ALSO PUBLISHED AS ALEX CROSS
Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington DC Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife Maria in front of him. The killer was never found and the case turned cold filed among the unsolved drive-bys in D.C.s rough neighborhoods.
Years later still haunted by his wifes death Cross is making a bold move in his life. Now a free agent from the police and the FBI hes set up practice as a psychologist once again. His life with Nana Mama Damon Jannie and little Alex is finally getting in order. He even has a chance at a new love.
Then Crosss former partner John Sampson calls in a favor. He is tracking a serial rapist in Georgetown one whose brutal modus operandi recalls a case Sampson and Cross worked together years earlier. When the case reveals a connection to Marias death Cross latches on for the most urgent and terrifying ride of his life.
From the man USA TODAY has called the master of the genre CROSS is the high-velocity thriller James Patterson and Alex Crosss fans have waited years to read - and the pinnacle of the bestselling detective series of the past two decades.
