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Cross Justice
(Alex Cross 23)
Series: Alex Cross
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The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE CHILD, international bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series
Detective Alex Cross is going home – to solve his most personal case yet.
When his cousin stands accused of a terrible murder, veteran Washington D.C.
The gripping new Alex Cross thriller
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The twenty-third novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series.
Alex Cross is going home.
But what will he find when he gets there?
When his cousin is accused of an unthinkable crime, Detective Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades.
As he tries to prove his cousin's innocence in a town where justice is hard to find, Cross unearths a family secret that forces him to question everything he's ever known.
Chasing the ghosts of his past, Cross gets pulled into a case involving a string of murders. Now he's hot on the trail of a cold-hearted killer—and the answers he finds could be fatal.
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Jeffrey Deaver praises James Patterson as "the world's most popular thriller writer," asserting, "Nobody does it better."
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780099594321
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 October 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 29.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 320g
Pages: 448
About the Author
JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. Among his creations are some of the world's most popular series including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels. He has written many other number one bestsellers including collaborations with President Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and Viola Davis, stand-alone thrillers and non-fiction. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed adult author in UK libraries for the past fourteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.
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