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Roses Are Red
- Alex Cross, Book 6
- Narrated by: Keith David, Jason Culp
- Series: Alex Cross (abridged), Book 6
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Abridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
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But money is not enough. Alex Cross' investigation has gotten under the Mastermind's skin, and he makes it his personal goal to take revenge on Cross' entire team, one person at a time - before coming after Cross himself.
Amid all this, Cross' relationship with his girlfriend Christine is falling apart because of her fears about his work, and his beloved daughter Jannie is hospitalized with unexplained seizures. The pressure rises on every front, until an explosive, shocking climax in which the Mastermind escalates his crimes to an unprecedented level, and Alex Cross risks everything to stop him in time.
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- J Lyons
- 20-07-19
Good story Great Performance
Only criticism is that Cross always wins in a fight He's not a young man!
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- Mark
- 01-09-04
Love this book
This was the first book that got me started on the Patterson series. If you have not heard all his books then get started!
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- Lenita Green
- 15-12-16
love Keith David's narration
Loved this book. I knew I would. I can't get enough of the complexity that is Alex Cross!!
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- Betty
- 01-04-06
Who-dun-it?
Good story that kept me interested. However, it ended too abruptly. It needed one more chapter to finish the story and catch the killer. Contained a few profane words that could have been omitted.
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