Hide and Seek

by James Patterson

Maggie Bradford is beautiful, successful and the mother of two adoring children. So why is she on trial for the murder of her second husband? Because she also killed her first husband, in self-defense of course, and her lover in-between husbands also died mysteriously. Is Maggie guilty of nothing more than choosing bad husbands - or something more sinister?

James Patterson can write the hell out of a book. If you don't know that, where have you been? I've read about half of the Alex Cross series and finally printed a list off his website of all his titles so I can work my way through the others. All his books are suspenseful, engaging and realistic. His characters are real, facing situations you wouldn't want to find yourself in, but dealing with it the way you would have to. The chapters are short, so there's the late-night read-a-thons, where one more chapter becomes one more chapter, becomes one more chapter.

I myself am not a huge fan of the Alex Cross series, but really enjoy his other stuff. I know a lot of his readers are the opposite. I also like his Women's Murder Club series, but haven't read too many of those. Now that I have the list in my bookbag however, I know I'll be prowling the stacks at Kalamazoo Public Library for all the titles I haven't check off yet!