Roses Are Red
James Patterson · first published 2000 · ISBN 9780316693257
A dangerous new threat emerges: the Red King, a crime boss who executes rival gang members with calculated brutality. As bodies pile up in DC and beyond, Alex Cross realizes he's facing a criminal whose ambition threatens to destabilize the entire underworld.
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Introduces one of the series' most formidable antagonists and demonstrates Cross's growth as an investigator.