Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson is the 18th book in the “Alex Cross” thriller series. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, November 2011

The Only Way
Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene of the biggest case he’s ever been part of. The president’s son and daughter have been abducted from their school—an impossible crime, but somehow the kidnapper has done it. Alex does everything he can but is shunted to the fringes of the investigation. Someone powerful doesn’t want him too close.

To Stop Alex Cross
A deadly contagion in the DC water supply endangers the capital, and Alex sees the looming threat of the most devastating attack the United States has ever experienced. He is already working flat out on the abduction, and this massive assault pushes him completely over the edge.

Is To Kill Him
With each hour that passes, the changes of finding the children alive diminish. In an emotional private meeting, the First Lady asks Alex to please save her kids. Even the highest security clearance doesn’t get him any closer to the kidnapper—and Alex makes a desperate decisions that goes again everything he believes. A full-throttle thriller with unstoppable action, unrestrained emotion, and relentless suspense, Kill Alex Cross is the most gripping Alex Cross novel James Patterson has ever written.

Turmoil in the nation’s capital when the president’s children are kidnapped and someone is messing with their water supply, but never fear, Alex Cross is on the case in this fast-paced, non-stop action thriller that had me quickly turning the pages as fast as I could read. Giving up a night’s sleep is the course when reading a book filled with suspense that I had to know what happens next and NOW. This was a great read and I look forward to more stories featuring Alex Cross.