For those that have read all of the James Patterson, Alex Cross novels...

[TBF]

9. I like "the Jester" by Patterson (and Gross) but not much use for the rest ...

too predictable and sometimes just plain crazy.

Do you like British mysteries? I love Peter Robinson's Alan Banks series - here is a description of the first one:

Gallows View (Inspector Banks #1)
by Peter Robinson

Former London policeman Alan Banks relocated to Yorkshire seeking some small measure of peace. But depravity and violence are not unique to large cities. His new venue, the quaint little village of Eastvale, seems to have more than its fair share of malefactors, among them a brazen Peeping Tom who hides in night's shadows spying on attractive, unsuspecting ladies as they prepare for bed. And when an elderly woman is found brutally slain in her home, Chief Inspector Banks wonders if the voyeur has increased the intensity of his criminal activities. But whether related or not, perverse local acts and murderous ones are combining to profoundly touch Banks's suddenly vulnerable personal life, forcing a dedicated law officer to make hard choices he'd dearly hoped would never be necessary.