Cross (Alex Cross) - Hardcover

Patterson, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316159794 ISBN 13: 9780316159791

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 2006

Synopsis

Years after his wife Maria is gunned down by an unknown shooter, a crime that has never been solved and still haunts him, psychologist Alex Cross is called in by his former partner, John Sampson, who wants his help in tracking a serial rapist stalking Georgetown, a case that reveals a startling connection to Maria's death. 1,500,000 first printing.

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Review

James Patterson has a position that is unassailable -- as one of America's most reliable crime and thriller writers, his best-selling status is assured. But it has to be said that he has tested the patience of his long-time readers by the series of books written in collaboration with other, lesser-known writers, in which it seemed that his own participation was the least important element. True Patterson fans will always welcome books such as Cross as the real deal: unadulterated James Patterson, sans collaborators.

Here we have Patterson's favourite protagonist, Alex Cross, in the days when he was making his mark in the Washington, DC Police Department. To his horror, he witnesses his wife being murdered in front of him by an unknown killer. Years pass, and Cross has left the FBI for his former profession as a psychologist. He feels he has come to terms with the events of the past, but then receives a call from his ex-partner John Sampson, requesting a favour in tracking down a serial rapist in Georgetown. Soon, the case presents connections to the death of Alex's wife -- is he finally being given the chance to catch her murderer?

This is James Patterson, doing what he does best: delivering a narrative in which there is not an ounce of wasted fat. Alex Cross is always, of course, a strong protagonist, and the personal element here energises an already kinetic storyline. James Patterson, we are reminded, needs no collaborators. --Barry Forshaw

Review

Ticks like a time bomb - full of threat and terror (Los Angeles Times)

Brilliantly terrifying...so exciting I had to stay up all night to finish it (Daily Mail)

'If there really were human superheroes, Alex Cross would be at the head of the class...and, with each instalment in the series, Patterson makes sure his superhero gets bigger and better while at the same time becomming more vulnerable.' (New York Times)

'James Patterson is back in true form with his latest Alex Cross series thriller... This is his best work yet' (Hobart Mercury)

Edition details

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0316159794
• ISBN 13: 9780316159791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 393