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Alex Cross: Book 12

Cross (2006) (edit title/settings)

by James Patterson (Author) (edit contributors)

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Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. The killer was never found, and the case turned cold, filed among the unsolved drive-bys in D.C.'s rough neighborhoods. Years later, still... read more

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Cross is an officer in the DC police and after his wife gets killed he becomes a psychiatrist in order to be safe and take care of his family. But then the case of his wife comes back to life with more information and he decides to get back to work with it.

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  • “The Butcher”
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  • “I’d tell you to go to hell, but I work there and I don’t want to see you every day.”
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  • is—life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans?
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  • Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde, or some shit like that. Beware the anger of a patient man.
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  • “If you’re in a vehicle traveling at the speed of light, what happens when you switch on the headlights?”
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  • ‘Here’s a cup of sadness, and here’s a cup of joy, which do you choose?’
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  • Three out of four voices inside my head say go for it.
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  • NO ONE WILL EVER LOVE YOU THE WAY I DO—1993 Chapter 1
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  • Tebbetts, who added research and helped draft a section of the story. And finally, Steve Bowen, who is slowly getting Hollywood
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  • hirsute man in his midforties. He looked groggy and still out of it, maybe drugged up. But John Sampson wasn’t fooled by his physical appearance—this man was a stone-cold killer. And much worse. A pretty, naked young girl with long blond hair and fair white skin was still on
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First Sentence edit see section history

"I'm Dr. Thompson, with the Berkshires Medical Center. How many shots did you hear?"

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 12 of 18 in Alex Cross. (standard series)

Preceded by Mary, Mary, and followed by Double Cross.

This is book 2 of 11 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 2006. (authoritative list)

Preceded by For One More Day, and followed by Dear John.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. James Patterson (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: 13 November 2006
ISBN: 0316159794
Page Count: 400

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  • Library of Congress: PS3566.A822 C76 2006
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Violence

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