false 1713912 10 When the home of Alex Cross's longtime friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, he is devastated. The destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend Brianna Stone begin the hunt for the villain responsible for the killings, they quickly find themselves entangeled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington D.C.. What they discover is shocking: a strongly organized gang of teenage thugs headed by a powerful, diabolical man-The Tiger.<br> As the killing spree escalates, Alex and Brianna realize they are not dealing with any ordinary killer, but one who has brought his personal war of vengeance to America's capital. But just when the detectives think they're closing in on the elusive murderer, the Tiger disappears into thin air. Unable to let the killer get away with this narrow escape, Alex makes it his duty to bring the brutal butcher to justice. He knows that he must follow The Tiger. Alone. <br> When Alex arrives in Nigeria, he discovers a world where justice is as foreign as he is. Unprotected and alone in a strange country, bombarded on all sides by the murderous threats of The Tiger, Alex must draw on his fiercest instincts just to survive in a lawless world. <br> From the author <i>Time</i> magazine has called "the man who can't miss,"<i>Cross Country</i> is the most breathtaking, heart-stopping, electrifing Alex Cross thriller yet. 6634474 17 11 2008 Cross Country (Alex Cross, #14) total:2596|5:589|4:823|3:764|2:301|1:119| 2596 9250 3964 528 1 5 false false Sun Dec 28 06:26:31 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 14:14:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 11:15:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 14:25:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 10:17:28 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 09:34:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 4 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 06:04:36 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 05:01:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 18:43:29 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 06:06:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false true Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 10:44:19 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 10:59:20 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 1 3 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 15:16:33 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 15:23:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 08:34:48 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 08:36:58 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 17:08:26 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 19:31:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 08 09:45:24 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 09:45:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 12 08:12:37 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 08:14:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 17:49:11 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 17:55:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 16:50:20 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 22:07:12 -0800 2009
Much better than many of the Alex Cross series. I'll give Patterson some credit for trying to bring some political issues to a greater light and for dropping most of the detailed product placement that has started to fill ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 23 00:06:46 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 00:08:01 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Nov 18 15:45:06 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 13:46:15 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 16:16:44 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 16:40:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 06:13:26 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 07:15:31 -0800 2009 My English teacher recommended it to me last year and for some reason it's totally addicting. My only problem is that he keeps on repeating the same story line! It’s super frustrating. This book is set in Africa but y...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 18:54:23 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 19:40:30 -0700 2009 A fast read; if the publisher had reduced the white space and made some chapters longer the size of the book would be significantly reduced. Many short chapters, only a page or two, each ending at a sort of "cliffhanger" spot in the storyline. Kept me reading, but I'm still trying to figur...

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