Book Review: Four Blind Mice by James Patterson (Alex Cross 8)

Alex Cross is in the throes of resigning from the Washington DC police and he is taking some quality time with his family. The criminal Kyle Craig is behind bars and he feels that he can relax a little.

However his peace is shattered when his best friend and police partner John Sampson comes on the scene and tells Alex that Sampson's friend is condemned to death in a prison cell for a crime he did not commit.

They join forces to try and run down the killer or killers. The old friend is in the US Army and the crime trail leads them into the world of the military. However the military shuts up shop and is evasive in helping.

Three army wives are killed in North Carolina and it seems as if they are on the trail of more than one killer. They slowly uncover the missing pieces, taking them back years to Vietnam and the war world from that time.

We get to know who the killers are pretty early on in the novel so we are able to watch the run down from both sides of the fence.

As to romance, we all want to know what happens to Cross, he is carrying on a long distance relationship with Jamilla on the West Coast while Cross remains on the East. However, Sampson finds love in this novel that is very touching.

This novel can be read as a standalone novel but it is probably best read in the Alex Cross sequence.

9/10 for me on this one.