Criss Cross - Abridged
Alex Cross: Book #25
- By: James Patterson
- Narrated by: Andre Blake
- Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Description
When a mysterious serial killer known as "M" launches a deranged "investigation", Alex Cross and his partner must unearth long-forgotten secrets to survive -- or risk getting buried themselves.
In a Virginia penitentiary, Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped convict. Hours later, they are called to the scene of a copycat crime. A note signed "M" rests on the corpse. "You messed up big time, Dr. Cross."
Was an innocent man just put to death? Alex soon realizes he may have much to answer for, as "M" lures the detective out of the capital to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details -- details that conjure up decades-old cases. Details that conjure up Cross family secrets. Details that make clear that M is after a prize so dear that -- were the killer to attain it -- Alex's heart would no longer have reason to beat.
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Alex Cross Series
Along Came a Spider
By: James Patterson
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
Discover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years, now one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads"
Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in the ghettos of D. C. and looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears... Read more »
Cross Kill
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Length: 2 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
Alex Cross, I'm coming for you--even from the grave if I have to.
Along Came a Spider killer Gary Soneji has been dead for over ten years. Alex Cross watched him die. But today, Cross saw him gun down his partner. Is Soneji alive? A ghost? Or something even more sinister?
Nothing will prepare you for the wicked truth.
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Detective Cross
By: James Patterson
Length: 2 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
The suspect is your patient, Dr. Cross.
An anonymous caller has promised to set off deadly bombs in Washington, DC. A cruel hoax or the real deal? By the time Alex Cross and his wife, Bree Stone, uncover the chilling truth, it may already be too late....
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LIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON
Kiss the Girls
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Join Alex Cross on his most terrifying murder case yet in this #1 New York Times bestseller and one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads."
In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. In the sequel to Along Came a Spider, Washington D.C.'s... Read more »
Kiss the Girls - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Robert Guillaume & Chris Noth
Length: 2 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Join Alex Cross on his most terrifying murder case yet in this #1 New York Times bestseller and one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads."
In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. In the sequel to Along Came a Spider, Washington D.C.'s... Read more »
Jack & Jill
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Ron Butler
Length: 12 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Available as an unabridged audiobook for the first time in a brand new recording. In the middle of the night, a controversial U.S. senator is found murdered in bed in his Georgetown pied-a-terre. The police turn up only one clue: a mysterious rhyme signed "Jack and Jill" promising that this is just the beginning. Jack and Jill are out to get the... Read more »
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Jack & Jill - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Blair Underwood & John Rubinstein
Length: 3 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Available as an unabridged audiobook for the first time in a brand new recording. In the middle of the night, a controversial U.S. senator is found murdered in bed in his Georgetown pied-a-terre. The police turn up only one clue: a mysterious rhyme signed "Jack and Jill" promising that this is just the beginning. Jack and Jill are out to get the... Read more »
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Cat & Mouse - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In Cat & Mouse, things get too close to home. Two killers, one operating in America-one in Europe-believe Alex Cross is the only worthy opponent in the deadly game each has planned. Villian Gary Soneji is back. He vows his last act on earth will be taking the life of Alex Cross. But first he wants to have some fun. Union Station, Washington,... Read more »
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Cat & Mouse
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
Length: 10 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Alex Cross is back-and so is a raging and suicidal Gary Soneji. Out of prison and dying from the AIDS virus he contracted there, he will get revenge on Cross before he dies. In addition, we are introduced to a new pair of rivals whose paths cross that of Alex and Soneji. Thomas Augustine Pierce has been chasing his demon, Mr. Smith, since the... Read more »
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Pop Goes the Weasel - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Keith David & Roger Rees
Length: 5 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In this heart-stopping thriller, Detective Alex Cross and his beloved fiancé find themselves tangled in a complex murder investigation, threatening not only public safety, but their chance at happiness together.
Alex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders—murders with a pattern so twisted, it leave Read more »s... Learn more
Pop Goes the Weasel
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
In this heart-stopping thriller, Detective Alex Cross and his beloved fiancé find themselves tangled in a complex murder investigation, threatening not only public safety, but their chance at happiness together.
Alex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders—murders with a pattern so twisted, it leave Read more »s... Learn more
Roses Are Red - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Keith David & Jason Culp
Length: 4 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A brilliant criminal known only as the Mastermind orchestrates a series of bank robberies that are notable for their very precise demands - and their explosive violence when the demands are not met exactly. Detective Alex Cross takes on the case and recognizes that a particular kind of criminal mind is at work. But before he gets near... Read more »
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Roses Are Red
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
Length: 8 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
In this heart-pounding but touchingly romantic thriller, Detective Alex Cross pursues the most complex and brilliant killer he's ever confronted - 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... Read more »
Violets Are Blue
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Daniel Whitner & Kevin O'Rourke
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Detective Alex Cross must confront his most terrifying nemesis ever-and his own deepest fears-in this electrifying new thriller from the master of suspense, James Patterson.
Alex Cross has never believed in vampires. But when two joggers are found slain in a manner that suggests a macabre ritual, he has to reconsider. Someone believes in vampires... Read more »
Four Blind Mice
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez & Michael Emerson
Length: 7 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more »
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The Big Bad Wolf
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez & Denis O'Hare
Length: 8 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Who's Afraid?Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered: a predator known only as the Wolf.
Alex Cross' first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues stymied. Across the country, men and women are being kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappearing completely. These people are not being taken... Read more »
London Bridges
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez & Denis O'Hare
Length: 8 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
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,... Read more »
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Mary, Mary
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez, Melissa Leo & Michael Louis Wells
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
FBI agent Alex Cross is on vacation with his family at Disneyland when he gets a call from the Director. A well-known actress was shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Shortly afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail describing the murder in vivid detail. Alex quickly learns that this is not an isolated incident. The... Read more »
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Alex Cross
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez & Jay O. Sanders
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
The pinnacle of all Alex Cross thrillers is now available as a value-priced audiobook!
Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. The killer was never found, and the case turned cold, filed among the unsolved drive-bys in D.C.'s rough... Read more »
Alex Cross
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez & Jay O. Sanders
Length: 7 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TYLER PERRY
Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. Alex's need for vengeance was placed on hold as he faced another huge challenge-raising his children without their mother.
Years later Alex is making a bold... Read more »
Double Cross - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez & Michael Stuhlbarg
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Alex Cross faces two crazed killers in this chilling, suspenseful blockbuster from James Patterson, "the man who can't miss" (Time).
Just when Alex thought his life was calming down into a routine of patients and therapy sessions, he finds himself back in the game--this time to catch a criminal mastermind like no other.
A spate of elaborate... Read more »
Double Cross
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez & Michael Stuhlbarg
Length: 8 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
Alex Cross faces two crazed killers in this chilling, suspenseful blockbuster from James Patterson, "the man who can't miss" (Time).
Just when Alex thought his life was calming down into a routine of patients and therapy sessions, he finds himself back in the game--this time to catch a criminal mastermind like no other.
A spate of elaborate... Read more »
Cross Country - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez & Dion Graham
Length: 5 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington D.C., what they discover is shocking:... Read more »
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Cross Country
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez & Dion Graham
Length: 7 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. As Alex and his girlfriend, Brianna Stone, become entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington D.C., what they discover is shocking:... Read more »
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I, Alex Cross - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Tim Cain & Michael Cerveris
Length: 4 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: Yes
You can't run
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.
You can't hide
The hunt for her... Read more »
Alex Cross's TRIAL
By: James Patterson & Richard DiLallo
Narrated by: Dylan Baker
Length: 8 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
The year is 1906, and America is segregated. Hatred and discrimination plague the streets, the classroom, and the courts. But in WashingtonD.C., Ben Corbett, a smart and courageous lawyer, makes it his mission to confront injustice at every turn. He represents those who nobody else dares defend, merely because of the color of their skin. When... Read more »
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I, Alex Cross
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Tim Cain & Michael Cerveris
Length: 7 hours 1 minutes
Abridged: No
You can't run
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that a beloved relative has been found brutally murdered. Alex vows to hunt down the killer, and soon learns that she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And she was not this killer's only victim.
You can't hide
The hunt for her... Read more »
Cross Fire
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Andre Braugher & Jay O. Sanders
Length: 6 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s most corrupt: a dirty congressmen and a scheming lobbyist. Next, the elusive marksman begins picking off other crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories--is the marksman a hero... Read more »
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Kill Alex Cross
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Andre Braugher & Zach Grenier
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark.
A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most... Read more »
Kill Alex Cross - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Andre Braugher & Zach Grenier
Length: 5 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark.
A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most... Read more »
Alex Cross, Run
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Michael Boatman & Steven Boyer
Length: 8 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
If Alex Cross stops running, he will die . . . three serial killers are on the loose, and they want revenge.
Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him-by giving himself a new face.
A young... Read more »
Alex Cross, Run - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Michael Boatman & Steven Boyer
Length: 5 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: Yes
If Alex Cross stops running, he will die . . . three serial killers are on the loose, and they want revenge.
Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him-by giving himself a new face.
A young... Read more »
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Michael Boatman, Stephen Kunken & Cristin Milioti
Length: 6 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone rings again--a horrific hostage situation is quickly spiraling out of control.... Read more »
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Cross My Heart - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Michael Boatman & Tom Wopat
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
James Patterson raises the stakes to their highest level, ever-when Alex Cross becomes the obsession of a genius of menace set on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime.
Detective Alex Cross is a family man at heart--nothing matters more to him than his children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is... Read more »
Cross My Heart
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Michael Boatman & Tom Wopat
Length: 9 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
James Patterson raises the stakes to their highest level, ever-when Alex Cross becomes the obsession of a genius of menace set on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime.
Detective Alex Cross is a family man at heart--nothing matters more to him than his children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is... Read more »
Hope to Die - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Michael Boatman & Scott Sowers
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family--his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children--have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important... Read more »
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Hope to Die
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Michael Boatman & Scott Sowers
Length: 9 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross's family--his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children--have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important... Read more »
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Cross Justice - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Length: 6 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The toughest cases hit closest to home.
Alex Cross left his hometown, and some awful family tragedies, for a better life with Nana Mama in Washington, DC. He hasn't looked back.
Now his cousin Stefan has been accused of a horrible, unthinkable murder, and Cross drives south with Bree, Nana Mama, Jannie, and Ali to Starksville, North Carolina,... Read more »
Cross Justice
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson & Jefferson Mays
Length: 9 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
The toughest cases hit closest to home.
Alex Cross left his hometown, and some awful family tragedies, for a better life with Nana Mama in Washington, DC. He hasn't looked back.
Now his cousin Stefan has been accused of a horrible, unthinkable murder, and Cross drives south with Bree, Nana Mama, Jannie, and Ali to Starksville, North Carolina,... Read more »
Cross the Line
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson
Length: 8 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
In all of Alex Cross's years with Homicide, Washington, DC, has never been more dangerous.
After shots pierce the tranquil nighttime calm of Rock Creek Park, a man is dead: what looks at first like road rage might be something much more sinister. But Alex has only just begun asking questions when he's called across town to investigate a new... Read more »
Cross the Line - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Ryan Vincent Anderson
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: Yes
In all of Alex Cross's years with Homicide, Washington, DC, has never been more dangerous.
After shots pierce the tranquil nighttime calm of Rock Creek Park, a man is dead: what looks at first like road rage might be something much more sinister. But Alex has only just begun asking questions when he's called across town to investigate a new... Read more »
The People vs. Alex Cross - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Andre Blake
Length: 5 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The charges: explosive
Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law-until now. Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Cross is being turned into the poster child for trigger-happy cops who think they're above the law. Cross knows it was self-defense. But will a jury see it that way?
The evidence:... Read more »
The People vs. Alex Cross
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Andre Blake
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
The charges: explosive
Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law-until now. Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Cross is being turned into the poster child for trigger-happy cops who think they're above the law. Cross knows it was self-defense. But will a jury see it that way?
The evidence:... Read more »
Target: Alex Cross
By: James Patterson
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
When a ring of six elite assassins strikes D. C., Alex Cross teams up with the Secret Service and the FBI to take down a dangerous threat that could destroy America.
A leader has fallen, and Alex Cross joins the procession of mourners from Capitol Hill to the White House. Then a sniper's bullet strikes a target in the heart of D.C. Alex... Read more »
Target: Alex Cross - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: Yes
When a ring of six elite assassins strikes D. C., Alex Cross teams up with the Secret Service and the FBI to take down a dangerous threat that could destroy America.
A leader has fallen, and Alex Cross joins the procession of mourners from Capitol Hill to the White House. Then a sniper's bullet strikes a target in the heart of D.C. Alex... Read more »
Criss Cross - Abridged
By: James Patterson
Length: 5 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: Yes
When a mysterious serial killer known as "M" launches a deranged "investigation", Alex Cross and his partner must unearth long-forgotten secrets to survive -- or risk getting buried themselves.
In a Virginia penitentiary, Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped convict. Hours later, they are... Read more »
Criss Cross
By: James Patterson
Length: 8 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
When a mysterious serial killer known as "M" launches a deranged "investigation", Alex Cross and his partner must unearth long-forgotten secrets to survive -- or risk getting buried themselves.
In a Virginia penitentiary, Alex Cross and his partner, John Sampson, witness the execution of a killer they helped convict. Hours later, they are... Read more »
Deadly Cross
By: James Patterson
Narrated by: Brad Sanders
Length: 8 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
The murder of a glamorous DC socialite becomes Alex Cross’s deadliest case since Along Came a Spider.
Kay Willingham led a life as glamorous as it was public—she was a gorgeous Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and the ex-wife of the vice president. So why was she parked in a Bentley convertible idling behind a DC private school, in the... Read more »