{"product_id":"merry-christmas-alex-cross","title":"Merry Christmas Alex Cross","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ORIGINAL SERIES ''CROSS'' ON PRIME VIDEO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. The Alex Cross series proves it.'' \u003cb\u003eLEE CHILD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e______________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the night before Christmas, Detective Alex Cross is at home celebrating with his family. But when Cross''s phone rings, he knows that this won''t be a merry Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA father has taken his children and ex-wife hostage. Armed to the teeth and high on crystal meth, the man is dangerously unstable. The lives of everyone in that house are hanging by a thread.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs this suburban nightmare is unfolding, another far greater threat is approaching. It will be a terrorist attack on a scale never before seen in Washington, DC, and when nobody expects it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e______________________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Alex Cross is a legend'' \u003cb\u003eHARLAN COBEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fast-paced and tightly plotted, this is a dramatic thriller that shows why the books in this series sell by the truckload'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY MIRROR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The master storyteller of our times'' \u003cb\u003eHILLARY RODHAM CLINTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''It''s no mystery why James Patterson is the world''s most popular thriller writer . . . Simply put: nobody does it better.'' \u003cb\u003eJEFFERY DEAVER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It''s what fires off the movie projector in the reader''s mind.'' \u003cb\u003eMICHAEL CONNELLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One of the greatest storytellers of all time'' \u003cb\u003ePATRICIA CORNWELL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.'' \u003cb\u003eMARK LAWSON, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''James Patterson is The Boss. End of.'' \u003cb\u003eIAN RANKIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319894974846,"sku":"NW9780099576440","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780099576440.jpg?v=1778685581","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/merry-christmas-alex-cross","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}