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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  blondierocket | Nov 6, 2009 |  Not as impressive as the first Alex Cross books like KISS THE GIRLS and ALONG CAME A SPIDER, but definitely better than CROSS, the last book. Most of the characters are back to normal, acting more like themselves, and this book has a better mystery. In fact, it's a two-fold arc, with the devious and psychopathic Kyle Craig causing havoc from prison, and a new serial killer keeping Detective Brianna Stone, Cross's new love interest, busy with murders committed in the limelight. It's a quick, okay read, but definitely not my favorite. (  ) GeniusJen | Oct 13, 2009 | I have been a fan of James Patterson and the Alex Cross series for a long time. I loved the book Cross but this book was really bad. I started this book in January 2009 and I still can't bring myself to finish it . (  ) momei | May 26, 2009 | I guess has to have Patterson is out of ideas that he brings back The Mastermind, Kyle Craig, into the party. I just hope the next book is worth the wait. (  ) xavierroy | Apr 26, 2009 | OH JUST DOUBLE KILL ME! The book was so predictable it wasn't funny. Within chapters I knew who the killers were and what was gonna happen next. The ending was just sooo blah. But the one thing that burned my biscuits was all the sex talk. Now ya'll know I'm no prude (come on, this is the lady who put up a picture of a cow nursing and some ones mucus plug!) but the sex talk was driving me crazy! Every darn chapter it was, "I'm horny" or "Right there I was turned on" Then the "sex" was lame. You know the whole darn, I was inside her and then an explosion of lust type of deal. I'm not asking for all the goodie details but for as much as they talked about being so darn "horny" I expected a full on erotica seen with 70's porn music to go with it! Nothing... It was just a bit too much, you know, all the serial killers on their rears, targeting them and their families. Then all the 24 hour working and late nights, dragon breath, chasing bad guys, dead people around and all these two talk about is sex and being horny and getting it on. For crying out loud, 3 killers after you and you can't take your rear home to be with your children and their grandma? You got to get a all night groove on in some hotel? Please... I was starting to wonder how "brilliant" these detectives really were and in the end, I was siding with the bad guys...Dumb cops. ( )1  Katrinia17 | Mar 24, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316015059, Hardcover)Just when Alex thought his life was calming down into a routine of patients and therapy sessions, he finds himself back in the game--this time to catch a criminal mastermind like no other. A spate of elaborate murders in Washington D.C. have the whole East Coast on edge. They are like nothing Alex Cross and his new girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, have ever seen. With each murder, the case becomes increasingly complex. There's only one thing Alex knows: the killer adores an audience. As victims are made into gruesome spectacles citywide, inducing a media hysteria, it becomes clear to Alex that the man he's after is a genius of terror--and he's after fame. The killer has the whole city by its strings--and he'll stop at nothing to become the most terrifying star that Washington D.C. has ever seen.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:54 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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In Double Cross, Alex finds himself hunted by two killers – one new and one extremely familiar. He’s also got a new love that brings him back into the mix. It seems like this book jumps in time some, Alex has been working at his practice for some time, not solving crimes but helping people through their issues. When he finds himself back at a crime scene with his detective girlfriend old memories start flooding back and he finds how much he really misses it.
I loved this mystery because at some times it was hard to determine which killer was doing what, or if there was a trick somewhere in there and I kept second guessing. I like Alex evolving, his children growing, and he’s starting to find what really matters after a change in his life.