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London Bridges is the 10th novel in the series featuring Alex Cross.

This James Patterson book had a release date of November 8, 2004.

London Bridges book description

In broad desert daylight, a mysterious platoon of soldiers evacuates the entire population of Sunrise Valley, Nevada. Minutes later, a huge bomb detonates a hundred feet above the ground and lays waste to homes, cars, and playgrounds: a town annihilated in an instant.

Alex Cross is on vacation in San Francisco with his girlfriend, Jamilla Hughes, when he gets the call. The Russian supercriminal known as the Wolf claims responsibility for the blast.

Major cities around the globe are threatened with total destruction. The Wolf has proven he can do it; the only question is, can anyone stop him in time? Surveillance film of the blast reveals the presence of another of Alex Cross’ most dangerous enemies, the ruthless assassin known as the Weasel.

World leaders have just four days to prevent an unimaginable cataclysm. Joining forces with Scotland Yard and Interpol, Alex fights his way through a torrent of false leads, impersonators, and foreign agents before he gets close to the heart of the crimes.

Racing down the hairpin turns of the Riviera in the most unforgettable finale James Patterson has ever written, Alex Cross confronts the truth of the Wolf’s identity, a revelation that even Cross himself may be unable to survive.

James Patterson – Sam’s Letters To Jennifer is a standalone novel by the bestselling author.

This book was published on June 28, 2004.

Sam’s Letters To Jennifer book description

Have you ever gotten a letter that changed your life completely?

Sam’s Letters to Jennifer is a novel about that kind of drama. In it, a woman is summoned back to the town where she grew up.

And in the house where she spent her most magical years she finds a series of letters addressed to her. Each of those letters is a piece of a story that will upend completely the world she thought she knew – and throw her into a love more powerful than she ever imagined could be possible.

Two extraordinary love stories are entwined here, full of hope and pain and emotions that never die down.

3rd Degree is the 3rd installment in the series of Women’s Murder Club books.

This novel was written by James Patterson and Andrew Gross and was released on March 1, 2004.

3rd Degree book description

Detective Lindsay Boxer is jogging along a beautiful San Francisco street when a fiery explosion rips through the neighborhood. A town house owned by an Internet millionaire is immediately engulfed in flames, and when Lindsay plunges inside to search for survivors, she finds three people dead.

An infant who lived in the house cannot be found – and a mysterious message at the scene leaves Lindsay and the San Francisco Police Department completely baffled.

Then a prominent businessman is found murdered under bizarre circumstances, with another mysterious message left behind by the killer. Lindsay asks her friends Claire Washburn of the medical examiner’s office, Assistant D.A. Jill Bernhardt, and Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas to help her figure out who is committing these murders – and why they are intent on killing someone every three days.

Even more terrifying, the killer has targeted one of the four friends who call themselves the Women’s Murder Club.

Which one will it be?

While the investigation rages furiously, Lindsay works very closely with a federal officer assigned to the case. At the same time, she learns that one member of the Women’s Murder Club is hiding a secret so dangerous and unbelievable that it could destroy them all.

The Big Bad Wolf is the 9th book in the Alex Cross series.

This James Patterson novel was published on November 1, 2003.

The Big Bad Wolf book description

Alex Cross’s first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues stymied. Across the country, beautiful women are being kidnapped – to be bought and sold as slaves.

Behind this depraved scheme stands a shadowy figure known only as The Wolf, a master criminal who has brought a new reign of terror to organized crime.

With Alex’s personal life in chaos because of his ex-fiancée’s return and with the FBI’s caution testing his patience, Alex has to go out on his own.

For to stalk a ruthless predator without a name or a face, Alex Cross must become a lone wolf himself…

James Patterson – Four Blind Mice is the 8th installment in the series of Alex Cross books.

This novel had a release date of November 18, 2002.

Four Blind Mice book description

Detective Alex Cross is on his way to resign from the Washington, D.C., Police Force when his partner shows up at his door with a case he can’t refuse.

One of John Sampson’s oldest friends, from their days together in Vietnam, has been arrested for murder. Worse yet, he is subject to the iron hand of the United States Army. The evidence against him is strong enough to send him to the gas chamber.

Sampson is certain his friend has been framed, and Alex’s investigation turns up evidence overlooked – or concealed – by the military authorities. Drawing on their years of street training and an almost telepathic mutual trust, Cross and Sampson go deep behind military lines to confront the most terrifying – and deadly – killers they have ever encountered.

Behind these three highly skilled killing machines there appears to be an even more threatening controller. Discovering the identity of this lethal genius will prove to be Cross’s most terrifying challenge ever.

On his visits home, Alex must confront another, more harrowing mystery: what’s the matter with Nana Mama? As he explores the possibility of a new relationship with a woman who offers him new hope, Alex must also confront the fact that his beloved grandmother is only human.

James Patterson – 2nd Chance is the second book in the author’s Women’s Murder Club series.

This novel was published on March 4, 2002.

2nd Chance book description

A brutal madman sprays bullets into a crowd of children leaving a San Francisco church.

Miraculously – or was it intentionally? – only one person dies.

Then an elderly black woman is hung.

Police homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer senses a connection and together with medical examiner Claire, assistant D. A. Jill, and Chronicle reporter Cindy, finds a link that sends a chill through the entire nation.

This killer’s motives are unspeakable.

Violets Are Blue is the 7th novel in the series featuring Alex Cross.

This book by James Patterson had a release date of November 19, 2001.

Violets Are Blue book description

D.C. Detective Alex Cross has seen a lot of crime scenes. But even he is appalled by the gruesome murders of two joggers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park – killings that look more like the work of savage beasts than humans.

Local police are horrified and even the FBI is baffled.

Then, as Cross is called in to take on the case, the carnage takes off, leaving a trail of bodies across America and sweeping him to Savannah, Las Vegas, New Orleans and Los Angeles.

His nemesis, the merciless criminal known as the Mastermind, stalks him, taunts him, and once again, threatens everything he holds dear.

1st To Die is the first novel in the Women’s Murder Club series.

This James Patterson book was originally released on March 5, 2001.

1st To Die book description

Four women – four friends – share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco.

Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle.

But the usual procedures aren’t bringing them any closer to stopping the killings. So these women form a Women’s Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving one another a hand.

The four women develop intense bonds as they pursue a killer whose crimes have stunned an entire city.

Working together, they track down the most terrifying and unexpected killer they have ever encountered – before a shocking conclusion in which everything they knew turns out to be devastatingly wrong.

Roses Are Red by James Patterson is the 6th book in the Alex Cross series.

This novel was published in 2000.

Roses Are Red book description

In this heart-pounding but touchingly romantic thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most complex and brilliant killer he’s ever confronted – a mysterious criminal who calls himself the Mastermind.

In a series of crimes that has stunned Washington, D.C., 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.

Pop Goes The Weasel is the 5th of the Alex Cross books.

This James Patterson novel was released on October 19, 1999.

Pop Goes The Weasel book description

Detective Alex Cross is in love.

But his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders in Washington, D.C., murders with a pattern so twisted, it leaves investigators reeling.

Cross’s ingenious pursuit of the killer produces a suspect – a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shafer. But proving that Shafer is the murderer becomes a potentially deadly task.

As the diplomat engages in a brilliant series of surprising countermoves, in and out of the courtroom, Alex and his fiancee become hopelessly entangled with the most memorable nemesis Alex Cross has ever faced.