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Alex Cross · Book 6

Roses Are Red

by James Patterson
Published
1 November 2000
Pages
409
ISBN-13
9781472223630
Type
novel
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About this book

"Roses Are Red" appeared in 2000-11-01 at 409 pages, the sixth Alex Cross novel. Patterson writes each entry to stand alone with built-in recaps, so new readers can join here even as the book continues Cross's long arc between the D.C. Metropolitan Police, the FBI, and his family.

Key facts about Roses Are Red

James Patterson wrote Roses Are Red, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 November 2000. The book has 409 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781472223630 to find the main one.

Roses Are Red is book 6 of 35 in the Alex Cross series. The series has 35 published books. However, the series starts with Along Came a Spider (1993). Cross and Sampson is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 9 February 2026.

Additionally, James Patterson writes Women's Murder Club, Honeymoon and Michael Bennett, plus 12 more series. Those series sit on our thriller, science fiction thriller and legal thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Delusional is the latest published James Patterson book on file, from 17 August 2026.

About James Patterson

James Patterson is an American author widely regarded as one of the bestselling and most prolific novelists in publishing history, with hundreds of books credited to his name across thrillers, young-adult fiction and non-fiction. See every James Patterson book in order.

Its place in Alex Cross

Roses Are Red is book 6 in the Alex Cross series. It follows Pop Goes the Weasel. It is followed by Violets Are Blue. See the full Alex Cross reading order.

Dr. Alex Cross is a Washington, D.C. homicide detective and forensic psychologist — a widowed father raising his family in Southeast D.C. with the help of his indomitable grandmother, Nana Mama. That home life is the series' anchor, because everything else in Cross's world is chaos: James Patterson has spent three decades throwing history's most theatrical serial killers and criminal masterminds at him, from Gary Soneji in Along Came a Spider to Kyle Craig, the Mastermind, whose vendetta spans many books. The…

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