About this title: After the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. Soon Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly African underworld of Washington, D.C.
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Vision
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780099514572ISBN:0099514575
Description: Good. Paperback, good condition. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Century
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781846052569ISBN:1846052564
Description: Good. Bumping to edges. Internally Clean Unclipped dust wrapper This book is in good all round condition which means that it will show signs of wear and having been read. Any questions please e-mail, only too happy to help. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied. We aim to ship within one working day. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780316018722ISBN:0316018724
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 406 p. Alex Cross Novels (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
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Description: Good. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners. Spine has wear at edges. Dust jacket has some wear. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
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"In the fourteenth installment of the Alex Cross series, James Patterson delivers an action-packed suspense which doubly entertains and heightens the reader's socio-political awareness. Cross Country opens as Alex arrives on scene to investigate the brutal and sadistic mass murder of a Georgetown family. The case immediately becomes personal when he recognizes the matriarch as his collegiate lover, Ellie, an established professor and published author. Quite naturally, he vows to find the killer(s) to avenge Ellie and her family.
When within a few hours murders of other prominent diplomatic families are slain in the same manner; Cross finds a strong lead in an African mercenary known as the "Tiger;" a man who uses "lost" Sudanese boys as his henchmen. Taken from today's headlines and other books (A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, What Is The What by Dave Eggers), these "lost boys" are orphaned children who are often taken from camps where they are then drugged, trained to kill, and perform horrific acts toward their countrymen and peers. Alex follows the Tiger to Nigeria and within minutes of landing, he is kidnapped, beaten and imprisoned for three days; only to be rescued by a cocky, obnoxious, and seemingly indifferent CIA operative. Just as innocent victims are starved, dehydrated, and stripped of all their money and belongings as well as their inalienable rights, so is Alex. In this episode, he suffers from terrible physical and mental abuse. He is threatened and tortured, but that does not stop his relentless pursuit of the Tiger through the streets of Lagos, the jungles of Sierra Leone, and the refugee camps in the Sudan (Darfur).
Despite the governmental corruption, ugly politics, corporate greed, and police brutality, Alex manages to befriend a few brave, good-natured people. A maimed diamond mine worker with a prophetic name (Moses) and a beautiful Nigerian journalist, both act as his guide and savior in some very tight situations. Cross Country satisfies a promise Alex (and perhaps Patterson) makes to several of his African benefactors -- a promise to live to tell their stories, recount the atrocities (genocide, rapes, torture, starvation, amputations, etc.), and witness the depravation of their human rights.
Surprisingly, Alex is on the defensive throughout most of the novel. Although he was anxious to see the "Motherland," there was no one to greet him with a warm embrace, nor was there time to bask in the sun -- he was fighting for his life constantly. The plot ends in typical Patterson fashion -- there is a rather weak climax and somewhat predictable plot twist (I was disappointed that so much was "told" to us in a few pages of Epilogue rather than "shown" to truly wrap up the loose ends neatly) and obviously culminating with Alex, our hero, living for another crime frighting episode. I think fans of the series will be pleased with this offering."
"This starts like a lot of Patterson's books but quickly becomes a whole different ball game. He mixes in the situation in Africa with a murder investigation without becoming a screed. While he sticks to the formula that made him a success it still is a great read."
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