01933cam a2200385 i 45000010011000000030006000110050017000170080041000340100015000750200018000900200015001080350022001230400008001450430012001530820016001651000039001812450036002202500019002562640050002753000024003253360026003493370028003753380027004035200746004306000050011766500042012266500036012686500031013046500029013356500029013646510032013936550042014256550031014678000049014981117450843OCoLC20191203133255.0190905s2019    nyu           000 1 eng d  a2018958420  a9780316526883  a0316526886  a(OCoLC)1117450843  cAJM  an-us-dc04a813/.542231 aPatterson, James,d1947-,eauthor.10aCriss cross /cJames Patterson.  aFirst edition. 1aNew York :bLittle, Brown and Company,c2019.  a387 pages ;c25 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"In a Virginia penitentiary, Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped convict. Hours later, they are called to the scene of a copycat crime. A note signed 'M' rests on the corpse. 'You messed up big time, Dr. Cross.' Was an innocent man just put to death? Alex soon realizes he may have much to answer for, as 'M' lures the detective out of the capital to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details--details that conjure up decades-old cases. Details that conjure up Cross family secrets. Details that make clear that M is after a prize so dear that--were the killer to attain it--Alex's heart would no longer have reason to beat."--cProvided by publisher.10aCross, Alexc(Fictitious character)vFiction. 0aAfrican American detectivesvFiction. 0aMurderxInvestigationvFiction. 0aSerial murderersvFiction. 0aJudicial errorvFiction. 0aFamily secretsvFiction. 0aWashington (D.C.)vFiction. 7aDetective and mystery fiction.2lcgft 7aThrillers (Fiction)2lcgft1 aPatterson, James,d1947-tAlex Cross series.