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"Supreme Court candidates are being murdered. Alex Cross and John Sampson are handed the case. In Washington, DC, the president-elect is planning her inauguration. The list of Supreme Court candidates is highly confidential-until it becomes evidence in Detective Alex Cross's toughest investigation. One candidate is gunned down. A second is stabbed. A third is murdered near midnight on a city street. Cross is the FBI's top expert in criminal behavior. For the sake of his family, his city, and show more his country, he must put himself in the most dangerous place there is: inside the mind of a diabolical killer"-- show lessTags
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Maestro eludes Alex Cross. However, he is getting closer to finding out who Maestro is. After a series of high profile murders, including those in the judiciary, and with an upcoming presidential inauguration, Cross, Sampson, Bree and Ned are on the trail of the killers. Their lives are in serious danger, and they have to make some difficult choices.
I wasn't as engaged in this Cross novel as I have been in others. Perhaps it is because it brought up all the issues we are facing with this new admin - environmental protections, the federal bench -- and it hits too close.
I wasn't as engaged in this Cross novel as I have been in others. Perhaps it is because it brought up all the issues we are facing with this new admin - environmental protections, the federal bench -- and it hits too close.
From the beginning when a van goes off an s curve of the Independence Mountains of Nevada, the murder of supreme court justice on the streets of DC, and to the shootout in the Canadian wilds between Alex, Bree, Sampson and a team of men employed by M, the actions keeps the pages turning in what may be James Patterson's best Alex Cross book yet. Alex, his wife Bree and best friend John Sampson are after Cross's old nemesis know only by the initial M as they race the clock to prevent the murder of additional supreme court justices or nominees.
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899+ Works 463,878 Members
James Patterson was born in Newburgh, New York, on March 22, 1947. He graduated from Manhattan College in 1969 and received a M. A. from Vanderbilt University in 1970. His first novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, was written while he was working in a mental institution and was rejected by 26 publishers before being published and winning the Edgar show more Award for Best First Mystery. He is best known as the creator of Alex Cross, the police psychologist hero of such novels as Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls. Cross has been portrayed on the silver screen by Morgan Freeman. He has had eleven on his books made into movies and ranks as number 3 on the Hollywood Reporter's '25 Most Powerful Authors' 2016 list. He also writes the Women's Murder Club series, the Michael Bennett series, the Maximum Ride series, Daniel X series, the Witch and Wizard series, BookShots series, Private series, NYPD Red series, and the Middle School series for children. He has won numerous awards including the BCA Mystery Guild's Thriller of the Year, the International Thriller of the Year award, and the Reader's Digest Reader's Choice Award. James Patterson introduced the Bookshots Series in 2016 which is advertised as All Thriller No Filler. The first book in the series, Cross Kill, made the New York Times Bestseller list in June 2016. The third and fourth books, The Trial, and Little Black Dress, made the New York Times Bestseller list in July 2016. The next books in the series include, $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal, French Kiss, Hidden: A Mitchum Story (co-authored with James O. Born). and The House Husband (co-authored Duane Swierczynski). Patterson's novel, co-authored with Maxine Paetro, Woman of God, became a New York Times bestseller in 2016. Patterson co-authored with John Connoly and Tim Malloy the true crime expose Filthy Rich about billionaire convicted sex offender Jeffrey Eppstein. In January 2017, he co-authored with Ashwin Sanghi the bestseller Private Delhi. And in August 2017, he co-authored with Richard Dilallo, The Store. The Black Book is a stand-alone thriller, co-authored by James Patterson and David Ellis. In April 2018, he co-authored Texas Ranger with Andrew Bourelle. In May 2018, he co-authored Private Princess with Rees Jones. In August 2018 he co-authored Fifty Fifty with Candice Fox. (Bowker Author Biography) James Patterson is the author of seven major national bestsellers in a row. These include "Along Came a Spider", "Kiss the Girls", "Jack & Jill", "Cat & Mouse", "When the Wind Blows", "Pop Goes the Weasel", &, in paperback, "The Midnight Club". A past winner of the prestigious Edgar Award, Patterson lives in Florida. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title
- The House of Cross
- Original publication date
- 2024-11-25
- People/Characters
- Alex Cross
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- Members
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- Popularity
- 83,161
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 19
- ASINs
- 4
