Ricorda Maggie Rose
- 398pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Alex CrossSerie
Questa serie segue uno psicologo e investigatore di talento che si addentra negli angoli più oscuri della mente umana per catturare criminali sfuggenti. Con ogni nuovo caso, affronta enigmi complessi e demoni personali che mettono alla prova la sua determinazione e il suo intelletto. La suspense aumenta man mano che si avvicina alla verità, spesso mettendo a repentaglio la propria incolumità. I fan dei thriller avvincenti e psicologicamente complessi apprezzeranno questa serie per le sue trame intelligenti e il suo protagonista carismatico.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
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Kiss the girls
- 496pagine
- 18 ore di lettura
As two serial killers terrorize different regions of America, the FBI begins to suspect that the two are competing with each other, and Washington, D.C. police detective Alex Cross embarks on a personal quest to find the perpetrators
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Wenn die Mäuse Katzen jagen
- 412pagine
- 15 ore di lettura
Gleich zwei psychopathische Serienkiller halten die Welt in Atem: Gary Soneji, seit frühester Kindheit fasziniert von „Jahrhundertverbrechen“, die er durch Intelligenz und Raffinesse noch zu übertreffen versucht, und der geheimnisvolle „Mr. Smith“, ein skrupelloser Mörder, dessen blutige Spur sich ohne erkennbares Muster durch Europa und die USA zieht. Beide Killer sehen in Alex Cross, Polizeipsychologe in Washington, DC, mit Sinn für Familie, Freunde und Musik, den einzig adäquaten Gegner in ihrem tödlichen Katz-und-Maus-Spiel. Und so beginnt Alex Cross' bisher gefährlichster Fall, vor allem als Soneji schwört, ihn und seine Familie zu töten ...
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Detective Alex Cross is in love, but in Washington D. C. he must face a villain he will never forget. Alex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders-murders with a pattern so twisted, it leaves investigators reeling. Cross's ingenious pursuit of the killer produces a suspect: a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shafer. But proving that Shafer is the murderer becomes a potentially deadly task. As the diplomat engages in a brilliant series of surprising countermoves, in and out of the courtroom, Alex and his fiancée become hopelessly entangled with the most memorable nemesis Alex Cross has ever faced. Pop Goes the Weasel reveals James Patterson at the peak of his power. Here is a chilling villain no reader will forget, a love story of great tenderness, and a plot of relentless suspense and heart-pounding pace. To read Pop Goes the Weasel is to discover why James Patterson is one of the world's greatest suspense writers.
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Roses are red
- 416pagine
- 15 ore di lettura
Detective Alex Cross's investigation of a series of bank robberies in Washington, D.C. which have led to the deaths of bank employees and their family members, puts him on a collision course with the mysterious criminal known as "The Mastermind."
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Four Blind Mice
- 416pagine
- 15 ore di lettura
Detective Alex Cross is on his way to resign from the Washington, D.C., police force when his partner shows up at his door with a case he can't refuse. One of John Sampson's oldest friends, from their days together in Vietnam, has been arrested for murder. Worse yet, he is subject to the iron hand of the United States Army. The evidence against him is strong enough to send hem to the gas chamber.
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The Big Bad Wolf
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
"Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a predator known only as the Wolf." "Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues stymied. Across the country, men and women are being kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappearing completely. These people are not being taken for ransom, Alex realizes. They are being bought and sold. And it looks as if a shadowy figure called the Wolf - a master criminal who has brought a new reign of terror to organize crime - is behind this business in which ordinary men and women are sold as slaves." "Even as he admires the FBI's vast resources, Alex grows impatient with the Bureau's clumsiness and caution when it is time to move. A lone wolf himself, he has to go out on his own in order to track the Wolf and try to rescue some of the victims while they are still alive." "As the case boils over, Alex is in hot water at home too. His ex-fiancee, Christine Johnson, comes back into his life - and not for the reasons Alex might have hoped."--BOOK JACKET.
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London Bridges
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
TWO OF THE GREATEST VILLAINS JAMES PATTERSON HAS EVER CREATED IN ONE BOOK! Minutes after soldiers evacuate a Nevada town, a bomb completely destroys it. On vacation, FBI agent Alex Cross gets the call: the blast was perpetrated by the Wolf. A supercriminal and Cross's deadliest nemesis, the Wolf threatens to obliterate major cities, including London, Paris, and New York. Then evidence reveals the involvement of a ruthless assassin known as the Weasel. Could these two dark geniuses be working together? Now with just four days to prevent an unimaginable cataclysm, Cross is catapulted into an international chase of astonishing danger --- and toward the explosive truth about the Wolf's identity, a revelation that Cross may not survive.
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Una tranquilla vacanza a Disneyland insieme ai figli è quello che ci vuole per il detective dell’FBI Alex Cross; ma pace dura solo poche ore, perché una mano omicida ha deciso di colpire proprio in California, a Hollywood, nel tempio delle stelle del cinema. Una mano spietata, che si diverte a descrivere le proprie gesta in agghiaccianti e-mail a un giornalista del Los Angeles Times firmandosi Mary Smith, sta uccidendo in maniera efferata attrici madri di famiglia. Una mano che non sembra avere alcuna intenzione di fermarsi. Ma chi è veramente Mary Smith: una fan ossessionata? Un’attrice fallita? O c’è dietro qualcosa di ben più terribile? E soprattutto, si tratta davvero di una donna, come molti indizi sembrano indicare, oppure ha ragione l’intuito da profiler di Cross, che lo porterebbe a scartare questa ipotesi? Mentre gli omicidi si susseguono, sempre più violenti, e sorgono tensioni e contrasti tra l’FBI e il Dipartimento di polizia di Los Angeles, Alex Cross rischia di perdere una delle partite più difficili della sua carriera investigativa...
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Ha affrontato serial killer, psicopatici, criminali di altissimo livello. Sì è addentrato nelle pieghe più oscure della psiche umana per snidare il male. Eppure c’è una sfida che per Alex Cross rimane ancora in sospeso, da anni: l’omicidio della moglie Maria, morta tra le sue braccia in seguito a un colpo di pistola, forse diretto a lui, o forse no... Quando il detective John Sampson, suo amico da una vita, gli chiede aiuto per il caso di uno stupratore seriale, le cose si complicano. Perché quel caso sembra avere alcuni agganci con l’omicidio di Maria. E basta questa possibilità per far riaffiorare il dolore per quella tragedia e l’angoscia per il mistero che ancora la avvolge. C’è davvero un legame fra l’assassinio della moglie e il mostro? La risposta è nella memoria del killer e solo catturandolo vivo Alex Cross potrà ottenerla. O, forse, la risposta è nella memoria stessa di Alex Cross, e solo mettendola a tacere lui potrà trovare finalmente pace.
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Double Cross
A Novel
Psychiater Alex Cross is zijn leven niet zeker als een wegens moord veroordeelde oud-collega ontsnapt uit de gevangenis.
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L'istinto del predatore
- 318pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
Georgetown. In una bellissima villa a tre piani in stile coloniale, un’intera famiglia viene massacrata con una violenza inaudita. Alex Cross conosceva una delle vittime: Ellie, ex compagna di università e suo primo amore. Troppe domande attendono una risposta, a partire dall’inspiegabile presenza di due agenti della CIA sul luogo del delitto. Unico indizio, il libro che la donna stava scrivendo sulla situazione sociopolitica dell'Africa centrale. Chi si nasconde dietro la mano che ha ucciso Ellie? Che legame c’è con il massacro seriale che ha preso di mira gli afroamericani di Washington? L’indagine procede sulle tracce di un oscuro disegno di morte che proviene da lontano. Da un luogo in cui soltanto Cross può addentrarsi…
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From his grandmother, Alex Cross has heard the story of his great-uncle Abraham and his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now, Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel he's written - a novel called Trial. As a lawyer in early-twentieth-century Washington DC, Ben Corbett represents the toughest cases. Fighting against oppression and racism, he risks his family and his life in the process. When President Theodore Roosevelt asks Ben to return to his hometown to investigate rumours of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan there, he cannot refuse. Arriving in Eudora, Mississippi, Ben meets the wise Abraham Cross and his beautiful daughter, Moody. Ben enlists their help, and the two Crosses introduce him to the hidden side of the idyllic Southern town. Lynchings have become commonplace and residents of the town's black quarter live in constant fear. Ben aims to break the reign of terror - but the truth of who is really behind it could break his heart. Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross, Alex Cross's Trial is a gripping story of murder, love, and, above all, bravery.
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I, Alex Cross
- 468pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
A Cross family member is murdered, and the case catapults Alex into a world where power masks unfathomable evil. Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the devastating news that his niece, Caroline, has been found brutally murdered. Cross vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that Caroline was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim. The search leads Cross to a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Alex is soon facing down some very important, very protected, very dangerous people in levels of society where only one thing is certain - they will do anything to keep their secrets safe. As Cross closes in on the killer, he discovers evidence that points to the unimaginable - a revelation that could rock the entire world. 'Sharp, sassy and guaranteed to send shivers down your spine, this is a tense thriller' Woman [Alex Cross logo]
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I, Alex Cross
- 468pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
Alex Cross's niece is found brutally murdered and on investigation he discovers she was mixed up with some very dangerous people. Alex and his girlfriend Brianna Stone find leads to Washington's most infamous club where every fantasy is possible and the patrons, the elite of Washington, will do anything to keep their secrets buried.
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Cross Fire
- 372pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Wedding bells ring Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s most corrupt: a dirty congressmen and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories--is the marksman a hero or a vigilante? A murderer returns The case explodes, and the FBI assigns agent Max Siegel to the investigation. As Alex and Siegel battle over jurisdiction, the murders continue. It becomes clear that they are the work of a professional who has detailed knowledge of his victims' movements--information that only a Washington insider could possess. Caught in a lethal cross fire As Alex contends with the sniper, Siegel, and the wedding, he receives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. The Mastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminated Cross and his family for good. With a supercharged blend of action, deception, and suspense, Cross Fire is James Patterson's most visceral and exciting Alex Cross novel ever.
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Kill Alex Cross
- 384pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
With relentless danger around every corner, Detective Alex Cross is hunting down a kidnapper . . . but only if someone powerful doesn't kill him first. The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark. A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most devastating attack the United States has ever experienced. As his window for solving both crimes narrows, Alex makes a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes-one that may alter the fate of the entire country. Kill Alex Cross is fast, exciting, and tightly wound, full of "fast-and-furious action" (Washington Post).
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It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone rings again--a horrific hostage situation is quickly spiraling out of control. Away from his own family on the most precious of days, Alex calls upon every ounce of his training, creativity, and daring to save another family. Alex risks everything--and he may not make it back alive on this most sacred of family days. Alex Cross is a hero for our time, and never more so than in this story of family, action, and the deepest moral choices. MERRY CHRISTMAS, ALEX CROSS will be a holiday classic for years to come.
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Corsa verso l'inferno
- 313pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Alex Cross arresta Elijah Creem, un chirurgo plastico molto noto che viene sorpreso nel bel mezzo di un festino a base di droghe e sesso con ragazze adolescenti. Creem però ha soldi a sufficienza per pagare la cauzione ed è disposto a tutto pur di non tornare in prigione. Cross però non ha tempo di preoccuparsi di questo caso: una donna bellissima viene trovata morta nel bagagliaio della propria auto, i lunghi capelli biondi tagliati con rabbia. Il detective sta raggiungendo la scena del crimine quando gli arriva l'agghiacciante notizia di un secondo ritrovamento: un'altra ragazza, impiccata e con una brutta cicatrice sul ventre. Al terzo cadavere, orribilmente mutilato, l’opinione pubblica è terrorizzata: sembra proprio che a Washington imperversino tre serial killer. E se invece i tre omicidi fossero collegati?
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L'atteso ritorno di Alex Cross in un'indagine che lo vedrà battersi per ciò che ha di più caro
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Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family – his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children--have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves? Widely praised by the greatest crime and thriller writers of our time, Cross My Heart set a jaw-dropping story in motion. Hope to Die propels Alex Cross's greatest challenge to its astonishing finish, proving why Jeffery Deaver says 'nobody does it better' than James Patterson.
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Cross Justice
- 448pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
The toughest cases are the ones that hit close to home. When his cousin is accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. As he tries to prove his cousin's innocence in a town where everyone seems to be on the take, Cross unearths a family secret that forces him to question everything he's ever known. Chasing a ghost he believed was long dead, Cross gets pulled into a case that has local cops scratching their heads and needing his help: a grisly string of socialite murders. Now he's hot on the trail of both a brutal killer, and the truth about his own past - and the answers he finds might be fatal.
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The people vs. Alex Cross
- 432pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
Detective Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law. Charged with murdering followers of his old nemesis Gary Soneji, Alex Cross becomes the poster child for trigger-happy cops. He's the only one who knows that there's a real murderer watching from the shadows, one Cross must stop - even if it means he can't save himself
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Bersaglio Alex Cross
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
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Criss Cross
- 432pagine
- 16 ore di lettura
Could a ghost from his past take everything away from Alex Cross? Mere hours after witnessing the execution of a killer he helped put behind bars, Alex Cross is called to the scene of a copycat murder. A note signed 'M' rests on the corpse- 'You messed up big time, Dr. Cross.' Was an innocent man just put to death? As the executed convict's family launch a vicious campaign against Cross, his abilities as a detective are called into question. The enigmatic 'M' lures Cross out of Washington, DC to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details that conjure up decades-old cases and Cross family secrets. Details that make it clear M is after a prize so dear that - were the killer to attain it - Cross's life would be destroyed
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A scandalous double homicide opens the psychological case files on Alex Cross . Cross is left grieving, questioning who would want them dead, and why. While Cross's former Metro Homicide partner John Sampson tracks Christopher's final movements, Cross and FBI Special Agent Ned Mahoney travel to Alabama to investigate Kay's past.
BookShots are short, high-impact stories by James Patterson and other writers that can be read in one sitting.§Each and every one is fast-paced, 100% story- driven; a shot of pure and satisfying entertainment.§Available as compact paperbacks, ebooks and audio.§
Detective Cross
- 160pagine
- 6 ore di lettura
BookShots are short, high-impact stories by James Patterson and other writers that can be read in one sitting. Each and every one is fast-paced, 100% story- driven; a shot of pure and satisfying entertainment. Available as compact paperbacks, ebooks and audio.
