02372cam a2200505 i 4500 567149064 TxAuBib 20220321120000.0 190905s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018958420 9780316526883 hardcover 0316526886 hardcover TxAuBib rda Patterson, James, Author. Criss cross / James Patterson. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 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. 20220321. Cross, Alex Fictitious character Fiction. African American detectives Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Serial murderers Fiction. Serial murder investigation Fiction. Judicial error Fiction. Capital punishment Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural. FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological. FICTION / Thrillers / Crime. Homicide Fiction. Murderers Fiction. Washington (D.C) Fiction. Suspense fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thriller fiction. Detective fiction. Mystery fiction. Alex Cross, ; 27.