Alex Cross faces his toughest case yet in the explosive new thriller from multi-million copy bestseller James Patterson A killer strikes under cover of darkness, triggers no alarms, and leaves no evidence behind. Detective Alex Cross is on the hunt of a killer who is targeting entire families around Washington, DC. But Cross isn´t the only one investigating - a charismatic true-crime author has spotted patterns in the case of ´The Family Man´ killer that others have missed. It´s up to Cross to determine whether the writer´s theories are fact or fiction - before another family falls victim.