02854cam a2200661 i 4500 429186863 TxAuBib 20200702120000.0 180914s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018958420 9780316526883 0316526886 TxAuBib rda Patterson, James, 1947- Criss Cross / James Patterson. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. ©2019. 387 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Alex Cross ; 27 "In a Virginia penitentiary, Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped convict. Hours later, they are called to the scene of a copycat crime. A note signed 'M' rests on the corpse. 'You messed up big time, Dr. Cross.' Was an innocent man just put to death? Alex soon realizes he may have much to answer for, as 'M' lures the detective out of the capital to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details -- details that conjure up decades-old cases. Details that conjure up Cross family secrets. Details that make clear that M is after a prize so dear that -- were the killer to attain it -- Cross's heart will no longer have reason to beat" -- Front jacket flap. 20200702. Cross, Alex (Fictitious character) Fiction. Cross, Alex (Fictitious character.) African American detectives Fiction. Serial murder investigation Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Serial murderers Fiction. Judicial error Fiction. Capital punishment Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural. FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological. FICTION / Thrillers / Crime. African American detectives. Capital punishment. Family secrets. Judicial error. Murder Investigation. Serial murder investigation. Serial murderers. Homicide Fiction. Murderers Fiction. Errors Fiction. Washington (D.C) Fiction. Washington (D.C.) Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Alex Cross ; 27.