Alex Cross races against time as a series of crimes stuns Washington,
D. C.--and he might be facing his most brilliant enemy yet.
In a series of terrifying crimes, bank robbers have been laying out
precise demands when they enter the building-and then killing the bank
employees and their families if those instructions are not followed to
the letter. Detective Alex Cross takes on the case, certain that this is
no ordinary bank robber at work; the pathological need for control and
perfection is too great. Cross is in the midst of a personal crisis at
home, but the case becomes all-consuming as he learns that the
Mastermind is plotting one huge, last, perfect crime.