Violets Are Blue
- Published
- 1 November 2001
- Pages
- 393
- ISBN-13
- 9780747266914
- Type
- novel
About this book
"Violets Are Blue" (2001-11-01, 393 pages) is book seventh in James Patterson's Alex Cross series, following "Roses Are Red" -- like the rest of the series, it drops the D.C. homicide detective and forensic psychologist into another theatrical case, told in Patterson's trademark ultra-short chapters with cliffhangers built for one-more-chapter reading.
Key facts about Violets Are Blue
Violets Are Blue is a novel by James Patterson. Readers have had it since 1 November 2001. It runs to 393 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Violets Are Blue. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780747266914 to find the main one.
Violets Are Blue is book 7 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
Violets Are Blue is book 7 in the Alex Cross series. It follows Roses Are Red. It is followed by Four Blind Mice. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316693233
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781586211981
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780446611213