While some reviewers of this book have been dissappointed, I find Alex Cross' Trial to be an excellent read - even if it is large font and quick chapters.
In addition to giving the Alex Cross reader/follower insight into his (Cross') personal history, the "Trail" gives a real feeling for what was going on in America at the turn of the 20th Century. A bit of research myself and I find that Patterson talks a great deal about his research into the book and the reason for writing it.
The setting is Washington DC and Southern Mississippi; Teddy Roosevelt is President and a key character in this not-so-fictional book. And any reader of American History knows that T. Roosevelt was politically motivated by almost everything he did - case in point is Franklin Roosevelt's wedding.
Patterson and Dilallo have touched heavily on the epitimy of man, and woman's, ability to ignore the well being of another human because it does not fit our purpose. More of that "what's-best-for-MY-family" syndrome. Not much had really changed from John Newton's time to the early 1900's, or for that matter since the time of Cain and Able to now.
A good read. An important storyline.
To that end....
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