I, Alex Cross
In James Patterson's number one bestselling series, Detective Alex Cross pursues his niece’s killer—and not even Washington’s most restricted corridors of power can keep him from the truth.
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Detective Alex Cross is celebrating his birthday when he receives an urgent call. There’s been a homicide. Alex is shocked – this time the victim is his niece.Devastated and grief-stricken, Cross vows to track down the killer. As he investigates though, he discovers his niece was not who she seemed – she was a high-class prostitute at an expensive and exclusive club located just outside of Washington DC.As more women working at the same club disappear, it becomes obvious there is more going on than illegal prostitution. Cross will stop at nothing to solve the mystery of these brutal and sadistic murders. But he is being foiled at every turn by bureaucracy and a cover-up that stretches as far as the White House. But what are they hiding? And why? Alex can trust no one and will have to do this alone.
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More News & BlogTyler Perry, talented director, producer, writer and actor, has signed on to play the popular detective after Idris Elba dropped out. He now takes on the role previously played by Morgan Freeman in such films as ALONG CAME A SPIDER and KISS THE GIRLS. James Patterson’s Alex Cross series follows homicide investigator and forensic psychologist, Alex Cross as he solves some of the most gruesome and...
Idris Elba, star of THE WIRE and THE OFFICE has signed on to play Dr. Alex Cross in the latest James Patterson thriller series adaptation, CROSS. Previous James Patterson film adaptations of his long-running Alex Cross series include KISS THE GIRLS in 1997 and ALONG CAME A SPIDER in 2001 - both films starred Morgan Freeman as detective Cross. The news of Elba taking over this iconic role has...
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"Sharp, sassy and guaranteed to send shivers down your spine, this is a tense thriller" - Woman
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