Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 5/7/2016 + 1223 more book reviews

I hadn't read an Alex Cross novel for some time and now I really need to go back and read the ones I have missed. I thought Cross Justice was one of the best novels by Patterson that I have read and I would have to say that the Cross novels are the best of his series. Not sure if that is because Patterson actually wrote most of these books and did not rely on a co-author or just because Alex Cross is such a great character.

In this one, Cross and his family travel to Starksville, North Carolina, the small town where Alex was born. He is there to help defend his cousin who is accused of a brutal murder and rape of a young boy. The town seems to be under some cloud and no one in the town is happy to see Alex there to help defend his cousin. But Alex and his wife Bree, are there to find out the truth about the murder and what hidden factors may be involved in the killing and the likely framing of his cousin.

Alex also finds out some information he didn't know about his father who had supposedly died 35 years before after he had purportedly killed Alex's mother. He found out that his father had survived and traveled to Florida. Based on this information, Alex travels to Florida to seek out what really happened to his father. While there, he also gets involved with some killings of several socialites and helps the local police resolve those murders. Returning to North Carolina, he helps get to the bottom of who killed the young boy and why.

There were some twists at the end of the novel that I didn't see coming and I thought the ending was very powerful and helped Alex and his grandmother make peace with their past. High recommendation for this one!

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