Cross Country
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4.2 • 581 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In this heart-pounding novel from the world’s most popular storyteller, unprotected and alone, Alex Cross is chasing a horrible new breed of killer, and when the crimes hit close to home, he must hunt down the source—before it finds him.
The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross.
When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing his most dangerous enemy yet. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington DC, what they discover is shocking: a stunningly organized gang of lethal teenagers headed by a powerful, diabolical man-the African warlord known as the Tiger. Just when the detectives think they're closing in on the elusive murderer, the Tiger disappears into thin air. Tracking him to Africa, Alex knows that he must follow. Alone.
Heart-stopping, speed-charged, and electrifying, Cross Country is a stunning thriller from "the man who can't miss" (Time).
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Patterson's 14th Alex Cross thriller doesn't follow up on the plot threads left dangling in 2007's Double Cross concerning still-on-the-loose serial killer Kyle Craig. Instead, Cross, a Washington, D.C., police detective, takes on a very different quarry a human monster known as the Tiger with ties to the African underworld. When the Tiger and his teenage thugs butcher writer Ellie Cox, her husband and children in their Georgetown home, Cross is devastated because Ellie had been his girlfriend in college. The Cox family massacre proves to be just the first in a series. Cross pursues the Tiger to Nigeria, where the profiler finds himself at the mercy of corrupt government officials who may be working with the Tiger. Spending less time than usual exploring his villain's psychological backstory, Patterson delivers an atypical tale of James Bond style revenge. Craig's brief cameo toward the end suggests the series will resume its usual path in the next book.
Customer Reviews
Great read
Loved the suspense
Suspense
Alex Cross always has a way to keep the suspense going. I enjoy his life of many different roads.
FAVORITE!!
Because Cross truly goes Int'l, enjoyed this more than all the others!! Great change of pace and great detail of the culture he ends up in!!