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Alex Cross, genialny psycholog i detektyw, staje w obliczu najciemniejszych zakamarków ludzkiej psychiki, aby schwytać nieuchwytnych przestępców. Każda sprawa to złożona zagadka, która wystawia na próbę jego determinację i intelekt. W miarę zbliżania się do prawdy, napięcie rośnie, a niebezpieczeństwo staje się coraz bardziej realne. Jego osobiste demony również nie dają mu spokoju, co czyni tę serię niezwykle wciągającą.

Roses are red
Pop Goes the Weasel
Cat and mouse
Jack and Jill
Kiss the girls
Along came a spider

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  1. Along came a spider

    • 528 stron
    • 19 godzin czytania

    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 Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. But he also has two adorable kids of his own, and they are his own special vulnerabilities. Jezzie Flanagan is the first woman ever to hold the highly sensitive job as supervisor of the Secret Service in Washington. Blond, mysterious, seductive, she's got an outer shell that's as tough as it is beautiful. She rides her black BMW motorcycle at speeds of no less than 100 mph. What is she running from? What is her secret? Alex Cross and Jezzie Flanagan are about to have a forbidden love affair-at the worst possible time for both of them. Because Gary Soneji, who wants to commit the "crime of the century," is playing at the top of his game. Soneji has outsmarted the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police. Who will be his next victim? Gary Soneji is every parent's worst nightmare. He has become Alex Cross's nightmare. And now, reader, he's about to become yours.

    Along came a spider1
    4,2

  2. Kiss the girls

    • 496 stron
    • 18 godzin czytania

    As two serial killers terrorize different regions of America, the FBI begins to suspect that the two are competing with each other, and Washington, D.C. police detective Alex Cross embarks on a personal quest to find the perpetrators

    Kiss the girls2
    4,0

  3. Jack and Jill

    • 432 strony
    • 16 godzin czytania

    The spellbinding No 1 bestsellers Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls introduced Washington homicide detective Alex Cross. Now he's back -- in James Patterson's most explosive and powerful novel yet. On home territory once more after the horrors of the Kiss the Girls case, Alex Cross faces his most harrowing challenge: a pair of ice-cold killers who are picking off the capital's rich and famous one by one with chilling professional efficiency. As the whole country awaits the identity of the next celebrity victim, only Alex Cross, with his proven ability to get into the minds of the most deranged killers, has the skills and the courage to crack the case -- but will he discover the truth before 'Jack and Jill' set their sights on Washington's ultimate celebrity target? A relentless rollercoaster of heart-pounding suspense and jolting plot twists, Jack and Jill proves once again that no one can write a more compelling thriller than James Patterson -- the master of the non-stop nightmare.

    Jack and Jill3
    4,0

  4. Cat and mouse

    • 512 stron
    • 18 godzin czytania

    Just as Alex Cross is beginning to feel that life is good and he is finally coming out of the depression he's been in since the death of his wife, he is called to Union Station train terminal - a man is on the loose, firing at random into the swarming crowds of travellers. Psychopath Gary Soneji seems determined to go down in a blaze of glory, and he wants Alex Cross to be there. Will this be the final showdown

    Cat and mouse4
    3,8

  5. Pop Goes the Weasel

    Detective Alex Cross is in love, but in Washington D. C. he must face a villain he will never forget. Alex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders-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 fiancée become hopelessly entangled with the most memorable nemesis Alex Cross has ever faced. Pop Goes the Weasel reveals James Patterson at the peak of his power. Here is a chilling villain no reader will forget, a love story of great tenderness, and a plot of relentless suspense and heart-pounding pace. To read Pop Goes the Weasel is to discover why James Patterson is one of the world's greatest suspense writers.

    Pop Goes the Weasel5
    4,0

  6. Roses are red

    • 416 stron
    • 15 godzin czytania

    Detective Alex Cross's investigation of a series of bank robberies in Washington, D.C. which have led to the deaths of bank employees and their family members, puts him on a collision course with the mysterious criminal known as "The Mastermind."

    Roses are red6
    4,1

  7. Violets are blue

    The mastermind of ROSES ARE RED is back - and he's hot on Alex Cross's trail. Meanwhile, Alex is drawn in to his most bizarre investigation yet. Two San Francisco joggers are found dead - bitten and hung by their feet to drain the blood from their bodies. Further murders in California, and then on the East Coast as well, completely baffle Alex and the FBI. Is this the work of a cult, of role players, or even of modern-day vampires? Desperate to stop the deaths, Alex teams up with Jamilla Hughes, a savvy woman detective from San Francisco, and the FBI's Kyle Craig. The result is two fantastic mysteries in one non-stop thriller that will have readers furiously turning the pages all over the world.

    Violets are blue7
    4,0

  8. Four Blind Mice

    • 416 stron
    • 15 godzin czytania

    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 hem to the gas chamber.

    Four Blind Mice8
    4,0

  9. The big bad wolf

    • 432 strony
    • 16 godzin czytania

    Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a predator known only as "the Wolf. "Alex Cross's 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 for ransom, Alex realizes. They are being bought and sold. And it looks as if a shadowy figure called the Wolf - a master criminal who has brought a new reign of terror to organize crime - is behind this business in which ordinary men and women are sold as slaves. Even as he admires the FBI's vast resources, Alex grows impatient with the Bureau's clumsiness and caution when it is time to move. A lone wolf himself, he has to go out on his own in order to track the Wolf and try to rescue some of the victims while they are still alive. As the case boils over, Alex is in hot water at home too. His ex-fiancee, Christine Johnson, comes back into his life - and not for the reasons Alex might have hoped.

    The big bad wolf9
    4,0

  10. London Bridges

    • 416 stron
    • 15 godzin czytania

    Alex Cross must face the world's most dangerous agents, criminals, and assassins. The fate of the world rests in his hands. 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. The Russian supercriminal known as the Wolf claims responsibility for the blast. Alex Cross is on vacation in San Francisco with his girlfriend, Jamilla Hughes, when he gets the call. World leaders have just four days to prevent an unimaginable cataclysm. Racing down the hairpin turns of the Riviera in the most unforgettable finale James Patterson has ever written, he confronts the truth of the Wolf's identity, a revelation that even Cross himself may be unable to survive.

    London Bridges10
    4,0

  11. Mary, Mary

    • 403 strony
    • 15 godzin czytania

    FBI agent Alex Cross is on vacation when he gets a call from the Director. An actress has been shot outside her home in Beverly Hills. Afterward, an editor for the Los Angeles Times receives an e-mail recounting the murder in shocking detail, signed Mary Smith. Her calling card - The authorities fear this is only the beginning. Mary Smith is targeting Hollywood stars and power brokers, and she is getting better every time. This case is like nothing Alex has ever confronted before. Could this be the plan of an obsessed fan or a spurned actor, or is it part of something much more terrifying? And how could a woman be capable of these vicious crimes?

    Mary, Mary11
    4,0

  12. Alex Cross

    • 352 strony
    • 13 godzin czytania

    W początkach swojej kariery w waszyngtońskiej policji Alex Cross przeżył wielką osobliwą tragedię - na oczach detektywa niezidentyfikowany snajper zastrzelił jego ciężarną żonę Marię, pozostawiając go z trójką małych dzieci. Minęło kilkanaście lat; Alex awansował, zrobił karierę w FBI, stał się jednym z najbardziej cenionych specjalistów do tropienia seryjnych zabójców. Po jednej z niebezpiecznych akcji agent decyduje się opuścić FBI i otworzyć własną praktykę psychiatryczną. Kiedy o pomoc prosi go dawny partner, John Sampson, Alex nie odmawia. Nie potrafi. W sprawie, którą prowadzi Sampson - seryjnego gwałciciela i mordercy Michaela Sullivana, który terroryzuje kobiety pokazując im zdjęcia ofiar - pojawił się trop na wskazujący na nierozwiązane zabójstwo Marii sprzed 12 lat. Czy tym razem sprawiedliwość zatriumfuje?

    Alex Cross12
    4,0

  13. Podwójna gra

    • 368 stron
    • 13 godzin czytania

    Dw�ch seryjnych zab�jc�w zmienia Waszyngton w przedsionek piekła... Waszyngton terroryzuje szaleniec, kt�rego chora fantazja nie zna granic. Pozbawiając swoje ofiary życia, przekształca ich śmierć w spektakle wyrafinowanego okrucieństwa dla szerokiej publiczności. Znana pisarka zrzucona z dwunastego piętra, aktor podpalony na scenie w trakcie przedstawienia, para nastolatk�w zabitych na kładce przechodzącej nad autostradą. Zab�jca prowadzi nawet stronę internetową , na kt�rej daje upust swoim sadystycznym skłonnościom. Tymczasem z najsilniej strzeżonego więzienia w Kolorado ucieka inny psychopata ? Kyle Craig, znany jako Superm�zg, dawny przyjaciel i partner Crossa. Trasę jego ucieczki znaczą trupy pomordowanych. Oba potwory w ludzkiej sk�rze za gł�wny cel obrały sobie detektywa Alexa Crossa i nową towarzyszkę jego życia ? Bree Stone z wydziału zab�jstw...

    Podwójna gra13
    4,0

  14. Cross country

    • 432 strony
    • 16 godzin czytania

    A killer's trail leads Detective Alex Cross to Africa - and a whole new world of danger . . . Detective Alex Cross is called to a murder scene in Washington DC and is devastated to discover an old friend amongst the victims. His pursuit of justice leads him to the Niger Delta, right into the den of the psychopathic perpetrator- the Tiger. As Alex travels deeper into this dangerous world of corruption and conspiracy, his own survival is on the line . . .

    Cross country14
    3,7

  15. Proces Alexa Crossa

    Czarnoskóry detektyw Alex Cross, specjalista od tropienia seryjnych zabójców, cofa się do początku XX wieku, by opowiedzieć historię, która wydarzyła się na amerykańskim Południu za rządów prezydenta Theodore'a Roosvelta. Jej bohaterem jest młody biały prawnik Benjamin Corbett, który wraz z stryjecznym dziadkiem Alexa, Abrahamem Crossem, rzuca wyzwanie członkom Ku Klux Klanu. Rok 1906. Ben Corbett, były żołnierz, obecnie wzięty waszyngtoński prawnik, podejmuje się misji zleconej przez prezydenta Roosvelta: ma powrócić do położonego w Missisipi rodzinnego miasteczka Eudora, by zbadać coraz bardzo niepokojące doniesienia o nasilających się aktach agresji i samosądach na czarnoskórych. Jego łącznikami ze światem kolorowych mieszkańców miasta stają się Abraham i jego wnuczka Moody. Działania Bena w obronie czarnych przysparzają mu niebezpiecznych wrogów. Grupa ekstremistów, zwana Białymi Najeźdźcami, szykuje się do wymordowania rodziny Crossów. Tylko Ben ma odwagę się im przeciwstawić. Czy uda mu się przerwać spiralę terroru, odkryć, kto stoi za rasistowskimi atakami i doprowadzić do historycznego procesu?

    Proces Alexa Crossa15
    3,9

  16. I, Alex Cross

    In "I, Alex Cross," Detective Alex Cross is devastated by the murder of his niece and vows to find her killer. As he investigates, he uncovers a dangerous world tied to Washington's elite and a notorious club. With thrilling twists and revelations, this gripping tale showcases Cross at his best.

    I, Alex Cross16
    4,0

  17. W krzyżowym ogniu

    Alex Cross i Bree Stone są prawie w drodze do ołtarza, gdy dochodzi do morderstwa. Ofiarami zabójcy padają dwaj skorumpowani mieszkańcy Waszyngtonu - sprzedajny kongresman oraz stosujący pokrętne machlojki lobbysta. Wkrótce giną kolejni zdeprawowani politycy. W mediach wrze - opinia publiczna chce wiedzieć, czy zabójca jest samotnym bohaterem, który postawił sobie za cel oczyszczenie kręgów władzy, czy członkiem samozwańczej straży obywatelskiej. Po kolejnej fali zabójstw do sprawy zostaje oddelegowany agent FBI, Max Siegel, człowiek, który kompletnie nie umie dogadać się z Crossem i wszczyna wojnę o zakres kompetencji własnych i detektywa. Niebawem staje się jasne, że zabójca jest zawodowcem zbrojnym w wiedzę o wszystkich zwyczajach swoich ofiar i że musi współpracować z kimś z wewnątrz elit. Niestety, obecność Siegla jest dla Alexa bardziej przeszkodą niż pomocą. Cross musi użerać się z nadgorliwym agentem, tropić snajpera i planować ślub. Jakby tego było mało, na horyzoncie pojawia się również Kayle Craig, śmiertelny wróg detektywa, który wybrał sobie znakomity czas na zemstę.

    W krzyżowym ogniu17
    4,1

  18. Zabić Alexa Crossa

    • 352 strony
    • 13 godzin czytania

    W osiemnastej powieści z serii Alex Cross detektyw waszyngtońskiej policji rozwiązuje dwie zagadki: uprowadzenia oraz zamach�w terrorystycznych.�Dzieci prezydenta USA zostają porwane ze szkoły. Cross dowiaduje się o tym przypadkiem, ponieważ sprawę prowadzi FBI i Tajna Służba, zdecydowane trzymać policję na dystans. Dopiero interwencja Pierwszej Damy powoduje wciągnięcie Alexa, będącego ekspertem od porwań, w śledztwo. Uprwadzenie ma nietypowy charakter -�przekazane przez sprawc�w informacje -�list i nagranie -�nie zawierają żadnych żądań, a sugerują, że może to być akt prywatnej zemsty.R�wnocześnie toczy się sprawa wykrycia sprawc�w atak�w dokonywanych przez organizację terrorystyczną, zwaną Rodziną. Wsp�lnie z innymi członkami ugrupowania małżeństwo Al Dossari dokonuje udanego zamachu na Sekretarza Stanu oraz szeregu innych pr�b atak�w terrorystycznych. Istnieje także podejrzenie, że to Rodzina stoi za porwaniem dzieci prezydenckiej pary.

    Zabić Alexa Crossa18
    3,9

  19. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

    • 417 stron
    • 15 godzin czytania

    The 19th novel in the bestselling Alex Cross seriesDetective Alex Cross is called into action on Christmas Eve - and he'll be lucky to see the New Year...Celebrating Christmas with his family, Alex Cross knows that his phone ringing means this won't be a Merry Christmas.

    Merry Christmas, Alex Cross19
    3,9

  20. Alex Cross, Run

    Three killers are on the rampage in the capital and dead bodies are piling up. Alex Cross is in charge of all three investigations and has never been under more pressure. But with a crisis at home that threatens to tear his family apart, Alex's attention is divided. While Cross tracks the killers, he doesn't notice that someone is tracking him. Can Alex unravel the cases and find the killers in time? Or will he be the next dead body on the list?

    Alex Cross, Run20
    4,0

  21. Alex Cross - 19: Cross My Heart

    • 419 stron
    • 15 godzin czytania

    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 his anchor, and gives him the strength to confront evil in his work. One man knows this deeply, and uses Alex's strength as a weapon against him in the most unsettling and unexpected novel of James Patterson's career.When the ones Cross loves are in danger, he will do anything to protect them. If he does anything to protect them, they will die.CROSS MY HEART is the most powerful Alex Cross novel ever, propelled by the ever-ingenious mind of James Patterson, the world's #1 bestselling writer.

    Alex Cross - 19: Cross My Heart21
    4,1

  22. Hope to Die

    • 512 stron
    • 18 godzin czytania

    Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius, forced to play the deadliest game of his career. Cross' 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 people in his life. The stakes have never been higher: What will Cross sacrifice to save the ones he loves? Widely praised by the greatest crime and thriller writers of our time, Cross My Heart set a jaw-dropping story in motion. Hope to Die propels Alex Cross' greatest challenge to its astonishing finish, proving why Jeffery Deaver says nobody does it better than James Patterson.

    Hope to Die22
    4,2

  23. Cross Justice

    • 448 stron
    • 16 godzin czytania

    The toughest cases are the ones that hit close to home. When his cousin is accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown for the first time in over three decades. As he tries to prove his cousin's innocence in a town where everyone seems to be on the take, Cross unearths a family secret that forces him to question everything he's ever known. Chasing a ghost he believed was long dead, Cross gets pulled into a case that has local cops scratching their heads and needing his help: a grisly string of socialite murders. Now he's hot on the trail of both a brutal killer, and the truth about his own past - and the answers he finds might be fatal.

    Cross Justice23
    4,3

  24. Cross the Line

    • 400 stron
    • 14 godzin czytania

    Homicide Detective Alex Cross teams up with his wife to beat a D. C. criminal at his own game. 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 murder, one that hits close to home: his former boss and the beloved mentor of Alex's wife, Bree. Now there's a killer on the loose, a long list of possible suspects, a city in panic, and nobody in charge of the besieged police force. . . until Bree gets tapped for the job. As Bree scrambles to find her footing and close two high-profile cases, new violence stuns the capital. What should be a time for her to rely on Alex for support and cooperation is instead a moment of crisis in their marriage as well as their city when their investigative instincts clash and their relationship reaches a breaking point. And the fiendish mind behind all the violence has appointed himself judge, jury, and executioner, with a terrifying master plan he's only begun to put in motion. To beat him at his own game, Alex and Bree must take the law back into their own hands before he puts them both out of commission . . . permanently.

    Cross the Line24
    4,1

  26. Target: Alex Cross

    • 448 stron
    • 16 godzin czytania

    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. With the country still in shock, the assassination of a prominent Senator strikes another devastating blow to the heart of the nation's capital. The new President calls on Cross to lead an unparalleled FBI investigation to help capture 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.

    Target: Alex Cross26
    3,9

  27. Criss Cross

    • 432 strony
    • 16 godzin czytania

    Could a ghost from his past take everything away from Alex Cross? Mere hours after witnessing the execution of a killer he helped put behind bars, Alex Cross is called to the scene of a copycat murder. A note signed 'M' rests on the corpse- 'You messed up big time, Dr. Cross.' Was an innocent man just put to death? As the executed convict's family launch a vicious campaign against Cross, his abilities as a detective are called into question. The enigmatic 'M' lures Cross out of Washington, DC to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details that conjure up decades-old cases and Cross family secrets. Details that make it clear M is after a prize so dear that - were the killer to attain it - Cross's life would be destroyed

    Criss Cross27
    4,2

  28. Deadly Cross

    • 448 stron
    • 16 godzin czytania

    A scandalous double homicide in the nation's capital opens the psychological case files on Detective Alex Cross. Until Kay Willingham's shocking murder inside a luxury limousine, the Georgetown socialite, philanthropist, and ex-wife of the sitting vice-president led a public life. Yet few, including her onetime psychologist, had any inkling of Kay's troubled past in the Deep South. Murdered alongside her is Randall Christopher, a respected educator whose political ambitions may have endangered both their lives. While John Sampson of DC Metro Police tracks Randall's final movements, Alex Cross and FBI Special Agent Ned Mahoney travel to Alabama to investigate Kay's early years. They discover that although Kay had many enemies, all of them needed her alive. Alex is left without a viable suspect, even as he faces a desperate choice between breaking a trust and losing his way, as a detective, and as the protector of his family

    Deadly Cross28
    4,2

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