Cross

By: James Patterson

Narrated by: Peter J. Fernandez, Jay O. Sanders

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, D.C., Police Department when an unknown man gunned down his wife in front of him. But his desire for vengeance was placed on hold as he raised his children himself.

The most terrifying Cross ever....
Years later, Alex leaves the FBI to work as a full-time psychologist. His life finally feels like it's in order...until Cross's former partner, John Sampson, gives him a chilling phone call. Sampson is tracking a Georgetown serial rapist whose brutal modus operandi includes threatening his victims with terrifying photos. Now Cross and Sampson need the help of the rape victims to stop the predator, but the women refuse to talk.

The most emotional Cross ever....
When the case triggers a connection to his wife's death, Alex may finally have a chance to catch the killer. Is this a chance for justice at long last? Or the culminating scene in his own deadly obsession?

From the man USA Today has called the "master of the genre", Cross is the high-velocity thriller James Patterson's fans have waited years for.

©2006 James Patterson (P)2006 Hachette Audio

Awsome Read

Pettersen really captures the butcher as a business guy in crazy wild rides. Butcher is simply awsome with an excellent thought processes to captavate your interest at heart. A family man who stops at nothing to keep his family from harms way.

Good Book

What made the experience of listening to Cross the most enjoyable?

Exciting

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

This would be a great movie. Looks that kill! The killer was described as a good looking man...

Cross

I believe I've read all of the books with Alex Cross as the main character and they are getting less interesting each time. This plot is ridiculously unbelievable as it has the worst villain ever. I hope we can get back to ordinary mysteries without the bizare nonsense. I really don't recommend it.

Where did the 3rd kid come from

This was a GREAT book. I loved everything about it. However, I could not seem to get past the extra child that showed up. In the begining, he and his wife have 2 children. Later in the book, he starts talking about a much younger child even though over 10 years have past. What's up with that. Confusing. It was still a great book.

Classic Patterson

If you want to know more about Alex Cross, Patterson lays it out pretty well in this book.

Spoiler Alert - Plot holes or just Weirdness?

This villain was really crazy and demented but then again, they all are. Two things I really love about this storyline 1) For once, the villain wasn’t personally after Alex and his family and 2) He got killed in the end, and that’s that on that; end of story. I grow tired and exhausted of the villains personally attacking Alex and his family. It seems every book is a personal attack. I don’t mind, it’s just that it happens way too often. This villain was after a fellow mobster, though Alex was after him. Can you say “refreshing!” Also, I’m so glad that the villain was caught and killed, and that was the end of him and his storyline. I always enjoy reading every Alex Cross book regardless. This was no different.

Having said that, I enjoy reading about Alex’s personal life, his family, relationships, friends, etc, as much as I do reading the next villain storyline (if not more). So I’m all in for the continuations of his personal life as well, and I pay attention to those details. I found it interesting that Nana left because she got tired of Alex putting his life in danger. I also found it interesting that Kayla didn’t want to return because she got freaked out after nearly dying. I say this because I really didn’t like the way they treated Christine when her behavior was because of the exact same reasons. Only she had more reason to behave the way she did because of the horrific year-long ordeal she suffered. She’s my favorite so I realize I may be biased. However, it seems she should have been mentioned, if none other than the fact that her disposition was understood and that Kayla and Nana could empathize with her. There was a reason why Christine was the way she was and it didn’t happen until AFTER her abduction. Christine really loved Alex and she really loves her son. Still hoping for a rehabilitation arc in a future book (though I’ve read them all LOL).

I also found it weird that Alex was still wearing his wedding band. Not only has he been in a few serious relationships since Maria died, but he was also engaged to be married again. You mean to tell me, he still wore his wedding band the entire time? What was he going to do when he and Christine got married, continue to wear it? I don’t think so. None of the women ever mentioned his ring until this book. That was a bit weird.

I believe the author was trying to make it appear that Alex missed Maria the entire time she was gone (10 years?). They wanted to drum up deep feelings for Alex about Maria and appeal to our emotions in order to illustrate how much he missed her and how much he wanted to catch her killer. Trouble is, it didn’t really hit right because of all the previous relationships in the previous books. They didn’t tie anything together. Had they said he was in all those relationships because he couldn’t get over Maria, that would have been something to bring it all together and help us understand the Maira plot better. It just fell flat.

Lastly, I thought it was weird for Alex to find comfort in Ali, Christine’s son, and not Damon or Janelle, Maria’s kids. Another reason why I couldn’t get emotionally tied to the Alex misses Maria plot, and why it fell flat. Had Alex gone to Damon or Janelle when he thought of Maria and needed comfort, that would have clutched the heart more but he didn’t. He could have gone to one of Maria’s kids and talked about how much they reminded him of her, and just found comfort in one of them. Instead, he went to Ali, someone that has nothing to do with Maria. The ending drives this point home even more. What were they trying to say? That he had actually moved on with Christine and having Ali was a new beginning for him, and he could let Maria go? Or that just having Ali was a new beginning and he could let Maria go? But how can he think of Ali as a new beginning without thinking about Ali’s mother?

Great listen!

Loved the character development and suspense as Alex Cross must decide whether to take revenge! Narration was great also. Looking forward to listening to the next book in the series!

Great story!

Love it! Thank you for writing it! But it never tells how little Alex came to be??

this was the best one yet! my favorite so far. Nar

narrator was excellent...he's done the last couple and now his voice is Alex to me. best story yet

great narration, wanted more somehow

wanted more to the story, cross has less romance then others, the big giant twist was literally a walk in the park.
so good but but wanted more