Book description
It's a snowy Christmas Eve, and Detective Alex Cross is at home
celebrating with his family. Nana Mama's famous pecan pie is in the
oven and the kids are hanging their favourite ornaments on the tree.
Just as Alex's wife Bree emerges from the kitchen with a bowl of
homemade eggnog, his phone rings with news that shatters the night: at
a nearby home, a family has been taken hostage - and the situation is
spiralling out of control fast.
Alex rushes to the scene and confronts the unthinkable: a father is
threatening to murder his own children and his ex-wife. Then just as
the insanity peaks, a second horrific situation explodes - one that no
one could have foreseen and that puts millions of people at risk. This
is a red alert of the darkest kind, and Alex is forced to make a
decision that could end as many lives as it saves - including his own.
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross is James Patterson's most
shocking Alex Cross novel yet: a breakneck-paced and heart-pounding
adrenaline rush of a thriller.
JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling
writers of all time. He is the author of some of the most popular
series of the past decade - the Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club and
Detective Michael Bennett novels - and he has written many other
number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone
thrillers. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.
James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by
his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of
books specifically for young readers. James has formed a partnership
with the National Literacy Trust, an independent, UK-based charity
that changes lives through literacy. In 2010, he was voted Author of
the Year at the Children's Choice Book Awards in New York.
