Alex Cross is a detective with the Washington DC Police Department. Just a he is about to join his family for a traditional reading of the Christmas Story in the book of St Luke, he gets called into work to handle a hostage crisis. A man who used to be a high-powered lawyer has come back to the home of his ex-wife and is threatening her, her new husband, and his kids. Alex hates missing Christmas with his family, but knows he has the skills to try to talk the guy down. Then later Christmas night, there is a terroist attack on a train station. Alex has to make some tough choices to save Washington DC from an unspeakable crime.
After reading Ali Cross, and seeing how Alex Cross is portrayed as a decent and even religious man, I thought that I might read an Alex Cross book and see if it is cleaner than the other adult Patterson books I have tried to read before. So... it was a little better than some other Patterson books, but it is no "cosy mystery" by any measurement. It still has depictions of aberrant sex, child abuse, both physical and psychological, and a pretty high body count. The way it differs from other Patterson books I have attempted to read is in the degree of detail. It mentions these things, but there are no lengthy descriptions of either ludeness or wading through oceans of blood. Also, Cross is portrayed as a decent, religious, family man who struggles with the wickedness he sees in the world. Still, I probably won't be revisiting the series. (2016, 320 p)
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