Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill

Book 3 of the Alex Cross series, commence! Also, I believe this is a good opportunity to add that James Patterson also writes the currently underground, in the future, hugely popular, Maximum Ride series where we see bird people become the next new vampire craze.

Anywho, this book chronicles Alex Cross’ search for not one but three killers! One killer is brutally murdering children in his very neighborhood at his childrens’ school. This is the case he would love to stay on, but the higher ups put his brilliant mind on the Jack and Jill case who are committing perfect high profile crimes again celebrities and politicians in DC, with the end goal being Mr and Mrs White House.

Wanna know the ending? The continue! It turns out that the children killer is actually a child himself with a severe mental problem. In a final stand off, he kills Cross’ “lady love’s” husband. I’m sure this will set up a budding relationship with her in the next book. If you remember, his last lady love turned out to be the bad guy (bad luck). The Jack and Jill case still puzzles them. The president is attacked and killed, and the “killer” commits suicide. But wait, a clever ruse! This is not the actual killer but someone who the killer told to do the killing. Plot twist yo. Anyways, turns out the killer is an FBI agent and her husband who have been working on the case. Oops. They go to prison and both die mysteriously the next die leaving the case unresolved.

Oh! Important footnote. Cross receives a call from Gary Soneji at the end of the book, the super villain from the first book who escaped from prison and has it out for Cross. Will we see him in the next book? I think yes. (I know yes. I am currently reading it. I’m a cheater.)

Over and out