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Cross Country (Alex Cross Novels)
by: James Patterson

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316018722
ISBN: 0316018724
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: November 17, 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Release Date: November 17, 2008
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
Sales Rank: 184

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Product Description:
When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, 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. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington D.C., what they discover is shocking: a stunningly organized gang of lethal teenagers headed by a powerful, diabolical man--the African warlord known as the Tiger. Just when the detectives think they're closing in on the elusive murderer, the Tiger disappears into thin air. Tracking him to Africa, Alex knows that he must follow. Alone.

From the author Time magazine has called "the man who can't miss," CROSS COUNTRY is the most heart-stopping, speed-charged, electrifying Alex Cross thriller yet.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Fictionalized version of current world events
If you have been waiting for a fiction writer to bring you up to speed on current events in the world today, then you might enjoy this book. If you were looking for an interesting or cohesive narrative, look elsewhere. And if you enjoy this series, beware, for the Alex Cross you know and love is nowhere to be found in this book. I couldn't even finish it.

Rating:

- Crossed up
This book is so implausible it should be reviewed as a fantasy. The entire Nigerian portion of this book is unbelievable. Cross would never have made it out alive. Additionally, he keeps chasing the killer without any plan as to what would happen once he found him.

Once again the book uses the same old story line, "Cross's family is in danger." How many times is Patterson going to use this dribble.

This book does not come close to the other Cross novels. Don't waste your time.

Rating:

- Read only if you have nothing else to do
I have read many of James Patterson's books, and I know what I'm getting. A well written book that will end weakly with the criminal mastermind getting away,. and Cross vowing revenge. I don't have unusually high standards, but this book was a joke.

The premise of the main crime is a nigerian hired killer, a huge powerful psychopath who is paid to not only kill, but with his merry gang of 13 year old thugs, but to dismember the entire families of the intended victims. So.. if you know anything about Alex Cross, you know he has several kids, and a grandmother who mean everything to him. So with a killer out slaughtering families, the first thing he'd do is protect them, right? WRONG. He leaves them to go play cowboys and indians in AFRICA in a split second decision that takes mere ... Read More

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- Improbable but fast moving with a dash of social awareness
If you are new to the Alex Cross series, don't start here. It is not one of the better books in the series.

I'll start with the improbable: The Alex Cross we have known since the beginning of this series never would have done what he did in this book. He just never would have decided to chase a killer to Nigeria with no identifying information about the killer other than his accent and no contacts other than the name of a local CIA agent. He didn't even contact Homeland Security to get information on Nigerian nationals travelling between the US and Nigeria to narrow down the possibilities. And if he was crazy enough to consider that course of action, his buddy Sampson would have convinced him it was bad police work. After his first few days in Nigeria, any normal person would ... Read More

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- Worst Patterson Book to Date
I was really looking forward to the next installment in the Cross series. His last book left me eagerly awaiting the new book. Had a good cliffhanger, that unfortunately was never even brought up in a coherent way in the new book. I agree with the others that Alex seems to have completely lost common sense in this book. Really putting himself in absurdly dangerous situations with a devil may care attitude. I never fully understood what was driving him in this book. In the last book I understood his passion to get Maria's killer, but I had a hard time understanding the carelessness in which he went after a long ago love's killer in this book. I'd skip this book all together! I have a hard time believing Patterson wrote this, because it was even worse then some of his co-authored books.

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