Alex Cross rejoins the police force to face the most diabolical villain he's ever encountered.

Just when detective Alex Cross thought his life was calming down, a spate of elaborate murders in Washington, DC has the whole East Coast on edge. It is like nothing Alex has ever seen. With each murder, the case becomes increasingly complex. There's only one thing Alex knows: this killer adores an audience. As victims are made into gruesome spectacles citywide, inducing a media hysteria, it becomes clear to Alex that the man he's after is a genius of terror. The killer has the whole city on a string, and he'll stop at nothing to become the most terrifying star that Washington, DC has ever seen.

Alex Cross rejoins the police force to face the most diabolical villain he's ever encountered—a serial killer with a hunger for celebrity.