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Alex Cross was a rising star in Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter killed his wife, Maria, in front of him. Years later, having left the FBI and returned to practising psychology in Washington, DC, Alex finally feels his life is in order… Until his former partner, John Sampson, calls in a favour. John’s tracking a serial rapist in Georgetown and he needs Alex to help find this brutal predator. When the case triggers a connection to Maria’s death, could Alex have a chance to catch his wife’s murderer? Will this be justice at long last? Or the endgame in his own deadly obsession?

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Ticks like a time bomb - full of threat and terror
<i>Los Angeles Times</i>
Brilliantly terrifying...so exciting I had to stay up all night to finish it
<i>Daily Mail</i>
'If there really were human superheroes, Alex Cross would be at the head of the class...and, with each instalment in the series, Patterson makes sure his superhero gets bigger and better while at the same time becomming more vulnerable.'
New York Times
'James Patterson is back in true form with his latest Alex Cross series thriller... This is his best work yet'
<i>Hobart Mercury<i>