Review: Detective Cross

Detective Cross by James Patterson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Book #24.5 in this series, this is one of James Patterson's Book Shots - the novellas he writes for those who want to read but may not have time for a full length novel. The result of this is these do tend to be pretty fast paced and this is no exception. The exception for this one, however, is it does mention things from the previous book so it would definitely help to read that one first - even with having read it, I didn't quite remember what had happened that this book refers to more than once as a somewhat important plot point.

Detective Cross in this case is not Alex, but rather his wife Bree, Metro PD Chief of Detectives, who gets an early morning call that an IED has been left at the Washington National Mall - and she has less than an hour to find it. This ends up being the first of several IEDs the bomber leaves in his wake for reasons unknown until the bomber is ultimately caught.

The bombers reasons were heartbreaking and sadly relevant to today's society. The book was definitely fast paced as I mentioned and there was a twist in who the bomber was - or rather, it was not who I expected it to be in a way I can't say without spoiling it. My only complaint is that because Bree and the FBI, rather than Alex, were the focus, Alex's best friend and fellow cop was noticeably absent from this book!

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