Cross the Line by James Patterson Alex Cross is good again

Shots ring out in the earlier morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. When the fumes clear, a well known police official sits dead, leaving behind the city's police force striving for answers. Under demand from the mayor, Alex Cross steps into the control vacuum to break the case. But before Cross can make any headway, a ferocious crime wave sweeps across the district. The deadly scenes share only one common thread—the victims are all criminals. And the only thing more risky than a murderer without a conscience, is a killer who thinks he has justice on his side. As Cross goes after an adversary who has appointed himself judge, jury, and executioner, he must take the law back into his own hands before the city he's sworn to protect descends into utter madness.



Cross the Line by James Patterson, the twenty-fourth book in the Alex Cross collection, is for die-hard followers of the sequence. As a long-time admirer of bestselling author James Patterson and a large, large lover of the Alex Cross collection, I’m pretty ecstatic about each new release and wanted each new chapter in the series to be a great one. I have been dissatisfied with some while most have kept me interested, and satisfied. And this latest inclusion to the series is a well-crafted one where our main character faces a complicated task with a crime wave sweeping all over Washington, DC.

In this newest Alex Cross thriller, a mystifying crime wave hits Washington, DC, with a high-ranking police official ending up as one of the victims. The police department is caught groping in the dark. Alex Cross and his wife Bree team up to find the killer. But both husband and wife finds their selves at odds at critical juncture, thereby impeding their work. When a vigilante group strikes with disastrous consequences, Alex Cross knew he has to tread meticulously and rapidly before it is too late. In due course Alex Cross’ sharp mind sees a pattern in the method of the killers focusing on victims who might have actually broken the law.

Cross the Line by James Patterson published in his true signature style is one that you just can't put down once you begin it. I loved the setting, the portrayal and the premise of the story. The book wrangles together what I would have considered a weird medley of plot themes – murder, mystery, domestic issues, vigilante, and unsolved crimes. This book has got two things right - a terrific plot and strong characters. It is interesting to see the ongoing growth of the characters in the series, which is a welcome sign that James Patterson has no intention of bringing it to an end. And I can’t seem to have enough of Alex Cross!

Cross Justice by James Patterson best Alex cross book in last 8 years

Cross Justice by James Patterson best Alex cross book in last 8 years.

Alex's cousin Stefan has been arrested of a awful, unimaginable murder, and Cross drives south with Bree, Nana Mama, Jannie, and Ali to Starksville, North Carolina, for the 1st time in thirty-five years. Back home, he finds out a once happy community, down on its luck, and community citizens don't welcome him with open arms. As Cross steps into his family house, the horrors of his childhood overflow back--and he discovers that they're not actually over. He produces all his skill to discovering the truth about his cousin's situation. But simple fact is difficult to come by in a area where no one feels protected to speak.

With Cross Justice, bestselling author James Patterson comes back with his most prominent personality in a story that is both equally clentching and fast-paced. Followers of the expert storyteller can remain confident in the understanding that this episode of the series is much superior than the insipid Cross My Heart and Hope to Die. It is as compelling as ever before with Cross returning home for the first time after thirty-five years, only to be encountered with a overwhelming task as he finds himself ensnared in a problem of severe fact and insider secrets, and an enemy as dangerous as any other. What persuaded Alex and his family to return home was the forthcoming trial of his cousin, Stefan Tate, a gym teacher arrested of torturing and killing a thirteen-year-old boy named Rashawn Turnbull.

It’s twenty-three years and twenty-three repayments of justice the Alex Cross-way since the first book in the collection, Along Came a Spider, came out in 1992. James Patterson has modified little. His trademark short chapters carry on to enthrall audience, and his publications proceed to sell like crazy. They continue to generate interest, and make for an exciting and fast read. My admiration for him is full to the brim though I was tempted to give up after Cross My Heart, but as a die-hard fan, though I groaned, and grumbled, I can’t get myself to actually act.

Alex Cross series is the only series that James Patterson writes without a co-author, which is a good thing. Cross Justice is the very best Alex Cross thriller that I have read in a very long, long time. With distinct twists and spins, readers are in for a real and captivating treat. The appearance of a family member whom Alex thought was dead was a nice surprise. The Reverend Alicia, Marvin Bell, the police chief and the local judge all played a pivotal role in the story. The toast "May God bless the Crosses" at the end magnificently sums up one of the best Alex Cross novels, and James Patterson followers couldn't have expected for a better ending. I look forwards to several more from him.

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Hope to Die/ Alex Cross super thriller by James Patterson

Detective Alex Cross is getting stalked by a psychotic genius, compelled to engage in the deadliest game of his career. Cross's household his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his treasured children have been kidnapped. Frightened and anxious, Cross must give this mad man what he wishes if he has any possibility of salvaging the most crucial people in his life. The limits have never been greater: What will Cross give up to save the ones he loves?

Extensively praised by the greatest crime and thriller authors of our time, Cross My Heart set a jaw-dropping story in action. Hope to Die propels Alex Cross's biggest challenge to its unbelievable finish, proving why Jeffery Deaver says "nobody does it better" than James Patterson.

Hope to Die was a book that grabs your attention from the begining. What a rollercoaster of twists and turns. If you are an Alex Cross Fan this is a must read.

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Alex cross books in order for Nook, Kindle or paperbeck up dated 1/7/2015

Along Came a Spider
Daily life adjustments for Deputy Chief of Detectives Alex Cross when he is enticed into a high-profile case. Two nine-year-old children are kidnapped by a teacher, Gary Soneji, from the exclusive Washington Day School. Maggie Rose Dunne is the child of an actress, and Michael "Shrimpie" Goldberg is the son of the Secretary of Treasury. A ransom of $10 million is commanded.

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Kiss the Girls
Alex Cross meets wits with Casanova and The Gentlemen Caller. This time it is personalized. Naomi Cross, twenty-two-year-old daughter of Cross's deceased brother Aaron, is reported missing. She is a law student at Duke University. Cross goes to North Carolina, dreading the worst.

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Jack & Jill
A game of Life and Death. Sam Harrison (Jack) and Sara Rosen (Jill) pleasure in their board game that has pictures of famous people; a simple roll of the dice ascertains their fate.
When sixty-four-year-old Senator Daniel Fitzpatrick is found slain, the FBI makes a official request for Cross. The FBI is stymied. The code name for President Thomas Byrnes is Jack. The First Lady's is Jill.

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Cat & Mouse
A murder named Mr. Smith commences his murder spree in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and then commences terrorizing Europe. Bodies are found "gutted." At the same time Gary Soneji taunts Cross with murders in train stations.

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Pop Goes the Weasel
Geoffrey Shafer, the Weasel, works in Intelligence in the British Embassy in D.C. He and three garbled friends play a Game of Death that consists of innocent women around the planet.

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Roses Are Red
Meet The Mastermind. He's the man guiding bank robberies and the homicide of bank employees wholly committed in Virginia and Maryland. Then a tour bus is hijacked in D.C. and a $30 million ransom commanded. Cross and an FBI team have less than two hours to produce.

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Violets Are Blue
A string of grotesque murders points to a vampire subculture in the United States. Cross travels to San Francisco to meet up with with Inspector Jamilla Hughes, Homicide. They amass a list of unsolved vampire murders going back at least eleven years.

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Four Blind Mice
The Blue lady Murders take place at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Army wives are murdered and their bodies painted blue. John Sampson asks Cross to speak to his friend and mentor, Sergeant Ellis Cooper, who has been convicted of the killings but swears he is innocent..

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The Big Bad Wolf
Zamochit signifies "the breaking of bones." It is part of a murder ritual utilized by members of the Red Mafiya. The "impossible" homicide of an Italian godfather in the high-security, supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, is just the starting point.

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London Bridges
Geoffrey Shafer, the Weasel, is located and kidnapped from Salvador, Brazil. The infamous Wolf then sends him on a assignment. His first job is to completely wipe out an American town-Sunrise Valley, Nevada. And once again, that is just the starting point.

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Mary, Mary
Hollywood's most prominent stars are being slain one by one. The killer is known only as Mary Smith. Is Mary really a woman? Or just someone playing the part? With the LAPD and FBI confused, it's up to Alex Cross to uncover the truth

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Alex Cross (also published as Cross)
Among the bad guys Alex Cross has confronted—Gary Soneji, Casanova, The Mastermind, The Wolf—one psychopath tops them all. Alex knows him as his wife's killer. Alex may have a opportunity to catch his wife's assassin after all these years. Is this a chance for justice at long last? Or the concluding scene in his own deadly obsession?

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Double Cross
Alex Cross rejoins the DC Police Force to deal with two of the most diabolical murderers he's ever came across, a psychotic monster who craves an audience and a murdering mastermind who works alone. Both want Alex dead, and they'll to do anything to get what they want, even if it means plotting together...

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Cross Country
In more than a decade of police work, it is the most severe murder scene Alex Cross has ever witnessed. A family has been butchered in their home. And more mysterious deaths follow. One after the other. Each more grotesque than the last. The only lead is an incredibly elusive trail left by a diabolical African warlord know only as The Tiger. It leads Alex Cross into the dark underbelly of Washington DC and beyond, into a true heart of darkness in Africa.

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I, Alex Cross
Detective Alex Cross is yanked out of a family party and given the awful news that a favorite relative has been found brutally slain. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was involved in one of Washington's craziest scenes. And she was not this killer’s only victim.

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Cross Fire
Detective Alex Cross and Bree's marriage plans are put on pause when Alex is called to the scene of the flawlessly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s most tainted: a dirty congressmen and an deceptive lobbyist. Next, the evasive gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories—is the marksman a hero or a vigilante?

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Kill Alex Cross
The President's son and daughter are kidnapped, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But somebody very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark.

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Merry Christmas, Alex Cross


It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been termed to catch an individual who's stealing from his church's poor box. That quest behind him, Alex returns home to rejoice with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree adorning is barely started before his phone rings again—a horrifying hostage situation is quickly spinning out of control. Away from his own family on the most precious of days, Alex calls upon every ounce of his training, creativeness, and daring to save another family. Alex risks everything—and he may not make it back alive on this most hallowed of family days. Alex Cross is a hero for our time, and never more so than in this story of family, action, and the deepest moral choices. MERRY CHRISTMAS, ALEX CROSS will be a holiday classic for years to come.

Alex Cross, Run
Detective Alex Cross arrests distinguished plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, with his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recongise him—by giving himself a new face.

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Cross My Heart

Detective Alex Cross is a family man at heart—nothing matters more to him than his children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is his anchor, and gives him the strength to confront evil in his work. One man knows this deeply, and uses Alex's strength as a weapon against him in the most unsettling and unexpected novel of James Patterson's career.

When the ones Cross loves are in danger, he will do anything to protect them. If he does anything to protect them, they will die.

CROSS MY HEART is the most powerful Alex Cross novel ever, propelled by the ever-ingenious mind of James Patterson, the world's #1 bestselling writer.

Hope to Die/ Alex Cross super thriller by James Patterson

Detective Alex Cross is getting stalked by a psychotic genius, compelled to engage in the deadliest game of his career. Cross's household his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his treasured children have been kidnapped. Frightened and anxious, Cross must give this mad man what he wishes if he has any possibility of salvaging the most crucial people in his life. The limits have never been greater: What will Cross give up to save the ones he loves?

Alex Cross, Run

I really have no idea how Patterson can put out a book a month and there all good.The worlds number one writer and book seller has done it again with Alex cross,run exciting thriller in a serial killer theme you wont regret picking it up as true with all of Patterson's books.
Deceased bodies begin falling all over Washington. For the primary time in his profession, Alex won't be able to think, as he races from one murder site to one more. Will Alex and partner Sampson be able to resolve the puzzle and catch these serial killers in time Above everything else, someone is observing. Alex and his family are being endangered and hunted again. One of the best Alex Cross books a strong recommendation to buy it full of intrigue lots action will be a great movie.

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