"Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in the ghettos of D. C. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. But he also has two adorable kids of his own, and they are his own special vulnerabilities. Jezzie Flanagan is the first woman ever to hold the highly sensitive...

Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan turns to clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill to help solve the grotesque murder of a prostitute, a crime that bears a striking resemblance to an earlier series of solved crimes.

When the world's largest cities are seized by terrorists who threaten to set off deadly bombs, Alex Cross heads a joint investigation by the FBI, CIA, and Interpol to outmaneuver two vicious criminals known as the Weasel and the Wolf.

"En los Angeles, una periodista que investigando una serie de asesinatos es matada. En Chapel Hill, North Carolina, una hermosa m?dica interna desaparece de repente. Ahora Alex Cross de Washington, D.C., tiene que resolver su caso de homicidio m?s perplejo y atemorizoso jam?s. Por dos asesinos models inteligentes est?n colaborando, cooperando, compitiendo--y est?n trabajando de costa a costa."--P.[4] of cover.