Criss Cross

Could a ghost from his past take everything away from Alex Cross?

Only hours after witnessing the execution of a killer he helped put behind bars, Alex Cross is called to the scene of a copycat murder. A note signed ''M'' rests on the corpse: ''You messed up big time, Dr. Cross.''

Was an innocent man just put to death? As the executed convict''s family launch a vicious campaign against Cross, his abilities as a detective are called into question.

The enigmatic ''M'' lures Cross out of Washington, DC to the sites of multiple homicides, all marked with distressingly familiar details that conjure up decades-old cases and Cross family secrets.

Details that make it clear M is planning to destroy much more than Cross''s reputation.