cross, alex (fictional character)

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.

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.

Detective Alex Cross' investigation of a series of brutal murders in Washington, D.C., leads him to an underground gang of teenage thugs headed by a warlord known only as the Tiger, and when the Tiger's trail leads to Nigeria, Cross knows he must follow in what turns out to be the most challenging hunt of his career.