{"id":1128,"date":"2019-09-26T08:13:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T07:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2019-09-26T08:13:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T07:13:54","slug":"cross-the-line-by-james-patterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"Cross The Line by James Patterson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Cross The Line is an Alex Cross mystery.<\/h3>\n<p>Detective Alex Cross is a character invented by\u00a0James Patterson. He is a former FBI agent and psychologist who works in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<h3>Plot<\/h3>\n<p><em>Shots ring out in suburban Washington D.C. in the early hours. When the smoke clears, a senior police official lies dead, leaving his force scrambling for answers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Under pressure from the mayor, Alex Cross steps up and takes command of the investigation \u2013 just as a brutal crime wave sweeps the region. There\u2019s just one thing in common in these deadly scenes: the victims are criminals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As Cross pursues a murderer who\u2019s appointed himself judge, jury and executioner, he must take the law back into his own hands \u2013 because although this killer has a conscience, the city Cross has sworn to protect is rapidly descending into chaos\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1129\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1129\" style=\"width: 2736px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1129\" src=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_2083-e1566395516839.jpg\" alt=\"Cross The Line - photo by Juliamaud\" width=\"2736\" height=\"3639\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cross The Line &#8211; photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two investigations at once. First who shot a senior police official and his girlfriend. Second who are the vigilantes taking out\u00a0criminals. Could there be a link between the two? Could either of them be linked to a hit and run killer who appears to randomly execute drivers?<\/p>\n<p>There is a lot going on in this novel, as well as background about Alex Cross and his family.<\/p>\n<p>Well worth reading. As it says on the back &#8220;the pages turn themselves&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Alex Cross series are available from <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/lists\/james-patterson-alex-cross-series\">https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/lists\/james-patterson-alex-cross-series<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Available from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31YJJQp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/009959434X\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=009959434X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=invittoevent-21&amp;linkId=e5901e70c30caeaa64dcfe857dfe1ee2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=GB&amp;ASIN=009959434X&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;tag=invittoevent-21\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=009959434X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=invittoevent-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=009959434X\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross The Line is an Alex Cross mystery. Detective Alex Cross is a character invented by\u00a0James Patterson. He is a former FBI agent and psychologist who works in Washington, D.C. Plot Shots ring out in suburban Washington D.C. in the early hours. When the smoke clears, a senior police official lies dead, leaving his force&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1128\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cross The Line by James Patterson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,225],"tags":[273,274,96],"class_list":["post-1128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-murder-mystery-books","category-mystery-books","tag-alex-cross","tag-cross-the-line","tag-james-patterson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cross The Line by James Patterson - Solve The Murder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1128\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cross The Line by James Patterson - Solve The Murder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cross The Line is an Alex Cross mystery. 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