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"Fascinating, action-packed thriller"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted October 20, 2002

The elite assassination team, The Three Blind Mice, knew they were the best, but realized while operating in the An Lao Valley that they also loved to kill. When they left the army, they hired themselves out as mercenaries and are now killing innocent people and framing people who Read more...

"Fast-Paced Thriller"
Reviewed by Sheri Melnick
Posted November 19, 2002

Mr. Patterson's enigmatic D.C. detective, Alex Cross, is back again. This time, his childhood friend and fellow detective, John Sampson, has asked for Alex's assistance. Ellis Cooper, a friend of Sampson's from his army days in Vietnam, has been convicted of a horrible triple murder, just outside of Read more...

Summary

Alex Cross is on his way to resign from the Washington Police when his partner John Sampson shows up at his door. One of Sampson's oldest friends has been framed for murder and, worse yet, is subject to the insular laws of the U.S. Army. The evidence is strong enough to send him to the gas chamber. Cross and Sampson plunge into a case where military codes of honor conceal dark currents of revenge and ambition, and the men controlling the moves have the best weapons and training the world can offer. Drawing on their years of street training and an almost telepathic mutual trust, Cross and Sampson go deep into military lines to confront the most terrifying-and lethal-killer they have ever encountered.