Mary Mary

     Mary Mary  by James Patterson is an intense book full of thrill and excitement. Someone is murdering Hollywood's greatest starts. People with the "perfect family." The killer goes by the name of Mary Smith. "ACT ONE, SCENE ONE, the Storyteller thought to himself, and couldn’t hold back a dizzying rush of anticipation. The truth was that ordinary people committed perfect crimes and perfect murders all the time. But you didn’t hear about it for the simple reason that the killers never got caught." (Page 1 Patterson.) While on vacation with his three kids, F.B.I. agent  Alex Cross gets a phone call saying he needs to help investigate these tragedies immediately. When he gets back, his youngest son is gone. Alex realizes it's up to him to save the lives of innocent people and bring this killer to justice. When he is face to face with death, will he be able to stay strong and finish what he started, or give up and leave it to someone else.
    My favorite character is Alex Cross. He is a single father of three, and at the same time he manages to be a F.B.I. agent. He is always filled with hope and never gives up. Even when it seems like nothing is going his way, he still sticks his head up and gets through the day. He has gotten through murders, his ex-wife's kidnapping, a divorce, and almost dying multiple times. He stays strong and helps the people around him.
    I recommend this book to 14 year olds and up. It's a very good book, but there is a lot of murder. It also is pretty long and the words are pretty small. It would be hard for people under 14 to read. It has a lot of detail and sadness through-out the book, and younger kids wouldn't understand some things in the book. Anyone above the age of 14 should be able to read it just fine, unless you don't like murder-type books.