Patterson, James

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.

The authors relate their findings from investigating the death of King Tut, and contend that the boy king was murdered and did not, as many believe, die of disease.

Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, c2002.

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.

While on a mission to save the world from global warming, Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pursued by their creator, who wants to auction them off.

Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very existence of Earth and another planet are at stake.

After escaping imprisonment by the totalitarian regime known as the New Order, siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood, who possess magical powers, establish themselves as leaders of the Resistance, a hidden community of teenagers like themselves.

Having narrowly escaped the Erasers in New York City, the flock heads to Washington, D.C., to try to find out more about themselves. After they are approached and offered sanctuary by the FBI, they try going to school and living normal lives, but the Erasers catch up with them and send them on the run again.

Four women--a police detective, an assistant D.A., a reporter, and a medical examiner who call themselves the Women's Murder Club--develop lifelong bonds as they pursue a killer whose twisted imagination has stunned an entire city.

Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy is hired to represent a high-profile triple-murder suspect, local star athlete Dante Halleyville; but the case becomes complicated by his client's popularity and a dangerous secret being protected by members of East Hampton's elite class.