cross, alex (fictitious character)

Washington D.C. detective Alex Cross is beset by two killers when Gary Soneji, a psychopath with AIDS declares his intention to murder Cross before he dies, while across the Atlantic, another psychokiller cuts a swath through London and Paris before setting his sights on the U.S.

Alex Cross rejoins the Washington, D.C., police to help track down a murderer who stages killings in public settings, and the odds against Cross surviving the case double when the so-called Audience Killer is joined by Kyle Craig, a criminal mastermind carrying a grudge against the detective.

Detective Alex Cross is called away from kids and his jazz piano when two murderers, operating on opposite sides of the country, strike at the same time, and one of them has abducted his niece, Naomi.

On his birthday, detective Alex Cross is informed that his niece, Caroline, has been brutally murdered and Cross' investigation leads him to a fantasy-driven scene in Washington, D.C., where he realizes he is tracking a serial killer, but danger mounts when Cross connects the deaths to some very important people.

Detective Alex Cross is investigating a string of murders when his fianc?e is kidnapped, and soon he becomes obsessed with finding the homicidal maniac who is trying to ruin his life.

Detective Alex Cross, investigating a double murder that appears to have been committed by vampires, finds himself once more being stalked by the lethal super-criminal known as the Mastermind, but the real shock comes when he finally learns the identity of the serial killer.

Detective Alex Cross recounts the story of his great-uncle Abraham, who, with the help of his beautiful daughter, introduces Washington, D.C., attorney Ben Corbett to the dark side of their small Southern town in the early 1900s, where Ben has been sent to investigate a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan.

Detective Alex Cross, intending to resign from the Washington D.C. Police Force, agrees to take on one more case when his friend and partner John Sampson asks for his help in clearing an old Vietnam buddy who has been framed for the murders of three women.

Washington D.C. detective Alex Cross is beset by two killers, when Gary Soneji, a psychopath with AIDS declares his intention to murder Cross before he dies, while across the Atlantic, another psychokiller cuts a swath through London and Paris before setting his sights on the U.S.