Cross

The latest powerful thriller about the FBI agent Alex Cross. Alex has quit his job with the FBI but can't seem to stay away. When a series o f brutal rapes are committed across Washington and none of the victims will talk, Sampson calls on Alex for help. Alex uses all his skills a s a psychologist to persuade one of the women to tell how the attacker scared her into silence. Cross's hunt for the rapist leads him to 'th e Irishman' Michael Sullivan, the deadly hitman from his past, who's r eturned to Washington planning to kill the new mob Don, John Maggione. How many people will meet a gruesome end while the Irishman evades th e FBI, the mob hit team and Alex - still haunted by the loss of his fi rst wife and the unsolved mystery of who killed her?FBI agent Alex Cro ss is on vacation when he gets a call from the Director. An actress ha s been shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Afterward, an editor fo r the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail recounting the murder in sh ocking detail, signed Mary Smith. Her calling card:The authorities fea r this is only the beginning. Mary Smith is targeting Hollywood stars and power brokers, and she is getting better every time.This case is l ike nothing Alex has ever confronted before. Could this be the plan of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor, or is it part of something much m ore terrifying? And how could a woman be capable of these vicious crim es?