false 13128 25 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 wife's death, Cross is making a bold move in his life. Now a free agent from the police and the FBI, he's 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 Cross's 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 Maria's 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 Cross's fans have waited years to read--and the pinnacle of the bestselling detective series of the past two decades. 3295810 13 11 2006 Cross (Alex Cross, Book 12) total:7039|5:2100|4:2735|3:1822|2:327|1:55| 7039 27615 9298 484 3 2 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 11:32:31 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 05:31:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 12:01:03 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 12:51:13 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 07 14:28:28 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 14:36:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Oct 01 13:25:23 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 05 14:04:11 -0800 2008 2. Your favorite line from the book and a 2-3 sentence explanation of what the line infers about the story, message OR main character.
...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 17:43:43 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 17:59:17 -0700 2008 Alex Cross, a detective, is looking into murder/rape cases that coincide, when his wife (Maria) is shot and killed. He does everything that he can to find her killer but comes up short when the cases drop out of the area. 10 years later, after a career cha...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 09 17:09:03 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 19:45:30 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 06:42:28 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 07:05:57 -0800 2008 Cross, I read two or three of the Alex Cross novels, so others are more qualified than I to comment on the series as a whole.

Alex Cross and his family are likable characters. Their creator, James Patterson, seems to know just where the line is drawn in terms of placing the good fo...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 11 06:48:03 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 11 06:50:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 02 04:37:28 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 04:38:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 07 15:44:03 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 15:44:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 17:45:09 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 18:51:27 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 12:38:27 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 17:32:35 -0700 2009
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There are two main characters: Alex Cross and The Butcher - Michael Sullivan. Cross is the protagonist, yet he fails to win the reader. True, we feel sorry for him. He lo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 03 12:51:01 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 09:18:22 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:51:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 11 19:02:20 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 19:02:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=13128