Pop! Goes the Weasel

I did not like this book written by James Patterson. Alex Cross is in love and even while investigating a series of ghastly murders, he maintains his happiness. Cross eventually learns the killer is a British diplomat Geoffrey Shafer. However, proving that Shafer is the murderer is a difficult task. The diplomat engages in a brilliant series of surprising countermoves, in court and out, and Cross’s fiancée even becomes the target of a deadly cabal of killers. Alex must try to provide enough evidence to prevent the killer from being released and also seek out his missing girlfriend. This is the fifth novel in the series.