JACK & JILL by James Patterson

Finished We 8/17/22

This is a paperback novel that Janny lent to me when they were over to 'repair' the hose spigot.

Usually I wouldn't read a Patterson novel, but this was an early Alex Cross and I loved that series.

'Jack and Jill' are killers who are preying on V.I.P.'s in the Washington DC area. Soon authorities realize that these names are used by the secret service to refer to the president of the US. Is he the next target.

In the end, it's revealed that the perps were the husband and wife that headed a national security agency.

It's a great 'comfort read'.  

From the book's page at GoodReads:

"In the middle of the night, a controversial U.S. Senator is found murdered in bed in his Georgetown pied-a-terre. The police turn up only one clue: a mysterious rhyme signed 'Jack and Jill' promising that this is just the beginning. The two are out to get the rich and famous. They will stop at nothing until their fiendish plan is carried out.

Meanwhile, Washington, D. C., homicide detective Alex Cross is called to a murder scene only blocks from his house. Far from the corridors of power where he spends his days. The victim: a beautiful little girl, savagely beaten--and deposited in front of the elementary school Cross's son, Damon, attends.

Could there be a connection between the murders? As Cross tries to put the pieces together, the killer - or killers - strike again. And again. No one in Washington is safe - not children, not politicians, not even the President of the United States. Only Cross has the skills and the courage to crack the case, but will he discover the truth in time?

A relentless roller coaster of heart-pounding suspense and jolting plot twists, 'Jack and Jill' proves that no one can write a more compelling thriller than James Patterson--the master of the nonstop nightmare."