Cross - James Patterson (Alex Cross #12)

Among the villains Alex Cross has faced – Gary Soneji, Casanova, Kyle Craig, The Wolf – one psychopath tops them all. Alex knows him as his wife’s killer.

Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him.

THE MOST TERRIFYING CROSS EVER

Years later, Alex makes a bold move: he leaves the FBI and sets up practice as a psychologist once again. His life with Nana Mama, Damon, Jannie and little Alex finally feels like it’s in order. He even has a chance at a new love.

Then Cross’s former partner, John Sampson, calls in a favour. He is tracking a serial rapist in Georgetown, whose one brutal, modus operandi includes threatening his victims with terrifying photos. They need the testimonies of these women to stop the predator, but the rape victims refuse to reveal anything about their attacker.

THE MOST EMOTIONAL CROSS EVER

When the case triggers a connection to Maria’s death, Alex has a chance to catch his wife’s murderer after all these years. Will this be justice at long last? Or the culminating scene in his own deadly obsession?