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The 2000s · San Francisco and Washington, D.C., 2001

Violets Are Blue

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Killings that look like animal attacks pull Cross to San Francisco

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Two joggers are killed in San Francisco with wounds that look like an animal's work. Because the case echoes an old D.C. killing, Cross flies out and teams with Inspector Jamilla Hughes. Bite marks, a tiger-style attack and a boy who killed his parents in vampire rituals lead them to a vampire party. There, brothers William and Michael kill the leader, the "sire," and reveal they did the murders as part of a power grab. All the while, the Mastermind keeps taunting Cross, who fears for his friend Kate McTiernan and rushes to her house. In the end, Kyle Craig goes to prison, Cross starts dating Jamilla and the family gets some peace.

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What changed on screen

  1. ReferenceKate McTiernan returns

    The doctor from Kiss the Girls is back: Cross fears she's the next target and races to her house.

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  2. Behind the scenesHarsh reviews

    Kirkus Reviews wrote that Patterson had "hoodwinked his publisher," and Publishers Weekly also panned both of the book's cases.

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