James Patterson has written over 50 books within ten years.  He and his wife currently live in Palm Beach, Florida with their son Jack. He was an advertising executive up until 1985 when he quit to become a novelist. He published his first book The Thomas Berryman Number, in 1976. His best selling detective novel Along Came A spider, introduced Alex Cross, a psychologist detective, from Washington DC. The series is 18 books long in counting. Two of the Alex Cross books were turned into movies starring Morgan Freeman; Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls. Cross, another Alex Cross book is also being made a movie. It will come out on October 19th.

I have read five of the Alex Cross books and they’re amazing. They keep on the edge of your seating and guessing page after page. You might think you know what’s going to happen, but you will change your mind again and again. His books have short chapters, but don’t let that discourage you. I personally like short chapters. They make you feel like you are moving along in the book faster. If you only have a short period of time to read, the books are perfect so you dont lose your place in the middle of a chapter too.

~Emily Bodurtha