Cross Down: An Alex Cross and John Sampson Thriller

by James Patterson, Brendan DuBois

Overview

Only John Sampson can save his partner, Alex Cross . . . and America.

The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington DC’s Metro PD and the FBI has a proven operating procedure:
 
Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. Detective John Sampson enforces them.
 
Then a series of military-style attacks erupts. No sooner do Cross and Sampson join the investigation than Alex is brutally sidelined. The threat to Sampson’s best friend, his partner, his brother, sends him reeling. The patterns are too random, Alex has told him. Don’t trust anyone. 
 
Among Sampson’s Army network, some soldiers are called to secret duty assignments. Others are disappearing. As a shadow force advances on the nation’s capital, Sampson alone must protect the Cross family, his own young daughter, and every American including the president. The detective has a new enemy. Time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316565929
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	06/05/2023
Series:	Alex Cross Series
Edition description:	Large Print
Pages:	544
Sales rank:	126,792
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

James Patterson is the world's bestselling author. The creator of Alex Cross, he has produced more enduring fictional heroes than any other novelist alive. He lives in Florida with his family.

Brendan DuBois is the award-winning author of twenty-two novels and more than one hundred seventy short stories, garnering him three Shamus Awards from the Private Eye Writers of America. He is also a Jeopardy! game show champion.

Hometown:

Palm Beach, Florida

Date of Birth:

March 22, 1947

Place of Birth:

Newburgh, New York

Education:

B.A., Manhattan College, 1969; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1971

Website:

http://www.jamespatterson.com

Editorial Reviews

Listeners will be captivated by this gripping thriller featuring Alex Cross's lifelong friend and crime-solving partner John Sampson, masterfully performed by William Stephens. The plot involves a series of seemingly unconnected domestic terrorist attacks that threaten to destabilize the U.S. government. To identify who is behind them, with the clock ticking, Sampson partners with FBI Agent Ned Delaney, notably performed by Peter Giles, who also voices Secretary of Defense General Wayne Grissom. The dynamic female characters, good and evil, young and old, are convincingly voiced by Inger Tudor and Mela Lee. Kiff VandenHeuvel strongly conveys Sampson's relentless nemesis. Wayne Carr, who voices Alex Cross, and Zeno Robinson, who portrays Alex's son, Ali Cross, round out the talented cast. Overall, an engrossing listening experience. E.Q. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

AUGUST 2023 - AudioFile