02061cam a2200397 i 4500 1735538172 TxAuBib 20241120120000.0 230821t20232000||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023296028 9781538741214 pbk. 1538741210 pbk. TxAuBib rda Patterson, James, London : Century, 2015, author. Roses are red / James Patterson. First trade paperback edition. New York : Grand Central, 2023. ©2000. 378 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Alex Cross series ; 6 In this heart-pounding but touchingly romantic thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most complex and brilliant killer he's ever confronted--a mysterious criminal who calls himself the Mastermind. In a series of crimes that has stunned Washington, D.C., bank robbers have been laying out precise demands when they enter the building and then killing the bank employees and their families if those instructions are not followed to the letter. Detective Alex Cross takes on the case, certain that this is no ordinary bank robber at work--the pathological need for control and perfection is too great. Cross is in the midst of a personal crisis at home, but the case becomes all-consuming as he learns that the Mastermind is plotting one huge, last, perfect crime. 20241120. Cross, Alex (Fictitious character) Fiction. Police Washington (D.C) Fiction. African American police Fiction. Police psychologists Fiction. Bank robberies Fiction. Kidnapping Fiction. Washington (D.C) Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) fast Alex Cross series ; 6. TXKIP