Target Alex Cross
TARGET: HEAD OF STATE - Men and women from across the nation line the streets of Washington D.C. to mourn the unexpected death of the President. Hit by painful memories of the loss of his first wife, Alex Cross is left reeling by this tragedy.
TARGET: UNITED STATES CABINET - A sniper's bullet strikes another devastating blow to the heart of Washington with the assassination of a prominent Senator. The shock of this attack puts huge pressure on the police to deliver a speedy response, and as Chief of Detectives, Alex's wife Bree Stone is given an ultimatum: solve the case, or lose her job.
TARGET: ALEX CROSS - The new President calls on Alex Cross to lead an unparalleled FBI investigation to help capture America's most wanted criminal. Alex has a terrible feeling that the assassination is just the beginning of a much larger plan. All too soon this fear springs to life as a terrifying chain of events plunges the government and the entire country into chaos.
The People vs. Alex Cross
Detective Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law. Until now. Charged with murdering followers of his old nemesis Gary Soneji, Alex Cross becomes the poster child for trigger-happy cops. He knows it was self-defense. Will the jury agree? Suspended from the police and fighting for his freedom, even Cross's own family begins to doubt his innocence as shocking evidence mounts. With everything on the line, Cross must go it alone. He's the only one who knows that a real murderer is watching from the shadows, one Cross must stop even if it means he can't save himself
Cross Justice
When his cousin stands accused of a terrible murder, Alex Cross must return to his hometown in North Carolina for the first time in thirty years. As he strives to prove their innocence, Alex unearths a family secret that makes him question everything. Chasing the ghosts of the past, Alex is pulled into a case baffling the local police. As he is hot on the trail of a brutal killer who left a string of grisly murders in their wake, Alex knows that the answers he finds may be fatal...
Alex Cross Hope to Die
Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, and forced to play the deadliest game of his career.
Cross's family-loving children have a wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children-have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this madman what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves?
Kill Alex Cross
With relentless danger around every corner, Detective Alex Cross is hunting down a kidnapper . . . but only if someone powerful doesn't kill him first.
The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark. A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most devastating attack the United States has ever experienced. As his window for solving both crimes narrows, Alex makes a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes that may alter the fate of the entire country.
Alex Cross, Run
Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life is ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window, and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth, but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex can begin searching for the missing newborn and killer, he's called to investigate a second crime. All of Washington, D.C., is in a panic, and when a third body is discovered, rumours of three serial killers send the city into an all-out frenzy.
Alex's investigations are going nowhere, and he's too focused on the cases to notice that someone has been watching him and will stop at nothing until he's dead. With white-hot speed, relentless drama, and hairpin turns, Alex Cross, Run is James Patterson's ultimate thrill ride.
