind of pointer from the earlier Novels. I was frantically guessing who the mastermind was, not a chance - come on James get real or at least give a good explanation in the next one. Very enjoyable book though
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is by far and away the best Alex Cross book to date - I have read allof them and the twist at the end of this one was THE most unexpected turnof events!
I would say that you have to read the previous books tofully apreciate the explosive revelation at the end of thisone.
Violets are Blue was a little disappointing, but what do youexpect when he keeps on turning them out at this rate?
I would say that you have to read the previous books tofully apreciate the explosive revelation at the end of thisone.
Violets are Blue was a little disappointing, but what do youexpect when he keeps on turning them out at this rate?
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good Read
I am gradually making my way through the Alex Cross series, and this is no exception in the great read department, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Published 3 months ago by strangefruite
Great book
His latest stuff isn't as good as the earlier ones, guess the publisher just wants to make money off his name but lets be fair, thew guy is a great thriller writer. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mark Jones
My first Patterson
This was my first Patterson book. I read it years ago after finding it in a second hand shop and just recently re-bought it here after losing my older copy. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Ian O'Donnell
James Patterson - Roses Are Red
This book, the 6th in the Alex Cross series, kicks off with a string of violent bank robberies being undertaken by a criminal who calls himself 'The Mastermind'. Read more
Published 20 months ago by molko
Thumbs Up all the way!!!!
I believe this is one of the weaker story lines of the alex cross series, well i believed that before the last 2 pages, I would advise you not to look at the back pages as they... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Joshua
Roses are red
Haven read the book yet but it would be hard to believe that an alex cross novel wouldn't be good. but delivery time and condition are two different things, delivery times were... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mark Dunne
Going, Going, nearly gone!
Like Christine I should have dumped Detective Alex Cross when she did! Sadly I hung on hoping things would improve. They didn't. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Mr. Robert J. Steven
What a waste of time!
The plot holes are so enormous and the lack of an ending so frustrating that I seriously cannot recommend that you waste your time on this book. Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2010 by John S
YOU MUST BE JOKING?...........
This was my first ever James Paterson and I confess to being a big fan of any films he has had a hand in. Read more
Published on 1 April 2010 by L. Hay
Brilliant
If you like James Patterson you will love this novel ! Alex Cross is back and with the usual twists and turns that keep you gripped until the end!
Published on 21 Dec 2009 by Ms. C. Aitken
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