And the heart pounding but touching lay romantic knee thriller, detective Alex Cross pursues the most complex and Brilliant killer he's ever confronted, a mysterious criminal who calls himself to mastermind. And I seriously crimes that stunned Washington dc, bank robbers have been laying out precise demands when they entered the building and then killing the bank employees and their families if those instructions are not followed to the letter. Detective Alex Cross takes on the case, certain that this is no ordinary bank robber at work, though pathological need for control and Perfection is too great. Crosses in the midst of a personal crisis at home, but the case becomes all consuming when he learns that The Mastermind is plotting one huge, last, perfect crime. With twist and reversals that are only the mind of James Patterson could create.