Alex Cross

Two children have been kidnapped from an elite Washington DC private school. Detective Alex Cross must find them. But as he pursues the sinister kidnapper, Gary Soneji, Cross is pulled deeper into a tangled web of lies. Is Soneji really just a maths teacher with a get-rich-quick scheme – or is he something far more dangerous?    Book 1 of series.

Washington D.C. is under siege. A controversial Senator is found murdered in his bed, and a little girl is savagely beaten to death. Detective Alex Cross is under pressure from two fronts. Faced with an impossible choice, Cross has to come up with something incredible – because right now, nobody in Washington is safe, and it’s only a matter of time before the killer sets their sights on the ultimate target…

A series of meticulously planned bank robberies ends in murder, and detective Alex Cross must pit his wits against the sadistic mastermind behind the crimes. Torn between dedication to his job and commitment to his family, Cross cannot ignore the case, despite the risks he knows will come with hunting down a killer - and the heartbreaking cost.  Book 6 of series.

Whilst on holiday, Alex Cross gets a call to say that a city in Nevada has been annihilated. A Russian criminal known as the Wolf claims responsibility. Cross joins with Scotland Yard and Interpol, in a race against time, to track down the Wolf.   Book 10 of series.

A well-known actress has been shot outside her Beverly Hills home. Shortly afterwards, the Los Angeles Times receives an email describing the murder in vivid detail. It is signed Mary Smith. More killings follow and as the case grows FBI agent Alex Cross and the LAPD scramble to find a pattern before Mary can send another chilling update.  Book 11 of series.

Alex Cross was a rising star in Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter killed his wife, Maria, in front of him. Years later, his former partner, John Sampson, calls in a favour. John's needs Alex to help find a serial rapist. But the case triggers a connection to Maria's death. Could Alex have a chance to catch his wife's murderer? Will this be justice at long last? Or the endgame in his own deadly obsession?  Book 12 of series.

Just when Alex Cross's life is calming down, he's drawn back into the game to confront the Audience Killer - a terrifying genius who stages his killings as public spectacles in Washington, DC and broadcasts them live on the net. Contains some explicit language.  Book 13 of series.

A killer's trail leads Detective Alex Cross to Africa - and a whole new world of danger...

Detective Alex Cross is called in to investigate a massacre in Washington DC and is shocked to discover an old friend amongst the victims. His pursuit of justice leads him to the Niger Delta, right into the den of the psychopathic perpetrator: the Tiger. As Alex travels deeper into this dangerous world of corruption and conspiracy, his own survival is on the line...

Alex Cross is one of the nation's foremost detectives. But fighting for justice runs in the family, and it's time for Cross to tell the story that was passed down to him from his grandmother - the story of his great-uncle Abraham. Ben Corbett is lawyer to the underprivileged and downtrodden in 1900s Washington, DC. Out of the blue, President Theodore Roosevelt invites Ben to the White House, asking him to investigate a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in Ben's own home town. Ben returns to Mississippi, and there he meets Abraham Cross and his granddaughter, Moody. Abraham and Moody reveal to Ben the hidden side of this sleepy Southern town, where the Black community lives in constant fear. In a battle against entrenched hatred, what sacrifices will need to be made to break this reign of terror?

Book 15 in the Alex Cross series.

They came for his family. Now Detective Alex Cross is out for vengeance.

Cross is met with shocking news that his niece has been brutally murdered. He vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that his niece was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in.

Cross finds himself confronting some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain - they will do anything to keep their secrets safe. As Cross closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable - a revelation that could rock the entire world.

Alex Cross is planning his wedding when the killings begin. Two of the capital’s most corrupt politicians, slain by a sniper’s bullets – and there are more to come. Public opinion is divided: is the marksman a murderer or a hero? As Cross battles over jurisdiction with an FBI rival – he receives a call from the Mastermind, his deadliest adversary. Cross’s worst fears are coming true: the Mastermind is in D C, and this time he won’t stop until Cross and his family are dead…

The President's children are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark. Alex makes a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes – one that may alter the fate of the entire country.  Book 18 of series.

On the night before Christmas, Detective Alex Cross is at home celebrating with his family. But when Cross's phone rings, he knows that this won't be a merry Christmas.

A father has taken his children and ex-wife hostage. Armed to the teeth and high on crystal meth, the man is dangerously unstable. The lives of everyone in that house are hanging by a thread.

As this suburban nightmare is unfolding, another far greater threat is approaching. It will be a terrorist attack on a scale never before seen in Washington, DC, and when nobody expects it.

Book 19 in the Alex Cross series.

Three killers are on the rampage in the capital and dead bodies are piling up. Alex Cross is in charge of all three investigations, but with a crisis at home that threatens to tear his family apart, his attention is divided. While Cross tracks the killers, he doesn’t notice that someone is tracking him.  Book 20 of series.

Alex Cross's whole world is crashing down around him. He has been hunted, stalked like prey, his predator priming himself for the kill. Detective Alex Cross is a family man at heart ? nothing matters more to him than his children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is his anchor, and gives him the strength to confront evil in his work. One man knows this deeply, and uses Alex's strength as a weapon against him. As a police detective, he has made many enemies, but never like this. Everything he loves is being taken from him. Soon he will have nothing and no one left.

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.

Book 23 in the Alex Cross series.

Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. and a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city's police force scrambling for answers. Alex Cross must take the law back into his own hands before the city he's sworn to protect descends into utter chaos.  Book 24 of series.

Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis, Gary Soneji, in cold blood, Alex Cross is wrongly portrayed as a trigger-happy, corrupt cop. He struggles to prove to a skeptical jury and dwindling supporters that his actions were in self defence.  Book 25 of series.

A sniper's bullet strikes a devastating blow to the heart of Washington with the assassination of a prominent Senator. The President calls on Alex Cross to lead an unparalleled FBI investigation to help capture America's most wanted criminal. The stakes have never been higher as his courage, training and his capacity for battle are stretched to their limits in the most important case of his life.  Book 26 of series.

Only hours after witnessing the execution of a killer he helped put behind bars, Alex Cross is called to the scene of a copycat murder. A note signed 'M' rests on the corpse: 'You messed up big time, Dr. Cross.' Was an innocent man just put to death? As the executed convict's family launch a vicious campaign against Cross, his abilities as a detective are called into question. The enigmatic 'M' lures Cross out of Washington, DC to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details that conjure up decades-old cases and Cross family secrets. 

Book 27 in the Alex Cross series.

When a glamorous socialite and a high school principal are found murdered, the shocking double homicide dominates tabloid headlines. Detective Alex Cross knew both victims well, especially Kay who had been his patient once. And maybe more. Alex's former Metro Homicide Partner tracks the slain principal's final movements to Alabama where Alex investigates Kay's past. They discover that although she had many enemies, all of them needed her alive. The more the investigators push, the more resistance they find, and Alex is left facing a desperate choice between breaking trust and losing his way.

Alex Cross ventures into the rugged Montana wilderness - where he will be the prey. He's not on the job, but on a personal mission. Until he's attacked by two rival teams of assassins, controlled by the same mastermind who has stalked Alex and his family for years. Darkness falls. The river churns into rapids. Shots ring out through the forest. No backup. No way out. Fear no evil.

They strike under cover of darkness, trigger no alarms, and leave no evidence behind.

Detective Alex Cross is hunting a killer who targets families around Washington, DC. But Cross isn't the only one investigating.

A charismatic true-crime author has spotted patterns in the actions of 'The Family Man' that others have missed.

It's up to Cross to determine whether the writer's theories are fact or fiction.

When an American Airlines plane explodes in the sky, detectives Alex Cross and John Sampson are first on the scene. They don't hear the gunfire. At first.

The weapon that took down the plane is a remote-controlled Vietnam-War-era machine gun. The list of those who possess the training and expertise to operate the stolen, .50-caliber weapon is short. And time runs even shorter.

But this isn't the only case the pair must solve. They're also tracking a serial killer who's ambushing young men in what the media are calling the 'Dead Hours' murders.

With two killers and two different motives, Cross and Sampson are in a deadly race against time...

Book 31 in the Alex Cross series.

With the country in chaos and corruption on all sides, there's only one person to turn to. When a series of military-style attacks erupt across the United States, Detective John Sampson is called in to investigate. The attacks are untraceable, with patterns too random to decipher, leaving Sampson struggling to find a link amongst the carnage.

As Sampson discovers a lead through an ex-military contact, his partner Alex Cross is brutally side-lined, leaving him certain about one thing: he can trust no one. With soldiers called on secret assignments and others mysteriously disappearing, Sampson must revisit his military past if he's to save his country's future.

Book 31 in the Alex Cross series.

A serial killer is taking out America's finest legals minds, and Alex Cross is called to investigate their brutal murders.

But during a dangerous mission to track down the killer, his wife, Bree, and best friend, John Sampson, go missing.

To save the people he loves most, Cross has only three goals:

Number one: Find Bree and John.
Number two: Escape.
Number three: Survive.

If he fails, there will be no one left in the House of Cross.

Book 32 in the Alex Cross series.