The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washingtonbasedhomicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Pattersons career as one ofthe fastests... » 

The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washingtonbasedhomicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Pattersons career as one ofthe fastestselling thriller writers in the world now reissued in strikingnew cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two wellknown rich kids it was headline news. Then one of them was found dead and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a highprofile case they neededthe top people Alex Cross a black detective with a PhD in psychology andJezzie Flanagan an ambitious young Secret Service agent yet even they wereno match for the killer. He had the unnerving ability to switch from bloodcrazed madness to cleareyed sanity in an instant. But was he the helplessvictim of a multiplepersonality disorder or a brilliant coldbloodedmanipulator? «