Every now and then I stumble across an Alex Cross book that reminds me why I’m slogging through this series. Mary Mary, the 11th book in the series, is one of Patterson’s masterpieces; well, as close as he can get to writing one. 
Prominent Hollywood actors and producers are being killed by a person going by the name Mary Smith. We know this because emails by Mary Smith, taking credit for the murders, are being sent to a reporter at the LA Times. It is up to Alex Cross to track down and stop this killer.
It’s a great little premise, with lots of appropriate red herrings this time. We’re introduced to The Storyteller, a villain who we know is behind the killings, but yet we are left as much in the dark as Cross is, until slowly the story unfolds and Cross successfully catches his (wo)man.
Fleshing out the novel are the typical Cross family crises and love affairs. Corny, boring, but must be gotten through if only in order to get back to the juicy tale of a murder hunt.
One of Patterson’s better Alex Cross books, Mary Mary is a satisfying read.
Till next time, happy reading!
L 
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
~ Groucho Marx
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