It’s like taking up with an old friend, comfortable, enjoyable and you know you’re going to have a good time. However, each book can also stand alone, so you can jump in at any point in the series if a particular synopsis catches your eye.

Overall, Alex Cross still shines bright most of the time, and it looks like Patterson is setting up an ultimate showdown in his leading character’s future. As usual, Patterson seasons the thrilling tale with the delightful happenings in Alex’s family, from Nana mama’s delectable dinners to the exploits of Alex’s kids—this time the athletic prowess of his daughter Jannie. Im a huge Alex Cross fan and this did not disappoint, once again Alex is chasing a chilling killer, along side his partner Samson, and the duel story had his wife Bree on an investigation of her own which I enjoyed too.This laugh-out-loud funny illustrated book in James Patterson’s New York Times bestselling series finds our favorite dog Junior on a high-flying circus adventure!

Complex, twisted and unpredictable the investigation is full of frustrations for both the fictional detectives and the armchair reader detectives! Hawk, the daughter of Maximum Ride, teams up with her mother to help save their belovedbut dangerous cityin this action-packed thriller. There’s a link between the two cases which helps them solve them but a revelation at the end blows everything else into the water. When a serial killer crashes Detective Michael Bennett's wedding, he and his new partner uncover a gruesome string of cold-case homicides across the country. Over some months, three DC families (so far) have been efficiently executed without a single trace, nor any commonalities between them giving a clue to the killer.Following the normal format and usual characters it is a bit predictable but still very readable and will hold your attention throughout although not exactly a page turner. And the ending, I promised no spoilers but I have to say that excited me, and made me all the more excited for the next book.

A new client with deep pockets and wanting to remain anonymous, has hired them to investigate Frances Duchaine, a high fashion power magnate known for her fine ready-to-wear market that is worth hundreds of millions. However, I did enjoy the latest Alex Cross where the writing and plotting came closer to the earlier books. As part of the work, Bree is provided sealed court documents that don’t paint Frances in a good light.A methodical killer is targeting multigenerational families in and around Washington, DC -- striking under cover of darkness, triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence of any kind. But even he is appalled by the gruesome murders of two joggers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park--killings that look more like the work of savage beasts than humans. To Rory Yates being a Texas Ranger is about justice, but all of that changes when he is brought to a small southern town to help uncover the mysteries behind a local woman's death—only to discover corruption and lies. Eighteen-year-old aspiring comic Joey Rossi just found out his boyfriend has been cheating on him for the past ten months.

At the same time, Alex’s wife Bree, a private investigator at the Bluestone Group, a top private security firm with worldwide operations, gets a new assignment. Entertaining and persuasive,” (Publishers Weekly) this is the first big book about the private Diana, the mother of two princes.

The subject of the storyline is that of a cold killer who wipes out entire families; this is obviously a difficult thing to read about, but, it’s not overly played and this element is interwoven with Alex’s wife, Bree, who is involved in a high fashion investigation that includes high risk. Whilst Alex's wife, Bree Stone heads to New York to investigate a famous fashion designer, Alex is investigating the latest in a series of murders by the 'Family Man', a ruthless killer of families. And, probably due to having two cases running simultaneously, the final reveal of the Family Man’s identity and the motive behind the chilling murders was not as impactful as I had expected.