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  • Published: 16 July 2019
  • ISBN: 9781784753658
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $22.99

Target: Alex Cross

(Alex Cross 26)




A string of assassinations leaves the country in turmoil, and Alex Cross faces his biggest challenge yet in the twenty-sixth instalment in the globally bestselling series

TARGET: HEAD OF STATE

Alex Cross and his family join men and women from across the nation lining the streets of Washington, DC to mourn the unexpected death of the president.

TARGET: UNITED STATES CABINET

With the country still in shock, the assassination of a prominent senator strikes another devastating blow to the heart of the nation's capital.

TARGET: ALEX CROSS

Cross is called on to lead the FBI investigation to find America's most wanted criminal. But what follows will plunge the country into chaos, and draw Cross into the most important case of his life.

  • Published: 16 July 2019
  • ISBN: 9781784753658
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $22.99

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About the author

James Patterson

JAMES PATTERSON is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. His books have sold in excess of 375 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, I Funny, Treasure Hunters, House of Robots, Confessions, and Maximum Ride series. James has donated millions in grants to independent bookshops and has been the most borrowed author of adult fiction in UK libraries for the past eleven years in a row. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.

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Praise for Target: Alex Cross

As fast-paced and twisty as ever

PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH

Fast-paced, action-packed and intricately plotted, it’s another winner from the prolific author.

CULTUREFLY

It's no mystery why James Patterson is the world's most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: Nobody does it better.

JEFFERY DEAVER

Behind all the noise and the numbers, we shouldn't forget that 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, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series

James Patterson is The Boss. End of.

IAN RANKIN, bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus series

I wrote, "Along Came a Spider is the best thriller I've come across in many a year. It deserves to be this season's no. 1 bestseller and should instantly make James Patterson a household name." A household name, indeed.

NELSON DEMILLE

James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.

STEVE BERRY, bestselling author of the Colton Malone series

[Alex Cross] has become one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, a character for the ages.

DOUGLAS PRESTON and LINCOLN CHILD

Alex Cross is a legend.

HARLAN COBEN

Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It's what fires off the movie projector in the reader's mind

MICHAEL CONNELY

Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried... there's no stopping his imagination

NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Patterson is in a class by himself.

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