Detective Alex Cross must confront his most terrifying nemesis ever — and his own deepest fears — in this electrifying thriller from the world's #1 bestselling writer.

D.C. Detective Alex Cross has seen a lot of crime scenes. 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. Local police are horrified and even the FBI is baffled.

Then, as Cross is called in to take on the case, the carnage takes off, leaving a trail of bodies across America and sweeping him to Savannah, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Los Angeles as his nemesis, the merciless criminal known as the Mastermind, stalks him, taunts him, and once again, threatens everything he holds dear…

Violets Are Blue is a thrilling book in the Detective Alex Cross Series written by James Patterson. This book follows the adventures of Detective Alex Cross as he investigates a series of crimes. Violets Are Blue is a must-read for fans of suspenseful crime novels. ive into the world of Detective Alex Cross and unravel the mysteries in Violets Are Blue.