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A Cross family member is murdered, and the case catapults Alex into a world where power masks unfathomable evil.
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that his niece, Caroline, has been found brutally murdered. Cross vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that Caroline was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.
The hunt for her murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Alex and Bree are soon facing down some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain - they will do anything to keep their secrets safe.
As Cross closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable - a revelation that could rock the entire world.
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that his niece, Caroline, has been found brutally murdered. Cross vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that Caroline was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.
The hunt for her murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Alex and Bree are soon facing down some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain - they will do anything to keep their secrets safe.
As Cross closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable - a revelation that could rock the entire world.
Industry Reviews
"Sharp, sassy and guaranteed to send shivers down your spine, this is a tense thriller"
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ISBN: 9781409061571
ISBN-10: 1409061574
Series: Alex Cross
Published: 22nd October 2009
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 480
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Random House
Volume Number: 16

James Patterson
James Patterson is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades – the Alex Cross series, Women’s Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels – and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.
He has won an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and he’s still not showing any signs of slowing down. He was the first person to sell a million ebooks, and he has now published more than 200 novels in the past 50 years.
Meet James Patterson
James Patterson was born and raised in New York. He earned a BA in English from Manhattan College, and followed that up with a Masters in English from Vanderbilt
University.
He spent some time as an advertising executive, but eventually left the industry to focus on writing. According to an article he wrote for NPR in 2009, his greatest inspiration for writing was Mrs. Bridge, a classic 1959 novel by Evan S. Connell.
James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, Dog Diaries and Max Einstein series.
James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops, given more than a million books to school students, and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for more than a decade. He lives in Florida with his wife and son, and has also donated more than $35 million to his and his wife’s alma maters.






































































