The first mega-bestseller of 1995! Detective Alex Cross is back in a coast-to-coast thriller that's even scarier and more suspenseful than Along Came A Spider.

Two depraved serial killers are on the loose. "Casanova" is abducting young women from colleges in the Southwest.

The "Gentleman Caller" is terrorizing Los Angeles.

The worst part is, the FBI thinks they're talking to each other. They seem to be competing. And they may even be working together. But at least one of them has made a serious miscalculation.

The favorite niece of Washington D. C., police detective Alex Cross has been kidnapped. Burned out after his last case, Cross is in no mood to take on another killer. But now he has no choice. This time it's personal.