Friday, June 18, 2021

Alex Cross: Like Father, Like Son by James Patteson

 *Disclosure of material connection- I received the book in exchange for my honest thoughts. I was not required to write a positive review and all opinions stated are 100% my own. 

About the book- 

Alex Cross’s son Ali is an accomplished mystery-solver and #1 bestseller. A crime at a concert near his school sparks his newest investigation, and it gets dangerous fast. Sometimes it’s good to have a father in the detective business.   Ali Cross just solved his first real case. Alex Cross knows it's only a matter of time before his son finds his way into more trouble. Neither of them expected Ali to get caught up in another case so quickly. Ali and his friends were just hanging out in Anacostia Park . . . then they became witnesses to a crime. Alex wants Ali to stay far away from the investigation. But Ali isn't going anywhere, not when his new friend Zoe is in trouble. It's up to Ali to figure out why she's lying to the police—and who she's protecting. This is Ali's toughest case yet. As long as he trusts his Cross instincts, he may just have a shot at solving it . . .

My thoughts-

I have been devouring James Patterson books since I was in high school in the early 90's, I will absolutely read anything he writes. I was really excited to see that he started writing a young adult series starring Ali Cross, son of Alex Cross, who's series I love. I read the first book in just a couple of days, and it was an  incredible introduction to Ali and his sleuthing skills. Like Father, Like Son, the second book in the series, was also good but not quite as good as the first one. I listened to this one as an audible book, and thought the narration of both voice actors was great and really added to the story. I will be looking forward to the next one! I hope this is a long series just like the Alex Cross series.