title: Violets Are Blue ~ Detective Alex Cross Series
author:  James Patterson 
description: Fans of James Patterson's resourceful cop <a href="/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/112/${0}">Alex Cross</a> will be relieved to find that he's back on familiar territory with <i>Violets Are Blue</i>--and, more importantly, that this is one of the best Alex Cross thrillers yet.
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  James Patterson
  
  
  ![image](../images/00001.jpeg)
  
  
  Little, Brown and Company
  
  
  New York Boston London
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [**Begin Reading**](part0003_split_000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [A Preview of _Four Blind Mice_](part0008.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [A Preview of _Alex Cross, Run_](part0011.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](part0007.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Books by James Patterson](part0016.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Table of Contents](part0018.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Newsletters](part0017.html)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0019.html)
  
  
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