Alex Cross, Run by James Patterson

I can't resist an Alex Cross novel when I see one so I stayed up all night just to finish this book in two days.

Alex Cross, Run is the twentieth installment of the Alex Cross series. Imagine that! This is the longest series I have ever read. How I wish Harry Potter and Twilight is this long, haha.

As usual after reading, James Patterson did not disappoint me. Looking back on my last few chapter, I thought, where's the twist? Then it came whooping in my face!

This is one of those book that will make you want more after reading. I hope he writes 20 more of this and blow my mind away!

Here's a synopsis:

DON'T LOOK, ALEX CROSS

Top plastic surgeon Elijah Creem is renowned for his skills in the operating room, and for his wild, no-expense-spared "industry parties," bringing in underage exotic dancers and models for nights of drugs, champagne, and uninhibited sex. That is, until Detective Alex Cross busts one of Creem's lavish soirees and ruins his fun. Now Creem is willing to do anything to avoid going to jail.

DON'T THINK, ALEX CROSS

But Alex doesn't have time to dwell on that case. A beautiful woman has been found murdered in her car, a lock of her hair viciously ripped off. Then a second woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window with a brutal scar slashed across her stomach. When a third mutilated body is discovered, rumors of three serial killers on the loose send Washington D.C. into an all-out frenzy.

JUST RUN

Alex is under so much pressure to solve these three grim cases that he hasn't noticed that someone else investigating him-someone so obsessed and so twisted that they'll do anything-ANYTHING- to get the vengeance they require. Alex Cross, Run is James Patterson's most unrelenting story yet-a white-hot, sensational thrill ride with the most extreme and gripping characters Patterson has ever brought to life.

12th of Never by James Patterson

I'm one of James Patterson's greatest fan. I have always admired how the endings are so unpredictable. He plays with your mind. I read all his novels and series as soon as they are out in bookstores. My personal favorites are Maximum Ride, Alex Cross and The Women's Murder Club series. Those three series are so diverse and you won't feel that a single author wrote them. Maximum Ride is a science-fiction while Alex Cross and WMC series are both thrillers written from a man and a woman's perspective.

I recently finished reading the latest installment of the Women's Murder Club and I think it was one of his best in the series.

It's finally time! Detective Lindsay Boxer is in labor—while two killers are on the loose. 

Lindsay Boxer's beautiful baby is born! But after only a week at home with her new daughter, Lindsay is forced to return to work to face two of the biggest cases of her career. 

A rising star football player for the San Francisco 49ers is the prime suspect in a grisly murder. At the same time, Lindsay is confronted with the strangest story she's ever heard: An eccentric English professor has been having vivid nightmares about a violent murder and he's convinced is real. Lindsay doesn't believe him, but then a shooting is called in—and it fits the professor's description to the last detail.

Lindsay doesn't have much time to stop a terrifying future from unfolding. But all the crimes in the world seem like nothing when Lindsay is suddenly faced with the possibility of the most devastating loss of her life.

There was a lot of things going on and I could not believe when I am nearing the end.

The Women's Murder Club is a group of four women: Lindsay - a police officer, Yuki - assistant DA, Claire - chief medical examiner and Cindy - journalist. It's amazing how four women from different careers met and solve murders together. There personal lives are so intriguing too!

Alex Cross had his second film and I was hoping that maybe this year, the girls will have a movie of their own too.