Pop Goes the Weasel (Alex Cross, 5)

Description

In this heart-stopping thriller, Detective Alex Cross and his beloved fianc� find themselves tangled in a complex murder investigation, threatening not only public safety, but their chance at happiness together.

Alex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders--murders with a pattern so twisted, it leaves investigators reeling. Cross's ingenious pursuit of the killer produces a suspect: a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shafer.

But proving that Shafer is the murderer becomes a potentially deadly task. As the diplomat engages in a brilliant series of surprising countermoves, in and out of the courtroom, Alex and his fianc�e become hopelessly entangled with the most memorable nemesis Alex Cross has ever faced.

Pop Goes the Weasel reveals James Patterson at the peak of his power. Here is a chilling villain no reader will forget, a love story of great tenderness, and a plot of relentless suspense and heart-pounding pace. To read Pop Goes the Weasel is to discover why James Patterson is one of the world's greatest suspense writers.