The Mastermind of Roses are Red is back - and he's hot on Alex Cross's trail. Meanwhile, Alex is drawn into his most bizarre investigation yet. Two San Francisco joggers are found dead - bitten and hung by their feet to drain the blood from their bodies. Further murders in California, and then on the East Coast as well, completely baffle Alex and the FBI. Is this the work of a cult, of role players, or even of modern-day vampires? Desperate to stop the deaths, Alex teams up with Jamilla Hughes, a savvy female detective from San Francisco...and the FBI's Kyle Craig.
- ISBN10 0446611212
- ISBN13 9780446611213
- Publish Date 1 October 2002 (first published 1 January 1960)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Time Warner Trade Publishing
- Imprint Warner Books Inc
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Pages 416
- Language English