Cross. James Patterson. 2006.

Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington DC Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife Maria, in front of me.

Years later, Alex makes a bold move: he leaves the FBI and sets up practice as a psychologist once again. His life with Nana Mama, Damon, Jamie and little Alex finally feels like it’s in order. He even has a chance at a new love.

Then Cross’s former partner, John Sampson, calls in a favour. He is tracking a serial rapist in Georgetown, one whose brutal modus operandi includes threatening his victims with terrifying photos. They need the testimonies of these women to stop the predator, but the rape victims refuse to reveal anything about their attacker.

When the case triggers a connection to Maria’s death, Alex has a chance to catch his wife’s murderer after all these years. Will this be justice at long last? Or the culminating scene in his own deadly obsession?