James Patterson: Violets are Blue (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
Around noon, I got a call on my cell phone. 'Just checking in,' the Mastermind said. 'How is San Francisco, Alex? Lovely city. Will you leave your heart there? Do you think it's a good place to die?'

The Mastermind is back - and he's hot on Washington, DC, detective Alex Cross's trail. His cold, taunting threats leave Alex angry and deeply concerned for his family's safety while he is away from home.

Two joggers have been found dead in San Francisco - bitten and hung by their feet to drain the blood. Further murders in California, and then on the East Coast as well, completely baffle Alex and the FBI. Is this the work of a cult, or role players, or even of modern-day vampires? Desperate to stop the deaths, Alex teams up with Jamilla Hughes, a savvy woman detective, and the FBI's Kyle Craig. But Alex has never been closer to defeat, or in greater danger. He must survive a deadly confrontation - only to learn at last the awful secret of the Mastermind.

James Patterson: Violets are Blue. Alex Cross faces his most bizarre investigation. Headline, ISBN: 9780755349357 (December, 2009), 445 p., £7.99.

James Patterson: Violets are Blue (USA 2002)

From the Publisher:
D.C. Detective Alex Cross has seen a lot of crime scenes. But even he is appalled by the gruesome murders of two joggers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park-killings that look more like the work of savage beasts than humans. Local police are horrified and even the FBI is baffled. Then, as Cross is called into take on the case, the carnage takes off, leaving a trail of bodies across America and sweeping him to Savannah, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Los Angeles - as his nemesis, the merciless criminal known as the Mastermind, stalks him, taunts him, and, once again, threatens everything he holds dear...

James Patterson: Violets are Blue. Warner Books, ISBN: 0446611212 (October, 2002), 391 p., $7.99.

James Patterson: Violets are Blue (UK 2002)

From the Publisher:
You are about to read James Patterson's sixth bestseller in a row, and perhaps his best.

Around noon, I got a call on my cell phone. 'Just checking in,' the Mastermind said. 'How is San Francisco, Alex? Lovely city. Will you leave your heart there? Do you think it's a good place to die?'

The Mastermind is back - and he's hot on Alex Cross's trail. His cold, taunting threats leave Alex angry and deeply concerned for his family's safety.

Meanwhile, Alex is drawn into his most bizarre investigation yet. Two San Francisco joggers are found dead - bitten and hung by their feet to drain the blood. Further murders in California, and then on the East Coast as well, completely baffle Alex and the FBI. Is this the work of a cult, of role players, or even of modern-day vampires? Desperate to stop the deaths, Alex teams up with Jamilla Hughes, a savvy woman detective, and the FBI's Kyle Craig. But Alex has never been closer to defeat, or in greater danger. In a shocking conclusion, he must survive a deadly confrontation - only to learn at last the awful secret of the Mastermind.

James Patterson: Violets are Blue. Headline, ISBN: 0747266913 (July, 2002), 445 p., £6.99.

James Patterson: Violets are Blue (USA 2001)

From the Publisher:
Detective Alex Cross must confront his most terrifying nemesis ever -- and his own deepest fears -- in this electrifying new thriller from the master of suspense, James Parterson.

Alex Cross has never believed in vampires. But when two joggers are found slain in a manner chat suggests a macabre ritual, he has to recon-sider. Someone believes in vampires enough to have committed a series of bizarre murders that appear to be the work of one. Local police are horrified, and even the FBI is baffled.

Cross takes on the case and plunges into a netherworld of secret clubs and role-players, a world full of poseurs and playactors -- and someone demented enough to have crossed the line from dark ritual to real blood. At the same time, a lethal super-criminal from Cross's past known as the Mastermind is stalking him, taunting him, and threatening evelything he holds dear. Cross has never been closer to defeat, or in greater danger. In a shocking conclusion, Alex Cross must survive a deadly confrontation- only to discover at last the awful secret of the Mastermind.

James Patterson: Violets are Blue. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 0316693235 (November, 2001), 393 p., $27.95.

James Patterson: Violets are Blue (UK 2001)

From the Publisher:
You are about to read James Patterson's sixth bestseller in a row, and perhaps his best.

Around noon, I got a call on my cell phone. 'Just checking in,' the Mastermind said. 'How is San Francisco, Alex? Lovely city. Will you leave your heart there? Do you think it's a good place to die?'

The Mastermind is back - and he's hot on Alex Cross's trail. His cold, taunting threats leave Alex angry and deeply concerned for his family's safety.

Meanwhile, Alex is drawn into his most bizarre investigation yet. Two San Francisco joggers are found dead - bitten and hung by their feet to drain the blood. Further murders in California, and then on the East Coast as well, completely baffle Alex and the FBI. Is this the work of a cult, of role players, or even of modern-day vampires? Desperate to stop the deaths, Alex teams up with Jamilla Hughes, a savvy woman detective, and the FBI's Kyle Craig. But Alex has never been closer to defeat, or in greater danger. In a shocking conclusion, he must survive a deadly confrontation - only to learn at last the awful secret of the Mastermind.

James Patterson: Violets are Blue. Headline Feature, ISBN: 0747263485 (October, 2001), 310 p., Hardcover £16.99, Trade £9.99.