**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).