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The Big Bad Wolf

Part of the Alex Cross series

  • 393 pages · about 7 hours
  • First published 2003
  • 56 editions

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1 About this book

Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues stymied. Across the country, beautiful women are being kidnapped-to be bought and sold as slaves. Behind this depraved scheme stands a shadowy figure known only as The Wolf, a master criminal who has brought a new reign of terror to organized crime.

With Alex's personal life in chaos because of his ex-fiancee's return and with the FBI's caution testing his patience, Alex has to go out on his own. For to stalk a ruthless predator without a name or a face, Alex Cross must become a lone wolf himself...

Good for readers who want: a mystery and a thriller.

  • Mystery
  • Thrillers
  • Mystery & detective, police procedural
  • Crime & mystery
  • Alex Cross
  • Kidnapping
  • Slave trade
  • Government investigators

2 About James Patterson

Born 1947

James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch & Wizard, Private and Middle School series, as well as many stand-alone thrillers, non-fiction, and romance novels. Patterson's books have sold more than 425 million copies, and he was the first person to sell one million e-books.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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