书目

Jack & Jill (Alex Cross)

内容简介

Inthemiddleofthenight,acontroversialU.S.senatorisfoundmurderedinbedinhisGeorgetownpied-a-terre.Thepoliceturnuponlyoneclue:amysteriousrhymesigned"JackandJill"promisingthatthisisjustthebeginning.JackandJillareouttogettherichandfamous,andtheywillstopatnothinguntiltheirfiendishplaniscarriedout.Meanwhile,Washington,D.C.,homicidedetectiveAlexCrossiscalledtoamurdersceneonlyblocksfromhishouse,farfromthecorridorsofpowerwherehespendshisdays.Thevictim:abeautifullittlegirl,savagelybeaten—anddespositedinfrontoftheelementaryschoolCross'sson,Damon,attends.Couldtherebeaconnectionbetweenthetwomurders?AsCrosstriestoputthepiecestogether,thekiller-orkillers-strikeagain.Andagain.NooneinWashingtonissafe-notchildren,notpoliticians,noteventhePresidentoftheUnitedStates.OnlyAlexCrosshastheskillsandthecouragetocrackthecase-butwillhediscoverthetruthintime?Arelentlessrollercoasterofheart-poundingsuspenseandjoltingplottwists,JackandJillprovesthatnoonecanwriteamorecompellingthrillerthanJamesPatterson-themasterofthenonstopnightmare.

作者简介

JamesB.Patterson(bornMarch22,1947)isanaward-winningAmericanauthor.FormerlyanadvertisingexecutiveforJ.W.Thompsonintheearly1990s,Pattersoncameupwiththeslogan"ToysRUsKid".ShortlyafterhissuccesswithAlongCameASpiderheretiredfromthefirmanddevotedhistimetowriting.Thenovelsfeaturinghischaracter,AlexCross,ablackforensicpsychologistformerlyoftheWashington,D.C.PoliceDepartmentandFederalBureauofInvestigation,nowworkingasaprivatepsychologistandgovernmentconsultant,arethemostpopularbooksamongPattersonreaders.JamesPattersonhasbeencriticizedbyStephenKing,whocalledPatterson'sbooks"dopeythrillers".[citationneeded]Pattersonshruggedoffthecomments,statingthathewantstobethe"thrillingestthrillerwriterofalltime".[citationneeded]JamesPattersonhasalsobeenputasoneofForbesmagazine'stop100celebrities.

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