Alex Cross, the famous Washingotn black detective, is back with another amazing case. This time, a series of vampire-like murders are being committed. The police in several states can do nothing to stop them. And the killing spree is increasing alarmingly. The people is terrified, just expecting the next victim to appear. Cross is called to solve the mystery, but, as we knew in "Roses Are Red" he has come to a decisive point of his life. He is torn apart between abandoning the force and taking back his life or keep going solving cases such as this. The decision isn't easy. Besides, the Mastermind, his deranged nemesis, is stalking, getting closer and closer. As the two stories evolve, we are caught in a blur of gruesome murders and menace, and Cross' family and friends are set as targets for the Mastermind. At the end, he will solve the mysteries plaguing his life, discovering the identity of the threatening Mastermind at last and solving the vampire puzzle, but not everyone will go uninjured...

  

   Patterson has an undeniable capability to surprise the reader even (or should I say specially?) when the novel is ending. This time, the surprises aren't as mind-numbing as in "Cat & Mouse" or "Kiss The Girls" but rather, James Patterson took this novel to reset Cross' life. Of course, for full effect, one should read the whole series, specially "Roses Are Red". The killers in this case are by far the goriest and sickest he has ever created, and the implications of revealing the Mastermind's identity, even if he had done so in the previous installment, are enjoyable.

  

   The cheap style with which Patterson writes is still there, so, again, only the mysteries are worth staying up late for.