Jack & Jill (Alex Cross)

• Jack and Jill is a masterpiece thriller worthy of every suspense fan's attention. Not one, but two story lines will leave you flipping from chapter to chapter in no time.
  
  Someone is viciously murdering young black children in the neighborhood of detective Alex Cross. There are no leads but Alex is determined to find the killer.
  
  At the same time a pair of stalker-serial killers known as Jack and Jill are preying on the powerful and famous in Washington D.C. When it becomes apparent that the killers have their sights set on the president, Cross is asked to help. He becomes determined to not only find Jack and Jill but to find the child murderer on whatever spare time he can afford.
  
  Cross is burning the candle at both ends and he doesn't have much time to save the president and capture the killers. Both plots progress at a fast pace. Cross' determination and excellent detective work shine and he in time finds the killers, but is he too late. As with ALONG CAME A SPIDER Patterson keeps you guessing until the very end and there is no shortage of surprises.

• This was my second James Patterson book (1st was "Kiss the Girls") and I am hooked. It took me only 1 and 1/2 days to read the 466 page book. I couldn't put it down!
  
  Detective Alex Cross is back and he is stuck between two investigations: someone is killng high profile celebrities in Washington DC and someone is killing young children in the streets of Cross' neighborhood. Are these crimes connected somehow?
  
  How does Cross choose between the loyalty to his community and his civic duty to the President of the United States? With two different plots and many twists and turns and suspects to choose from, "Jack and Jill" is sure to please anyone who loves to dive into psychological thrillers. I also recommend Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lector series: Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal (to be read in that order!)