Penguin Deadly Cross Паттерсон Джеймс

Alex Cross faces his toughest case yet in the explosive new thriller from multi-million copy bestseller James Patterson • A killer strikes under cover of darkness, triggers no alarms, and leaves no evidence behind • Detective Alex Cross is on the hunt of a killer who is targeting entire families around Washington, DC • But Cross isn't the only one investigating - a charismatic true-crime author has spotted patterns in the case of 'The Family Man' killer that others have missed • It's up to Cross to determine whether the writer's theories are fact or fiction - before another family falls victim

A scandalous double homicide opens the psychological case files on Alex Cross • 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

Джеймс Паттерсон совместно с Джеймсом О. Борном представляют захватывающий детектив "Русский" • Приближается день свадьбы Майкла Беннетта, и убийца должен выполнить свою собственную клятву в тринадцатом триллере с участием лучшего детектива полиции Нью-Йорка • За несколько недель до того, как детектив полиции Нью-Йорка Майкл Беннетт женится на своей давней возлюбленной Мэри Кэтрин, наемный убийца объявляет о своем присутствии в городе чередой убийств • Работая бок о бок с ФБР, Беннетт раскрывает множество нераскрытых убийств по всей стране, которые соответствуют одной и той же характерной схеме • Он обещает Мэри Кэтрин, что это дело не повлияет на их предстоящую свадьбу, но, пока он пытается связать убийства, Беннетт, возможно, попадает в смертельную ловушку

The charges: explosive • Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law - until now. Charged with killing in cold blood, Cross is being turned into the poster child for trigger-happy cops • The evidence: shocking • Cross knows it was self-defense. But, as the case against him builds, even those closest to him begin to doubt his innocence • The People vs. Alex Cross: the trial of the century • With his whole life and career on the line, if Cross can't convince his own family that he didn't pull the trigger with intent to kill, how can he hope to persuade a jury?

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

Fifteen months ago, Detective Lindsay Boxer's life was perfect. With her beautiful baby daughter and doting husband, Joe, she felt nothing could go wrong • But when Lindsay discovers everything she knows about Joe is a lie, she is reeling from his betrayal just as a wave of mysterious heart attacks strikes seemingly unrelated victims across San Francisco • And at the trial of a bomber Lindsay and Joe worked together to capture, his defence raises damning questions about Lindsay and Joe's investigation • A deadly conspiracy is working against Lindsay and soon she could be the one on trial

A new terror is sweeping the streets of San Francisco. And the killers look a lot like cops • As Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates whether the perpetrators are brilliant impostors or police officers gone rogue, she receives a chilling warning to back off • On the other side of the city, an innocent woman is murdered in broad daylight in front of dozens of witnesses. But there are no clues and no apparent motive • With killers in disguise, a maniac murderer on the loose, and danger getting ever closer to Lindsay's door, could this be one case too many for the Women's Murder Club?

Two brand-new legal thrillers in one book - from the authors of Juror No. 3 • A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown - and ends up behind bars • In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court • Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth • Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch of hard time

Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe - mother and daughter, both champion riders - vowed to never, ever, compete against one another • But a dramatic turn of events ahead of the Paris Olympics changes everything • Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best in the world. Only one rider can fulfil that dream and make history

Will she live to see her twenty-first birthday? • When a distraught mother pleads with reporter Cindy Thomas to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, Tara, and her baby granddaughter, Cindy goes straight to SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer • The prime suspect is Tara's husband, but he tells a conflicting story that paints Tara as a wayward wife, not a missing person • Is this a tragic case of domestic violence? Or is the truth linked to a more complex network of killings? • As the case grows into something far bigger than any of them could have imagined, the Women's Murder Club will need to work together to unpick the truth from a web of lies

Christmas is coming, but crime never stops for the Women's Murder Club • Sergeant Lindsay Boxer is looking forward to spending time with her family over the holidays. But when she receives a tip-off that the biggest heist ever to hit San Francisco is being planned for Christmas Day, everything changes • The architect of the ambitious attack unleashes chaos across the city, laying traps and false alarms to distract Lindsay and the SFPD from his ultimate goal • As time runs out, will Lindsay be able to save the people of San Francisco from a Christmas they'd never forget?

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