The Family Cross
An Alex Cross Thriller
Little, Brown and Company · Print & ebook · October 19, 2026
Alex Cross investigates a series of baffling murders while balancing a family crisis that threatens to upend his entire world in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson.
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- Who it’s for
- Alex Cross investigates baffling murders while a family crisis tests his promise to Nana Mama.
- Themes
- Murder investigation, Family crisis, Criminal underworld
- Genres
- Police Procedurals, Psychological Thrillers, Suspense
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Alex Cross investigates a series of baffling murders while balancing a family crisis that threatens to upend his entire world in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson. Alex Cross is a brilliant psychologist—and a relentless hunter of killers for the FBI and DC Metro Police. To his beloved Nana Mama, he’s still the boy she raised—and every morning, as he straps on his service weapon, she’s reminded just how dangerous his world has become.
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But in Washington, DC, there are places even the police don’t go—an unseen underworld where violence thrives and rules don’t apply. And this time, Alex is stepping straight into it. Each move pulls him deeper into the dark—and closer to a case that could shatter the promise he made to Nana … and cost him everything he holds most dear.
Cross and Nana Mama
Alex Cross investigates baffling murders while a family crisis tests his promise to Nana Mama.
Come here for
- Alex Cross investigating baffling murders in Washington, DC
- A family crisis alongside FBI and DC Metro Police work
Expect
- A psychologist and FBI and DC Metro Police hunter of killers
- An unseen Washington underworld where violence thrives
Where it sits
| Psychological Thrillers | 42% |
|---|---|
| Police Procedurals | 34% |
| Suspense | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Police Procedurals
- Suspense
- Crime Fiction
- Psychological Thrillers
- Authors
- James Patterson
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- October 19, 2026
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Murder investigation · Family crisis · Criminal underworld
- Reading lane
- Police Procedurals