The 16th novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series

Theyve come for Detective Alex Crosss family. Now hell come for them.

At a family celebration, Alex Cross hears the shocking news that his niece Caroline has been murdered. Grieving and furious, Crosss investigation takes him to Washington D.C.s wild underground subcultures and reveals that Caroline wasnt this killers only victim.

Partnering with his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, Cross finds himself confronting a world of unchecked power, where the capitals most powerful people are hiding dirty, dangerous secrets that theyll stop at nothing to protect.

As they close in on the killer, the evidence begins to point to the unimaginable a revelation that could rock the entire world

JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 375 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades the Alex Cross, Womens Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers.

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 for young readers including the Middle School, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, House of Robots, Confessions, and Maximum Ride series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.