Alex Cross's Trial

Alex Cross passes the family tale of his great-uncle Abraham along to his children in a novel he's written, called 'Trial'. When President Theodore Roosevelt asks young lawyer Ben Corbett to investigate rumours of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, he cannot refuse. Arriving in Eudora, Mississippi, Ben meets Abraham Cross. Residents of the town's black quarter are living in constant fear. Ben aims to break the reign of terror - but the truth of who is really behind it could break his heart.  Book 15 of series.