Cross: (Also Published as Alex Cross)
Alex Cross faces the deadliest psychopath of them all—his wife’s killer. 

Alex Cross was a rising star homicide detective in Washington, DC’s Metro PD when a shooter gunned down his pregnant wife, Maria.

In the years since, Alex has built a career as a forensic psychologist, first at the FBI and then in private practice, all the while nursing his vengeance against the unknown killer who made him a widower and a single father.

Then John Sampson, Alex’s best friend and former PD partner, comes to him with a potential break in the cold case. Was Maria’s murder connected to contract killer Michael Sullivan, aka “The Butcher of Sligo”—or possibly one of his mafia henchmen?

The clues the detectives piece together lead the investigation far from the nation’s capital. But there is no boundary Alex won’t cross to get justice for his beloved late wife.

Cross may be the ultimate in lunatic deadliness…Cross juggles being a single parent and being involved in the dangerous game of tracking serial killers.” –Publishers Weekly

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Cross: (Also Published as Alex Cross)
Alex Cross faces the deadliest psychopath of them all—his wife’s killer. 

Alex Cross was a rising star homicide detective in Washington, DC’s Metro PD when a shooter gunned down his pregnant wife, Maria.

In the years since, Alex has built a career as a forensic psychologist, first at the FBI and then in private practice, all the while nursing his vengeance against the unknown killer who made him a widower and a single father.

Then John Sampson, Alex’s best friend and former PD partner, comes to him with a potential break in the cold case. Was Maria’s murder connected to contract killer Michael Sullivan, aka “The Butcher of Sligo”—or possibly one of his mafia henchmen?

The clues the detectives piece together lead the investigation far from the nation’s capital. But there is no boundary Alex won’t cross to get justice for his beloved late wife.

Cross may be the ultimate in lunatic deadliness…Cross juggles being a single parent and being involved in the dangerous game of tracking serial killers.” –Publishers Weekly

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Cross: (Also Published as Alex Cross)

Cross: (Also Published as Alex Cross)

by James Patterson
Cross: (Also Published as Alex Cross)

Cross: (Also Published as Alex Cross)

by James Patterson

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Overview

Alex Cross faces the deadliest psychopath of them all—his wife’s killer. 

Alex Cross was a rising star homicide detective in Washington, DC’s Metro PD when a shooter gunned down his pregnant wife, Maria.

In the years since, Alex has built a career as a forensic psychologist, first at the FBI and then in private practice, all the while nursing his vengeance against the unknown killer who made him a widower and a single father.

Then John Sampson, Alex’s best friend and former PD partner, comes to him with a potential break in the cold case. Was Maria’s murder connected to contract killer Michael Sullivan, aka “The Butcher of Sligo”—or possibly one of his mafia henchmen?

The clues the detectives piece together lead the investigation far from the nation’s capital. But there is no boundary Alex won’t cross to get justice for his beloved late wife.

Cross may be the ultimate in lunatic deadliness…Cross juggles being a single parent and being involved in the dangerous game of tracking serial killers.” –Publishers Weekly


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780316608381
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication date: 01/20/2026
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

About The Author
James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and Michael Crichton, as well as collaborated on #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots, and Filthy Rich. Patterson has told the story of his own life in the #1 bestselling autobiography James Patterson by James Patterson. He is the recipient of an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.

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
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