Cross Down

Alex Cross is gravely injured and out of the fight, which means his partner John Sampson faces the most dangerous investigation of his career alone. Military-style attacks are erupting across Washington, following patterns too random to be anything but deliberate, and the force behind them has been careful enough to leave Sampson with one instruction from Cross ringing in his ears: trust no one. The thirty-first Alex Cross novel hands the series to Sampson for the first time, testing whether the man who has always enforced Cross's rules can make the decisions when there is no one left to consult.

William Christopher Stephens leads a full cast that includes Kiff VandenHeuvel, Mela Lee, Inger Tudor, and others, giving Cross Down a cinematic audio production that suits its action-heavy premise. The ensemble approach allows the novel's shifting perspectives and parallel plotlines to be voiced with distinct clarity. At under ten hours, Cross Down is a fast entry in the series that moves efficiently through its thriller mechanics.