James Patterson, best selling author of "Pop Goes the Wease"l, "Cradle and All", and "Kiss the Girls", returns with "Roses Are Red" (Warner Books, Inc., 2001), his latest gripping dark crime tale featuring brilliant profiler Alex Cross. As fans have come to expect from Patterson's work, this novel is fueled with high emotion and resonates with moral outrage. As always, Patterson gives his book a healthy measure of both poignant humanity and horrendous cruelty, once …showed first 75 words of 704 total…

…showed last 75 words of 704 total…the story line. The plot elements become all the more complex and gripping as we are drawn further into the realm of a lunatic's thoughts. Once again, Patterson proves that he is capable of turning in an engaging, cunningly crafted tale that transcends the serial killer subgenre. He has another guaranteed bestseller on his hands with Roses Are Red, an intense, action-packed, and thought-provoking novel that will leave the reader awestruck and gasping for breath.