Showing results for title "Cross", by author "James Patterson" in Literature & Fiction

In the most suspenseful thriller yet from the author of Along Came a Spider and Jack and Jill, Detective Alex Cross is on the trail of 2 murderers who may be working together. Casanova preys on talented college women from the Carolinas to Florida. The Gentleman Caller is terrorizing Los Angeles. The case takes Cross coast to coast and to the Deep South, where his niece, a law student, has been abducted. Will she be the next victim of one, or both, of the killers?

The latest from the author of When the Wind Blows and Kiss the Girls reveals Patterson at the peak of his power and is easily his most dynamic and compelling psychological thriller to date. Here is a chilling villain, a love story of great tenderness, and a plot of relentless suspense and heart-pounding pace.

From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's written - a novel called Trial.

Two killers, one operating in America and the other in Europe, have chosen the FBI's Alex Cross as their prey. One is the megalomaniac Gary Soneji, Cross' nemesis from Along Came a Spider, who takes Cross on a train ride to hell. The other, Mr. Smith, spreads panic through Europe when he strikes London, then Paris. Mr. Smith has been eluding another agent, Thomas Augustine Pierce, and now Pierce must put the case on hold.

Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over 10 years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today Cross saw him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something even more sinister? Nothing will prepare you for the wicked truth.

The sixth novel in the Alex Cross detective series. A series of meticulously planned bank robberies ends in murder, and detective Alex Cross must pit his wits against the bizarre and sadistic mastermind behind the crimes.

Alex Cross is drawn into a bitter personal battle against corruption, conspiracy and savage violence in a chase that takes him through a vast and uncompromising landscape. When Cross is called to investigate a massacre-style murder scene, he is shocked to find that the victim is an old friend. Angry, hurt and more determined than ever, Cross begins the hunt for the perpetrators of this cruel crime.

Alex Cross, Polizeipsychologe in Washington D.C., mit Sinn für Familie, Freunde und Klaviermusik, ist wieder im Einsatz! In unmittelbarer Nähe der Schule, die sein Sohn besucht, werden mehrere Kinder erschlagen. Doch diesem Fall, der ihm aus verständlichen Gründen besonders nahegeht, kann sich Cross nur nach Feierabend widmen: Auf Befehl von "ganz oben" muß er sich einer Mordserie zuwenden, die die ganze Nation in Atem hält. Ein Pärchen, das sich nach einem alten Kinderlied als "Jack und Jill" bezeichnet, ermordet Prominente in Washington. Im Zuge seiner Ermittlungen erfährt Alex Cross, daß ein Auftragskiller der CIA "außer Kontrolle geraten" sein soll. Aus der Mordserie entwickelt sich nun endgültig ein Politthriller. Aber auch der Kindermörder treibt nach wie vor sein Unwesen...

Detective Alex Cross is being hunted down and his world is crashing around him. Alex Cross has devoted his life to protecting others, his only refuge from the horrors of his job is his family - and his enemies know it. He's never faced a foe like this before. One by one, everyone he loves is being taken from him. If Alex doesn't act fast, he'll have no one left. The first part of a thrilling duology by best-selling author James Patterson, followed by Hope to Die.

Just as Alex Cross is beginning to feel that life is good and he is finally coming out of the depression he's been in since the death of his wife, he is called to Union Station train terminal - a man is on the loose, firing at random into the swarming crowds of travellers. Psychopath Gary Soneji seems determined to go down in a blaze of glory, and he wants Alex Cross to be there. Will this be the final showdown?

Detective Alex Cross is called into action on Christmas Eve - and he'll be lucky to see the New Year. Christmas celebrations with his family are cut short when Detective Alex Cross receives a phone call. A drug-crazed man has taken his own family hostage and their lives depend on Alex. But it's not just them. As the suburban nightmare unfolds, a greater threat arises - a terrorist attack like Washington has never seen. And Alex is caught in the middle.

The seventh novel in the Alex Cross series. The Mastermind is back - and he's hot on detective Alex Cross's trail. His cold, taunting threats leave Alex angry and deeply concerned for his family's safety. Two joggers have been found dead in San Francisco - bitten and hung by their feet to drain the blood. Further murders in California, and then on the East Coast as well, completely baffle Alex and the FBI. Is this the work of a cult, or role players, or even of modern-day vampires?

Alex Cross is one of the nation's foremost detectives. But solving crime runs in the family - and it's time for Cross to tell his own children about their ancestors. He tells them the story of Ben Corbett, lawyer to the poor and downtrodden in 1900s Washington, DC - a disappointment to a family who wanted him to serve the powerful. Out of the blue, President Theodore Roosevelt invites Ben to the White House, charging him with investigating a resurgent Ku Klux Klan in Ben's own home town. The man who'll help him? Abraham Cross, great-uncle of Alex Cross.

Alex Cross is preparing to resign from the Washington Police Force. He's enjoying the feeling; not least because the Mastermind is now in prison. And Alex has met a woman, Jamilla Hughes, and he is talking about the future. Then John Sampson shows up at the house, desperate for Alex's help. Three young military wives have been brutally killed during a 'girls' night out' and Sampson's friend, a master sergeant at the army base, stands accused.

Alex Cross ist wieder im Einsatz: Er begibt sich auf die Jagd nach dem "Superhirn", einem Psychopathen, der Banken in und um Washington D.C. überfällt. Die Raubüberfälle sind minutiös geplant und äußerst brutal. Obwohl sich alle Geiseln kooperativ verhalten, müssen sie sterben. Den Helfern des "Superhirns" ergeht es nicht besser. Als FBI und Polizei glauben, dem Täter endlich auf der Spur zu sein, ändert sich dessen Methode und die Jagd beginnt von neuem. Ist es möglich, dass noch ein zweites "Superhirn" existiert?

Who’s Afraid? Alex Cross’s first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues perplexed. Across the country, men and women are kidnapped in broad daylight. They are not being taken for ransom, Alex realises, but being bought and sold. And it seems The Wolf is the master criminal behind this terrible trade. You’re Afraid. Getting impatient with the FBI’s clumsiness and caution when it is time to move, Alex has to go out on his own in order to track his new prey and try to rescue some of the victims.

Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that his niece, Caroline, has been found brutally murdered. Cross vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that Caroline was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.

Alex Cross ermittelt wieder: Im schwarzen Southeast von Washington treibt ein perverser Frauenmörder sein Unwesen...

Der schwarze Detective und Psychologe Alex Cross steht vor einer schier unlösbaren Aufgabe. Auf dem Campus einer Universtität werden akttraktive junge Frauen von einem gefährlichen Psychopathen entführt und vergewaltigt. Nur der hübschen Medizinstudentin Kate gelingt es, in höchster Lebensgefahr zu entkommen. Mit ihrer Hilfe beginnt Alex Cross seine mörderische Jagd, aber er hat noch einen anderen Grund einzugreifen: Auch seine Nichte ist verschwunden...

Alex Cross ermittelt wieder: Im schwarzen Southeast von Washington treibt ein perverser Frauenmörder sein Unwesen. Seine diplomatische Immunität und das nach außen intakte Familienleben schützen den britischen Botschaftsangestellten und früheren Geheimagenten Geoffrey Shafer, für den das Leben nachts zum mörderischen Spiel wird. Shafer genießt das Töten, und er wird sich sein Spiel von niemandem verderben lassen. Doch dann merkt er, das einen würdigen Gegenspieler gefunden hat.