Book #3 in 2014

Cross My Heart by James Patterson.

Alex Cross must find out who is killing prostitutes, while his wife investigates who is kidnapping babies.  Could the two cases be linked?  Meanwhile, another madman is stalking the Cross family, planning his own assault.

This could have been a 4 star book, except it's really only half a book.  The stalker case is not resolved and is left hanging for the next book.  After Ava rises from the dead, I never once believed that the whole family is truly dead.  Please, authors, if you kill someone off, let them rest in peace.

Since it's half a book, I can only offer a 2-star rating.  The author did this recently in the Michael Bennett series, too.  I really hope this is not a new trend, because I don't like it.

2 stars.