Cross

(Also Published as Alex Cross)

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By James Patterson

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Jan 20, 2026
Page Count
416 pages
ISBN-13
9780316608381

Price

$19.99

Price

$25.99 CAD

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

  • “Successful detective series have two common ingredients. The first is that the protagonists are fully drawn, appealing human beings...Common ingredient No. 2 is that the books are written without artifice...Welcome James Patterson to the club...Dr. Alex Cross is an appealing hero who will be with us for some time.”
    Detroit News Free Press

James Patterson

About the Author

James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time. He is the creator of unforgettable characters and series, including Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club, Jane Effing Smith, and Maximum Ride, and of breathtaking true stories about the Kennedys, John Lennon, and Princess Diana, as well as our military heroes, police officers, and ER nurses. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton, told the story of his own life in James Patterson by James Patterson, and received an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.

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