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Alex Cross novels volume 14
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Detective Alex Cross is called to the worst murder scene he has encountered in all his years on the force. Someone with less than zero regard for human life has slaughtered a family - and then more killings, each one more ruthless than the last, quickly follow. One of those deaths comes terrifyingly close to home, and Alex realizes that he is chasing a horrible new breed of killer.As Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, dig deeper into the case, they become entangled in the deadly African underworld of Washington DC. What they discover there is so shocking that they can barely comprehend it: a strongly organized gang of teenage thugs headed by a diabolical warlord known only as the Tiger. When the elusive killer's trail turns up in Africa, Alex knows that he must follow. Alone.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, can Alex manage to both survive and catch the killer?
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9780316024648
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Fans of intriguing, fast-paced mysteries filled with thrilling twists will enjoy these two series, which offer introspective looks at complex detectives who must deal not only with brutal crimes but also racial and social issues as they navigates crime scenes. -- Derek Keyser
Like the David Gold series, the Alex Cross novels are plot-driven and fast-paced and often focusing on Chicago and Washington, D. C. The investigators in these novels pursue individual criminals and terrorists in a headlong effort to protect innocent lives. -- Mike Nilsson
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These fast-paced novels star tough, smart police detectives who never give up. Though set in wildly different places -- Cam Richter novels in rural North Carolina, the Alex Cross novels in Washington, D. C. -- both series are compelling and well-plotted. -- Mike Nilsson
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These suspenseful and intricately plotted mysteries (Alex Delaware) and thrillers (Alex Cross) star brave psychologists who team up with police detectives to investigate clues in twisty and disturbing cases. -- Andrienne Cruz
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Publisher's Weekly Review
Bestseller Patterson's 14th Alex Cross thriller doesn't follow up on the plot threads left dangling in 2007's Double Cross concerning still-on-the-loose serial killer Kyle Craig. Instead, Cross, a Washington, D.C., police detective, takes on a very different quarry-a human monster known as the Tiger with ties to the African underworld. When the Tiger and his teenage thugs butcher writer Ellie Cox, her husband and children in their Georgetown home, Cross is devastated because Ellie had been his girlfriend in college. The Cox family massacre proves to be just the first in a series. Cross pursues the Tiger to Nigeria, where the profiler finds himself at the mercy of corrupt government officials who may be working with the Tiger. Spending less time than usual exploring his villain's psychological backstory, Patterson delivers an atypical tale of James Bond-style revenge. Craig's brief cameo toward the end suggests the series will resume its usual path in the next book. (Nov. 17) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Bestseller Patterson's 14th Alex Cross thriller doesn't follow up on the plot threads left dangling in 2007's Double Cross concerning still-on-the-loose serial killer Kyle Craig. Instead, Cross, a Washington, D.C., police detective, takes on a very different quarry—a human monster known as the Tiger with ties to the African underworld. When the Tiger and his teenage thugs butcher writer Ellie Cox, her husband and children in their Georgetown home, Cross is devastated because Ellie had been his girlfriend in college. The Cox family massacre proves to be just the first in a series. Cross pursues the Tiger to Nigeria, where the profiler finds himself at the mercy of corrupt government officials who may be working with the Tiger. Spending less time than usual exploring his villain's psychological backstory, Patterson delivers an atypical tale of James Bond–style revenge. Craig's brief cameo toward the end suggests the series will resume its usual path in the next book. (Nov. 17)
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