Cross Country

By James Patterson

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

In this 2008 Alex Cross novel, the detective travels to Africa to hunt the Tiger, a brutal warlord whose gang has murdered his former girlfriend Ellie Cox and her family in Washington. Following the killer from Washington to Lagos and Darfur, Cross faces violence, corruption and constant danger in a region at war, and he becomes a target himself as he tries to bring the Tiger to justice.

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