Alex Cross's Trial [electronic resource] : Alex Cross Series, Book 15
Patterson, James2009
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____________________________ 'No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.' LEE CHILD, international bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series ____________________________ The fifteenth novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series Detective Alex Cross delves deep into the past – to the case that haunts his family history... Alex Cross is one of the nation's foremost detectives. But solving crime runs in the family - and it's time for Cross to tell his own children about their ancestors. He tells them the story of Ben Corbett, lawyer to the poor and downtrodden in 1900s Washington D.C. - a disappointment to a family who wanted him to serve the powerful. Out of the blue, President Theodore Roosevelt invites Ben to the White House, charging him with investigating a resurgent Ku Klux Klan in Ben's own home town. The man who'll help him? Abraham Cross, great-uncle of Alex Cross. But as Ben and Cross delve into the hate lurking in this sleepy Southern town, fighting to help its tormented black community, these unlikely partners know that they're risking more than their careers. This town will stop at nothing to avoid progress - even murder...
Main title:
Alex Cross's Trial [electronic resource] : Alex Cross Series, Book 15 / James Patterson
Author:
Patterson, James, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Random House, 2009
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Alex Cross
Audience:
Reading grade level: 3-4
Biography/History:
JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 385 million copies worldwide. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past two decades - the Alex Cross, Women's Murder Club, Detective Michael Bennett and Private novels - and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand-alone thrillers. James is passionate about encouraging children to read. Inspired by his own son who was a reluctant reader, he also writes a range of books for young readers including the Middle School, Dog Diaries, Treasure Hunters and Max Einstein series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author in UK libraries for the past thirteen years in a row. He lives in Florida with his family.
Awards:
Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Nominee (Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine)The New York Times Best Seller List (The New York Times)
ISBN:
9781409066668
Language:
English
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BRN:
355646