Mary, Mary

This is an okay book written by James Patterson. FBI agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family in Disneyland when he gets a call from the director. A top actress has been shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail recounting the murder in shocking detail, signed by Mary Smith. The authorities fear this is only the beginning. At an immediate glance it appears that the killer is a woman, but some details suggest he is a man.

This is the 11th book in the series. Alex Cross is upset to discover that a private investigator took a photo of his family being evacuated; yet, in an earlier book, The Big Bad Wolf, he sees the photographer.