But he also has two adorable kids of his own, and they are his own special vulnerabilities. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime.
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To read Pop Goes the Weasel is to discover why James Patterson is one of the world's greatest suspense writers.ĭiscover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years, now one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads"Īlex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. Here is a chilling villain no reader will forget, a love story of great tenderness, and a plot of relentless suspense and heart-pounding pace. Pop Goes the Weasel reveals James Patterson at the peak of his power. As the diplomat engages in a brilliant series of surprising countermoves, in and out of the courtroom, Alex and his fiancée become hopelessly entangled with the most memorable nemesis Alex Cross has ever faced. Cross's ingenious pursuit of the killer produces a suspect: a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shafer.īut proving that Shafer is the murderer becomes a potentially deadly task. In this heart-stopping thriller, Detective Alex Cross and his beloved fiancé find themselves tangled in a complex murder investigation, threatening not only public safety, but their chance at happiness together.Īlex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders-murders with a pattern so twisted, it leaves investigators reeling.
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Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross, Alex Cross's Trial is a gripping story of courage in the face of prejudice and terror.
Ben aims to break the reign of terror-but the truth of who is really behind it could break his heart. Lynchings have become commonplace and residents of the town's black quarter live in constant fear. Ben enlists their help, and the two Crosses introduce him to the hidden side of the idyllic Southern town. When he arrives in Eudora, Mississippi, Ben meets the wise Abraham Cross and his beautiful granddaughter, Moody. When President Roosevelt asks Ben to return to his home town to investigate rumors of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan there, he cannot refuse. Fighting against oppression and racism, he risks his family and his life in the process. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's written-a novel called Trial.Īs a lawyer in turn-of-the-century Washington D.C., Ben Corbett represents the toughest cases. Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross, Alex Cross's Trial is a #1 New York Times bestseller of murder, love, and above all, bravery.įrom his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Alex Cross will need to use all his skills as a doctor, a detective, and a family man to prevent that resistance from turning lethal. The harder the investigators push, the more resistance they find when they leave behind the polite law offices and doctors' quarters of the state capital. Kay had many enemies, but all of them seemed to need her alive. There they find a world of trouble, corruption, and secrets, all of them closed to outsiders like Cross and Mahoney. They travel to Alabama to investigate Kay's early years.
While John Sampson of DC Metro Police investigates the last movements of Christopher Randall, the educator killed along with Kay Willingham, detective Alex Cross and FBI special agent Ned Mahoney find unanswered questions from Willingham's past, before she arrived in DC and became known in DC society as someone who could make things happen. So why was she parked in a Bentley convertible idling behind a DC private school, in the middle of the night, with the man who was the head of that school? Who shot them both, point blank, and why? The shocking double homicide is blazed across the internet, TV, newspapers-and across Alex Cross's mind. Kay Willingham led a life as glamorous as it was public-she was a gorgeous Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and the ex-wife of the vice president. The murder of a glamorous DC socialite becomes Alex Cross’s deadliest case since Along Came a Spider. Recommendations from the African Diaspora.Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Arrow Icon Arrow icon.Little, Brown and Company Arrow Icon Arrow icon.Hachette Nashville Arrow Icon Arrow icon.Grand Central Publishing Arrow Icon Arrow icon.
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