While on the case, Cross meets the only victim who managed to escape and survive---barely. Her name is Dr. Kate McTiernan and Alex Cross soon comes to see her as the strongest woman he knows.
Through the course of the investigation---and his friendship with Kate---Cross discovers that there were actually two killers working and collaborating together coast to coast. And it will take getting into the minds of two sadistic murderers to stop them.
I'm not a big fan of Patterson, as an author or from what I've seen of him as a person, truth be told. Just a personal preference. I was, however, a fan of the storyline itself. It wasn't predictable, it kept me on my toes, and when the author let the reader sneak a peak into the minds of the killers, it alleviated my boredom of being in Cross's mind.
It wasn't that I didn't like the character. It was that I couldn't connect to him. He didn't feel developed in any way but surface and felt extremely two-dimensional and repetitive.
What I did like about Alex Cross was that he screwed up. He wasn't the all-knowing detective a lot of the other characters thought him to be. He accused the wrong person and even ended up getting into a pretty remarkable fight because of it.
Overall, the book was okay, and Patterson fans would most likely enjoy it. While I would recommend it to those who like the genre and style, I wouldn't read it a second time.
My rating: 6 out of 10.
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