Deadly Cross
Deadly Cross by James Patterson, published by Little Brown on September 14, 2021, is a gripping addition to the Alex Cross series, spanning 432 pages in English. The narrative centers around the murder of Kay Willingham, a prominent DC socialite and philanthropist, whose shocking double homicide with a local educator sends ripples through the media and the mind of detective Alex Cross. As Cross delves into the case, he uncovers a complex web of secrets and corruption tied to Willingham’s past, challenging him to confront both personal and professional stakes.
In this installment, readers will find Alex Cross collaborating with FBI special agent Ned Mahoney and DC Metro Police detective John Sampson as they navigate the intricacies of Willingham’s life and the circumstances surrounding her death. Their investigation takes them to Alabama, where they encounter resistance and hidden truths that complicate their pursuit of justice. This book explores themes of crime, psychological tension, and the challenges faced by law enforcement in unraveling a case steeped in mystery and deception.
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The murder of a glamorous DC socialite becomes Alex Cross’s deadliest case since Along Came a Spider.
Kay Willingham led a life as glamorous as it was public–she was a gorgeous Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and the ex-wife of the vice president. So why was she parked in a Bentley convertible idling behind a DC private school, in the middle of the night, with the man who was the head of that school? Who shot them both, point blank, and why? The shocking double homicide is blazed across the internet, TV, newspapers–and across Alex Cross’s mind. Kay had been his patient once. And maybe more.
While John Sampson of DC Metro Police investigates the last movements of Christopher Randall, the educator killed along with Kay Willingham, detective Alex Cross and FBI special agent Ned Mahoney find unanswered questions from Willingham’s past, before she arrived in DC and became known in DC society as someone who could make things happen. They travel to Alabama to investigate Kay’s early years. There they find a world of trouble, corruption, and secrets, all of them closed to outsiders like Cross and Mahoney.
Kay had many enemies, but all of them seemed to need her alive. The harder the investigators push, the more resistance they find when they leave behind the polite law offices and doctors’ quarters of the state capital. Alex Cross will need to use all his skills as a doctor, a detective, and a family man to prevent that resistance from turning lethal . . . again.
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