Merry Christmas, Alex Cross : (Alex Cross 19)

The Alex Cross series proves it.
The Alex Cross series is a bestselling thriller series by James Patterson, featuring the character Alex Cross. It follows the adventures of a detective who solves crimes in Washington, DC. The series has been praised for its fast-paced and tightly plotted stories, and has been adapted into a film and television series.

'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE CHILD, international bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series______________________________________The nineteenth novel in the bestselling Alex Cross seriesDetective Alex Cross is called into action on Christmas Eve - and he'll be lucky to see the New Year... Celebrating Christmas with his family, veteran Washington D.C.

No one achieves such great success without exceptional natural storytelling abilities, and Jim possesses them in abundance. The Alex Cross series is a testament to this. LEE CHILD, THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER On the night before Christmas, Detective Alex Cross is at home with his family, but his phone rings, signaling that this Christmas will not be a happy one. A father has taken his children and ex-wife hostage, armed to the teeth and high on crystal meth, making him dangerously unstable. The lives of everyone in that house hang by a thread. As this suburban nightmare unfolds, another far greater threat approaches. It will be a terrorist attack on a scale never before seen in Washington, DC, and when nobody expects it. Alex Cross is a legend Harlan Coben Fast-paced and tightly plotted, this is a dramatic thriller that shows why the books in this series sell by the truckload. SUNDAY MIRROR The master storyteller of our times Hillary Rodham Clinton It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer. Simply put: nobody does it better. JEFFERY DEAVER Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind. MICHAEL CONNELLY One of the greatest storytellers of all time PATRICIA CORNWELL A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting. MARK LAWSON, GUARDIAN James Patterson is The Boss. End of. IAN RANKIN

But it's not just them. As the suburban nightmare unfolds, so too does a far greater threat - a terrorist attack like Washington has never seen, and Cross is caught right in the middle...