Type: Hardcover Condition: Used, Great. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Light rubbing wear on the cover and spine. No folded pages, no notes, no underlines or markings on the pages. Details: Merry Christmas, Alex Cross, by James Patterson. First Edition. ISBN: 9780316210683 Pages: 323 Published: 2012 Detective Alex Cross is ripped away from his family on Christmas Eve- but that's nothing compared to what awaits him on Christmas Day. SILENT NIGHT It's a snowy Christmas Eve, and Detective Alex Cross is at home celebrating with his family. Nana Mama's famous pecan pie is in the oven, and the kids are hanging their favorite ornaments on the tree. Just as Alex's wife emerges from the kitchen with a bowl of homemade eggnog, his phone rings with news that shatters the night: At a nearby home, a family has been taken hostage and the situation is spiraling out of control fast. DEADLY NIGHT Alex rushes to the scene and confronts the unthinkable: A father is threatening to murder his children and ex-wife. And just as the insanity peaks, a second horrific situation explodes- one that no one could have fore- seen and that puts millions of people at risk. This is a red alert of the darkest kind, and Alex is forced to make a decision that could end as many lives as it saves including his own. A CHRISTMAS YOU WILL NEVER FORGET Merry Christmas, Alex Cross is James Patterson's most shocking Alex Cross novel yet: a break- neck-paced and heart-pounding adrenaline rush of a thriller, written by the world's #1 bestselling author, who "knows where our deepest fears are buried" (New York Times Book Review).